Image processing
First Claim
1. Image data processing apparatus, comprising a plurality of image processing systems in which each of said image processing systems has direct access to a respective frame storage means;
- and a network connecting said image processing systems together so as to allow each connected image processing system to indirectly access the frame storage means of other connected image processing systems, wherein each connected image processing system comprises;
(a) a local configuration file specifying details of said image processing system'"'"'s respective locally connected storage means;
(b) a network configuration data structure; and
(c) network communication means, wherein, said network communication means is arranged to;
(i) transmit details of said image processing system'"'"'s associated local configuration file to said other connected networked image systems; and
(ii) automatically add local configuration details, from said other networked image systems, to said image processing system'"'"'s associated network configuration data structure in response to receiving the details of local configuration files from said other connected networked image processing systems;
wherein the local configuration details comprise framestore information for the respectively locally connected storage means and interface information for the image processing system; and
the network configuration data structure comprises framestore information for each frame storage means connected to image processing system on the network and interface information for one interface for each image processing system on the network.
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Abstract
Network configuration data is automatically written to data structures in a networked image data processing environment. The environment includes several image processing systems (101–108) in which each image processing system has direct access to a respective frame storage device (111–118). Each image processing system includes a local configuration file specifying details of its locally connected storage device in combination with a network configuration data structure. A network (121) allows each image processing system to indirectly access the frame storage devices of other connected image processing systems. An image processing system transmits details of system configuration data to other networked processing systems. Furthermore, configuration data received from other networked image processing systems is added to local configuration data. Thus, when network configurations are changed, each system will identify its local condition, transmit this information to other systems and receive information from the other systems.
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1. Image data processing apparatus, comprising a plurality of image processing systems in which each of said image processing systems has direct access to a respective frame storage means;
- and a network connecting said image processing systems together so as to allow each connected image processing system to indirectly access the frame storage means of other connected image processing systems, wherein each connected image processing system comprises;
(a) a local configuration file specifying details of said image processing system'"'"'s respective locally connected storage means; (b) a network configuration data structure; and (c) network communication means, wherein, said network communication means is arranged to; (i) transmit details of said image processing system'"'"'s associated local configuration file to said other connected networked image systems; and (ii) automatically add local configuration details, from said other networked image systems, to said image processing system'"'"'s associated network configuration data structure in response to receiving the details of local configuration files from said other connected networked image processing systems; wherein the local configuration details comprise framestore information for the respectively locally connected storage means and interface information for the image processing system; and the network configuration data structure comprises framestore information for each frame storage means connected to image processing system on the network and interface information for one interface for each image processing system on the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- and a network connecting said image processing systems together so as to allow each connected image processing system to indirectly access the frame storage means of other connected image processing systems, wherein each connected image processing system comprises;
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13. A method of automatically writing network configuration data structures in a networked image data processing environment, comprising a plurality of image processing systems in which each of said image processing systems has direct access to a respective frame storage means, wherein each image processing system includes a local configuration file specifying details of said image processing system'"'"'s respective locally connected storage means, a network configuration data structure, and network communication means;
- and a network connecting said image processing systems together so as to allow each connected image processing system to indirectly access the frame storage means of other connected image processing systems;
wherein said method performs the steps of;transmitting details of said local configuration file to said other connected networked processing systems, and automatically add local configuration details, from said other connected networked processing system, to the networked configuration data structure in response to receiving the details of local configuration files from other networked image processing systems; wherein the local configuration details comprise framestore information for the respectively locally connected storage means and interface information for the image processing system; and the network configuration data structure comprises framestore information for each frame storage means connected to image processing system on the network and interface information for one interface for each image processing system on the network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
- and a network connecting said image processing systems together so as to allow each connected image processing system to indirectly access the frame storage means of other connected image processing systems;
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