Image processor for sequential processing of successive regions of an image

摘要

A local image processor is configured as a plurality of image processor elements each having a local image memory, and a single shift register circuit for supplying to the local image memories successive local images formed of an array of pixels of a source image. Each processor element includes a register holding a count value indicating the position within the source image of data that are currently being processed by that element, and the processor elements also include mutually interconnected registers whereby intermediate computation results obtained by one processor element can be utilized by another element during parallel processing operation.