Digital-signal receiving apparatus

• US 6,492,927 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2001
• Issued: 12/10/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fukami, Tadashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Young, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, JOHN B
• Application Number:
  US09/835,456
• Publication Number:
  US 20010032027A1
• Time in Patent Office: 603 Days
• Field of Search: 341/144, 341/155, 341/145, 341/143, 341/81, 341/60, 341/61
• US Class Current: 341/144
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/028 switching on or off only a part of the equipment circuit blocks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A plurality of data items are received in each frame period, and a digital signal processor (DSP) checks a flag corresponding to each data item in each frame period before the DSP applies processing to the received data. When the checked flag allows the corresponding data item to be processed, the process is performed. When the execution of the process is finished, the flag is reset. When all the flags are reset, the DSP enters a sleep state.

Claims

1. A receiving apparatus for receiving a signal having a plurality of different types of data in each frame period, comprising:

a plurality of accumulation means for accumulating the plurality of different types of data, respectively, in each frame period;

at least one calculation-processing means for processing each type of data of the plurality of different types of data accumulated by the plurality of accumulation means; and

storage means for storing information indicating that each type of data of the plurality of types of data has been accumulated by said plurality of accumulation means,

wherein the at least one calculation-processing means applies processing to data accumulated by said plurality of accumulation means, corresponding to information indicating a completion of data accumulation stored in the storage means.

2. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the storage means further stores information indicating an order of priority in which processing is applied to the plurality of different types of data, and

the at least one calculation-processing means applies processing to the plurality of different types of data in the order of priority.

3. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the storage means further stores information indicating the completion of processing applied to each of the plurality of different types of data, and

the calculation-processing means enters a sleep state when all processing applied to the plurality of different types of data has been completed.

4. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the storage means further stores information indicating the completion of processing applied to each of the plurality of different types of data, and

the calculation-processing means enters a sleep state when all processing applied to the plurality of different types of data has been completed.

5. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the storage means further stores information indicating whether each of the plurality of different types of data is allowed to be processed, and

the calculation-processing means applies processing in the order of priority to data for which calculation processing is allowed among the plurality of different types of data.

6. A receiving apparatus for receiving a signal having a plurality of different types of data in each frame period, comprising:

a plurality of accumulation means for accumulating the plurality of different types of data, respectively, in each frame period;

at least one calculation-processing means for processing each type of data of the plurality of different types of data accumulated by the plurality of accumulation means; and

storage means for storing information indicating that each type of data of the plurality of different types of data has been processed,

wherein the at least one calculation-processing means enters a sleep state when all processing applied to the plurality of different types of data has been completed, according to the information indicating a completion of processing.

7. A receiving apparatus for receiving a signal having a plurality of different types of data in each frame period, comprising:

a plurality of accumulation means for accumulating the plurality of different types of data, respectively, in each frame period;

at least one calculation-processing means for processing each type of data of the plurality of different types of data accumulated by the plurality of accumulation means; and

storage means for storing information indicating whether each type of data of the plurality of types of data is allowed to be processed,

wherein the at least one calculation-processing means applies processing to data accumulated into the accumulation means corresponding to the storage means for storing information indicating that data is allowed to be processed.

8. The receiving apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the storage means further stores information indicating an order of priority in which processing is applied to the plurality of different types of data, and

the at least one calculation-processing means applies processing in the order of priority to data for which calculation processing is allowed among the plurality of different types of data.

9. A receiving apparatus for receiving a signal having a plurality of different types of data in each frame period, comprising:

a plurality of accumulation means for accumulating the plurality of different types of data, respectively, in each frame period;

at least one calculation-processing means for processing each type of data of the plurality of different types of data accumulated by the plurality of accumulation means; and

storage means for storing information indicating whether each type of data of the plurality of different types of data is allowed to be processed, information indicating that each type of data of the plurality of different types of data has been accumulated into accumulation means, information indicating an order of priority given to each type of data of the plurality of different types of data, and information indicating a completion of processing applied to each type of data of the plurality of different types of data,

wherein the at least one calculation-processing means performs data processing in the order of priority given to each type of data when a plurality of data corresponding to the information indicating whether data processing is allowed has been accumulated by the plurality of accumulation means, and the at least one calculation-processing means enters a sleep state when all processing applied to the plurality of different types of data has been completed.