IP Library Granted Patent US 7,245,818
Granted Patent B2
US 7,245,818 · App. 09/803,012 · Granted Jul 17, 2007

Moving image reproducing apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,245,818
App. No.
09/803,012
Granted
Jul 17, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A moving image reproducing apparatus includes a CPU mounted with a real-time OS. When a set key is pressed, the CPU executes concurrently a transfer process of compressed image data and sound data from a magneto-optical disk to an SDRAM and a reproduce process of compressed image data and sound data stored in the SDRAM. Herein, the reproduce process includes a process of setting a command of transferring the compressed image data and sound data to an instruction list and a process of outputting the compressed image data and sound data stored in the SDRAM. Meanwhile, the transfer process includes a process of seeking a desired address on the magneto-optical disk by making reference to the instruction list and a process of writing desired data to a desired address in the SDRAM by making reference to the instruct on list.

Claims (8)

1. A moving image reproducing apparatus which produces moving image content from a recording medium, comprising:

an internal memory for temporarily storing the moving image content; and

a processor for carrying out in parallel a plurality of tasks under a control of a multi-task OS, wherein the plurality of tasks carried out by said processor includes a transfer task to transfer a partial amount per time of the moving image content from said recording medium to said internal memory and a reproduce task to reproduce the moving image content stored in said internal memory, wherein

said reproduce task includes a set process to set a plurality of operation commands to a table and an output process to read out and output the moving image content stored in said internal memory, and said transfer task includes a seek process to seek a desired address on said recording medium in reference to the table and a content transfer process to transfer the moving image content corresponding to the partial amount from said recording medium to said internal memory in reference to the table.

2. A moving image reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said reproduce task further includes a comparison process to compare the number of unexecuted operation commands already set in the table but not yet executed with a threshold value and a wait process to wait for a predetermined time when the number of the unexecuted operation commands is greater than the threshold value.

3. A moving image reproducing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the threshold value relies on a frame rate of the moving image content.

4. A moving image reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the set process includes an update process to cyclically update a transfer destination address of the moving image content and an address set process to set the transfer destination address updated by the update process to the table.

5. A moving image reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the moving image content includes a plurality of compressed still images, and the output process includes a decompress process to decompress each of the plurality of compressed still images.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TO CORRECT THE INCORRECT PATENT NUMBER 13/446,454, AND REPLACE WITH 13/466,454 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 032467 FRAME 0095. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Recorded Apr 3, 2014
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: XACTI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032601/0646 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2014
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: XACTI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032467/0095 →