Abstract: A programmable co-processor system comprising a datapath, a microprogram, and a microcontroller is provided. The datapath includes one or more datapath elements operable to receive input signals. The microprogram memory includes a microprogram operable to control the datapath in order to process the input signals. The microcontroller is operable to modify the microprogram based on a modification command.

Abstract: In visual display devices such as LCD devices with backlight illumination, the backlight typically consumes most of device battery power. In the interest of displaying a given pixel pattern at a minimized backlight level, the pattern can be transformed while maintaining image quality, with a transform determined from pixel luminance statistics. Aside from, or in addition to such minimizing, a transform also can be used for image enhancement, for a displayed image better to meet a visual perception quality. In either case, the transform preferably is constrained for enforcing one or several display attributes.

Abstract: In this invention the base station utilizes a history of previous TPC commands to provide more deterministic channel behavior. This enables better generation of future TPC commands, SIR estimates and channel estimates. Prior solutions don't utilize previous TPC decisions. This invention provides enhances SIR estimation, channel estimation and power control.

Abstract: The present invention provides a collision avoidance manager for use with single-port memories. In one embodiment, the collision avoidance manager includes a memory structuring unit configured to provide a memory arrangement of the single-port memories having upper and lower memory banks arranged into half-memory portions. Additionally, the collision avoidance manager also includes a write memory alignment unit coupled to the memory structuring unit and configured to provide double-data writing to the memory arrangement based on memory collision avoidance. In a preferred embodiment, the collision avoidance manager also includes a read memory alignment unit coupled to the memory structuring unit and configured to provide double-data reading from the memory arrangement while maintaining the memory collision avoidance.

Abstract: A programmable co-processor system comprising a datapath, a microprogram, and a microcontroller is provided. The datapath includes one or more datapath elements operable to receive input signals. The microprogram memory includes a microprogram operable to control the datapath in order to process the input signals. The microcontroller is operable to modify the microprogram based on a modification command.