Image Block Address Particle Management for Chip Area Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for image transmission require a large chip area for temporarily storing image blocks, especially when dealing with larger image widths or multiple lines, which leads to increased register usage and circuit design challenges.
Innovation Solution
The proposed solution involves using a memory with multiple memory regions of a first preset size to store image blocks, along with address particles to manage the storage and retrieval of image blocks, reducing the need for registers and minimizing chip area occupation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If registers are used to temporarily store image blocks, then image data can be stored during transmission, but the chip area increases significantly when image width or number of lines increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses address particles to store only the addresses of image blocks in memory regions, rather than storing the actual image block data in registers. This copying approach stores minimal information (addresses) while pointing to the full data in memory, dramatically reducing the chip area required for temporary storage while maintaining the ability to access complete image blocks.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from storing image blocks directly in registers (one-dimensional storage) to using address particles that point to memory regions (two-dimensional address space). This dimensional change allows the system to manage larger image blocks without proportionally increasing register count, as addresses can be stored in a compact form in memory rather than requiring large register arrays.
2Quantity of substance
If more registers are added to store larger image blocks, then storage capacity increases, but circuit design and routing become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of adding more registers to directly store larger image blocks, the patent copies only the address information into memory regions. This reduces the number of registers needed while maintaining the ability to access larger image blocks through the address particles stored in memory, thereby simplifying circuit design and routing.
3Reliability
If address particles are used to manage memory regions, then data management accuracy improves, but additional memory space is required for address storage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent copies only the essential address information into memory regions rather than storing complete image block data. This approach maintains data management accuracy by tracking which memory regions contain which image blocks through address particles, while using minimal memory space compared to storing the actual image data.
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides an image management method, chip, image transmission method and electronic device, and involves to the field of data transmission. The image management method includes assigning an address particle for an image block in response to a writing of the image block, wherein each of the address particles is corresponding to different memory region in a memory respectively; storing the image block into the memory region corresponding to the address particle; and if the memory region corresponding to the address particle is full with data of the image block, writing an address of the memory region corresponding to the address particle into a preset information buffer, wherein the information buffer is configured to provide an acquirer of the image block with the address of the memory region corresponding to the address particle; and the acquirer is configured to acquire the image block from the memory based on the address of the memory region corresponding to the address particle. The above image management method may reduce the chip area required for temporarily storing the image block during the image transmission.