Patent ID: 7016065
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image memory unit adapted to store image data; first and second coding units capable of at least encoding image data stored in said image memory; and first and second buses connected respectively to said first and second coding units and to a switching control unit which is connected by a third bus to an image memory unit adapted to store image data, wherein said switching control unit is adapted to control access from said first and second coding units to said image memory unit by providing a first data transfer channel between said first bus and said third bus and a second data transfer channel between said second bus and said third bus simultaneously so that image data coding of a first portion of the image data, executed by said first coding unit, and image data coding of a second portion of the image data, executed by said second coding unit, can be executed in parallel.