Patent ID: 8787705
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A method for processing digital images, the method comprising: providing a digital memory device with a plurality of banks, each bank having a plurality of rows and columns for storing data, with a first row of a first bank being currently the active row; providing a digital image having a plurality of rows of data, each row including a plurality of columns of data; in the same cycle, closing the current active row in the digital memory device and activating a new active row in a different bank; in the next cycle, writing a first row of data from the digital image into the new active row of the digital memory device; in the next cycle, closing the current active row in the digital memory device and activating a new active row in a different bank; in the next cycle, writing a next sequential row of data from the digital image into the new active row of the digital memory device; iterating through the process of closing the current active row and activating a new active row of the digital memory device in the same cycle and then writing a next sequential row of data from the digital image into the new active row until all rows of data from the digital image have been written into rows of the digital memory device.