Media action script acceleration apparatus, system and method

• US 8,441,488 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2012
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LeoNovus USA, Inc. (LeoNovus, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: LeoNovus USA, Inc. (LeoNovus, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kota, Bhaskar, Satyavolu, Lakshmikanth Surya Naga, Puppala, Ganapathi Venkata, Bollam, Praveen Kumar, Sambaraju, Sairam, Master, Paul L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Jin-Cheng
• Application Number:
  US13/603,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20130002686A1
• Time in Patent Office: 251 Days
• Field of Search: 715/205, 715234-239, 715762-763, 709202-203, 709/224, 707/708, 345/440, 345501-506, 345/629, 345/643, 717114-119, 717/136
• US Class Current: 345/502
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/00 General purpose image data processing
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/06 Use of more than one graphics processor to process data before displaying to one or more screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/027 Arrangements and methods specific for the display of internet documents
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/363 Graphics controllers

Abstract

Exemplary apparatus, method, and system embodiments provide for processing an action script for a graphical image for visual display. An exemplary apparatus comprises: a first memory; first circuitry configured to convert a plurality of descriptive elements of the action script into a plurality of operational codes; and second circuitry configured to execute the plurality of operational codes using corresponding data stored in the first memory to generate pixel data for the graphical image. Exemplary embodiments may further include third circuitry configured to parse the action script into the plurality of descriptive elements and the corresponding data, and fourth circuitry configured to extract data from the action script and to store the extracted data in the first memory as a plurality of control words having the corresponding data in predetermined fields.

Claims

1. An apparatus for processing an action script for visual display of a graphical image, the apparatus comprising:

at least one memory circuit to store a plurality of operational codes and a plurality of control words;

a parser circuit to parse the action script into a plurality of descriptive elements and corresponding data, and to extract data from the action script and to store the extracted data in the at least one memory circuit as the plurality of control words having the extracted data in predetermined fields, wherein the plurality of descriptive elements are a plurality of tags or bytecodes;

a converter circuit to convert the plurality of descriptive elements of the action script into the plurality of operational codes;

an execution circuit to perform a selected operation in response to a selected operational code of the plurality of operational codes using the extracted data stored in the at least one memory circuit to generate pixel data for the graphical image;

a first decoder circuit to decode a descriptive element to determine a corresponding parsing operational code of the plurality of operational codes to control the parsing of the action script by the parser circuit; and

a second decoder circuit to decode each operational code of the plurality of operational codes to generate a corresponding plurality of control signals to control the execution circuit to perform the selected operation, of a plurality of operations, corresponding to the selected operational code of the plurality of operational codes.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first decoder circuit further comprises:

a decoder to determine a type of descriptive element;

and wherein the parser circuit further comprises;

a parsing controller to determine or select a number of bits to parse parameter;

a stream register to store a plurality of bits of the action script; and

at least one barrel shifter to shift out of the stream register a number of bits designated by the number of bits to parse parameter.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of operational codes are stored in the at least one memory circuit as a look up table and wherein the converter circuit is further configured to perform a hash function on each descriptive element of the plurality of descriptive elements to generate a corresponding hash result and to use the hash result as an index or entry into the look up table to determine a corresponding operational code of the plurality of operational codes.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the execution circuit further comprises:

at least one arithmetic logic unit; and

at least one floating point circuit.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:

a configurable interconnect coupled to the at least one arithmetic logic unit and to the at least one floating point execution unit, the configurable interconnect comprising;

a multiport register; and

a cross-point switch for configuration of a data path.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a post-processing circuit to match a plurality of line or curve segments of a boundary of the graphical image and to determine a sequential ordering of the plurality of line or curve segments to form boundary coordinates of the graphical image.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a graphics rendering circuit to apply a fill style to generate pixel data for an area of the graphical image.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the execution circuit is further configured to apply a line style by forming a second graphical image from a boundary of the graphical image, and wherein the graphics rendering circuit is further configured to apply a fill style to the second graphical image to generate pixel data for the line style.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

a first processor to separate the action script from other data and to perform hypertext transfer protocol (“

HTTP”

) for reception of a data file and to generate pixel data for hypertext markup language (“

HTML”

) or extensible markup language (“

XML”

) data of the data file; and

a frame buffer;

wherein the graphics rendering circuit is further configured to transfer the pixel data for the graphical image to the frame buffer and wherein the first processor is further configured to transfer the pixel data for the HTML or XML data to the frame buffer.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of descriptive elements are a specification of at least one graphical image in a form which at least partially is not pixel-by-pixel;

wherein each operational code of the plurality of operational codes is a hardware-level instruction or hardware-decodable into a plurality of hardware-level microcode, or hardware-level binary instructions, or hardware-level control signals;

wherein the action script is a data file which has not been fully compiled to machine code and which comprises at least one descriptive element; and

wherein the graphical image is an image of any kind for visual display which has been specified at least partially in a non-pixel-by-pixel form in the action script.

11. An apparatus for processing an action script for visual display of a graphical image, the apparatus comprising:

at least one memory circuit storing a plurality of operational codes;

first circuitry configured to convert a plurality of descriptive elements of the action script into the plurality of operational codes;

second circuitry configured to perform an operation corresponding to an operational code of the plurality of operational codes using corresponding data stored in the at least one memory circuit to generate pixel data for the graphical image;

third circuitry configured to parse the action script into the plurality of descriptive elements and the corresponding data, wherein the plurality of descriptive elements are a plurality of tags or bytecodes, the third circuitry comprising;

a decoder configured to determine a type of descriptive element;

a parsing controller coupled to the decoder and configured to determine or select a number of bits to parse parameter;

a stream register configured to store a plurality of bits of the action script; and

at least one barrel shifter configured to shift out of the stream register a number of bits designated by the number of bits to parse parameter;

fourth circuitry configured to decode a descriptive element to determine a corresponding parsing operational code of the plurality of operational codes to control the parsing of the action script; and

fifth circuitry configured to extract data from the action script and to store the extracted data in the at least one memory circuit as a plurality of control words having the corresponding data in predetermined fields.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first circuitry is further configured to convert the action script directly to the plurality of operational codes by performing a deterministic function on each descriptive element of the plurality of descriptive elements to generate a corresponding result and to use the result to determine a corresponding operational code of the plurality of operational codes.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the plurality of operational codes are stored in the at least one memory circuit as a look up table and wherein the first circuitry is further configured to convert the action script directly to the plurality of operational codes by performing a hash function on each descriptive element of the plurality of descriptive elements to generate a corresponding hash result and to use the hash result as an index or entry into the look up table to determine a corresponding operational code of the plurality of operational codes.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

sixth circuitry configured to separate the action script from other data;

seventh circuitry configured to decode each operational code of the plurality of operational codes to generate a corresponding plurality of control signals to control the second circuitry to perform a selected operation, of a plurality of operations, corresponding to a selected operational code of the plurality of operational codes.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the second circuitry further comprises a floating point circuit and an arithmetic logic unit, and wherein the seventh circuitry is further configured to generate a first corresponding control signal to enable the floating point circuit to perform the selected operation and to decode an operational code of the plurality of operational codes to generate a corresponding plurality of control signals to select a calculation result generated by the arithmetic logic unit.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:

a configurable interconnect coupled to the at least one arithmetic logic unit and to the at least one floating point execution unit, the configurable interconnect comprising;

a multiport register; and

a cross-point switch for configuration of a data path.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

eighth circuitry configured to match a plurality of line or curve segments of a boundary of the graphical image and to determine a sequential ordering of the plurality of line or curve segments to form boundary coordinates of the graphical image.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising:

ninth circuitry configured to apply a fill style to generate pixel data for an area of the graphical image.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising:

tenth circuitry configured to apply a line style by forming a second graphical image from a boundary of the graphical image, and wherein the ninth circuitry is further configured to apply a fill style to the second graphical image to generate pixel data for the line style.

20. A system for processing an action script for visual display of a graphical image, the system comprising:

a network input and output interface configured to receive a data file;

a user input and output interface;

a memory;

a frame buffer to store the pixel data;

first circuitry to separate the action script from other data;

second circuitry to parse the action script into the plurality of descriptive elements and corresponding data and to store the corresponding data in the memory as a plurality of control words having the corresponding data in predetermined fields;

third circuitry to convert a plurality of descriptive elements of the action script into a plurality of hardware operational codes;

fourth circuitry to perform an operation corresponding to an operational code of the plurality of hardware operational codes using the corresponding data stored in the memory to generate first pixel data for the graphical image and to transfer the first pixel data to the frame buffer; and

fifth circuitry configured to generate second pixel data for hypertext markup language (“

HTML”

) or extensible markup language (“

XML”

) data of the data file and to transfer the second pixel data to the frame buffer.