Patents by Inventor Sumito Arakawa

Sumito Arakawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Signal processing apparatus with signal control units and processor units operating based on different threads
    Patent number: 8464025
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus able to raise a processing capability in processing accompanying access to a storing means is provided. Stream control units (SCU) 203—0 to 203—3 access data at an external memory system or local memories 204—0 to 204—3 according to a thread under control from a host processor. Processor units (PU) arrays 202—0 to 202—3 perform image processing by a different thread from the thread of the SCUs 203—0 to 203—3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Yamaguchi, Masatoshi Imai, Toshiharu Noda, Naosuke Asari, Tomoo Mitsunaga, Mitsuharu Ohki, Kazumasa Ito, Hidetoshi Nagano, Sumito Arakawa, Kei Ito
  • Signal Processing Apparatus
    Publication number: 20090006773
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus able to raise a processing capability in processing accompanying access to a storing means is provided. Stream control units (SCU) 203_0 to 203_3 access data at an external memory system or local memories 204_0 to 204_3 according to a thread under control from a host processor. Processor units (PU) arrays 202_0 to 202_3 perform image processing by a different thread from the thread of the SCUs 203_0 to 203_3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Yuji Yamaguchi, Masatoshi Imai, Toshiharu Noda, Naosuke Asari, Tomoo Mitsunaga, Mitsuharu Ohki, Kazumasa Ito, Hidetoshi Nagano, Sumito Arakawa, Kei Ito