Data processing apparatus, input control apparatus, and control method

• US 9,690,740 B2
• Filed: 01/15/2013
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ishikawa, Hisashi, Hara, Yuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Lindlof, John
• Application Number:
  US13/742,092
• Publication Number:
  US 20130198431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,624 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4063 Device-to-bus coupling

Abstract

An input control apparatus, which accepts input of data from the outside and inputs the data to a bus in a data processing system in which a plurality of communication units are connected by the bus in a ring shape and data processed by processing units are delivered via the bus, controls acceptance of data based on the number of data items which should be output outside, are suspended from output, and remain on the bus.

Claims

1. An input and output control apparatus which accepts input of data from outside of a data processing system, inputs the data to a bus in the data processing system and outputs data, for which processing by the data processing system is completed, from the bus to outside, wherein the data processing system includes a plurality of communication units and a plurality of processing units and the plurality of communication units are connected by the bus in a ring shape and data processed by the plurality of processing units are delivered via the bus in the data processing system, the input and output control apparatus comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive, from the bus, data for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed and thereby the data being in a state to be output to the outside;

a determination unit configured to determine whether output of the data, for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed, from the bus to the outside is possible or not;

a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the bus, the data for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed but of which the output from the bus to the outside has been suspended in a case where the determination unit determines that the output of the data, for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed, from the bus to the outside is not possible;

a counting unit configured to count a number of data items for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed, of which the output to the outside is suspended according to the determination by the determination unit, and which remain on the bus; and

a control unit configured to control input of data from the outside to the bus based on the number of the data items.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the number of the data items is larger than or equal to a first predetermined value, the control unit suspends input of data from the outside.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit suspends input of data from the outside from the point when the number of the data items becomes larger than or equal to a first predetermined value until the number of the data items becomes less than or equal to a second predetermined value larger than the first predetermined value by decreasing after exceeding the second predetermined value.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit suspends input of data from the outside from the point when the number of the data items becomes larger than or equal to a first predetermined value until the number of the data items becomes less than or equal to a second predetermined value smaller than the first predetermined value.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit further controls input of data from the outside based on information representing whether output of data to the outside is suspended.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reception unit receives the data for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed, and

wherein the reception unit outputs, to the outside, the data for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed, in a case where the determination unit determines that the output of the data, for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed, from the bus to the outside is possible.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the counting unit increments a count value when the output of the data, for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed, to the outside from the bus is suspended according to the determination by the determination unit, and decrements the count value in a case where the count value is equal to or greater than 1 and the reception unit outputs, to the outside, the data for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reception unit outputs the data, for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed, from the bus to the outside based on a signal indicating whether output of data from the bus to the outside is possible.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit further performs the determination based on the signal indicating whether output of data from the bus to the outside is possible.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reception unit transmits, from the bus to the outside, data for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the transmission unit causes the data, for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed, to go around the bus in the data processing system in a case where the determination unit determines that it is not possible to output the data for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed.

13. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit permits input of data from the outside in a case where the data for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed but of which the output from the bus to the outside has been suspended is output to the outside and the number of the data items is changed from a first value at which input of data from the outside is suspended to a second value at which input of data from the outside is permitted.

14. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines whether output of the data, which is received by the reception unit and for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed, from the bus to the outside is possible or not.

15. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input and output control apparatus is included in the data processing system and is neither the plurality of communication units nor the plurality of processing units.

6. A control method for an input and output control apparatus which accepts input of data from outside of a data processing system inputs the data to a bus in the data processing system and outputs data, for which processing by the data processing system is completed, from the bus to outside, wherein the data processing system includes a plurality of communication units and a plurality of processing units and the plurality of communication units are connected by the bus in a ring shape and data processed by the plurality of processing units are delivered via the bus in the data processing system, the method comprising:

receiving, from the bus, data for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed and thereby the data being in a state to be output to the outside;

determining whether output of the data, for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed, from the bus to the outside is possible or not;

transmitting, to the bus, the data for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed but of which the output from the bus to the outside has been suspended in a case where it is determined that the output of the data, for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed, to the outside from the bus is not possible;

counting a number of data items for which all processing by the data processing system has been completed, of which the output to the outside is suspended according to the determination at the determining, and which remain on the bus; and

controlling input of data from the outside to the bus based on the number of the data items.

16. An input and output control apparatus which accepts input of data from outside of a data processing system, inputs the data to a bus in the data processing system and outputs data, for which processing by the data processing system is completed, from the bus to outside, wherein the data processing system includes a plurality of communication units and a plurality of processing units and the plurality of communication units are connected by the bus in a ring shape and data processed by the plurality of processing units are delivered via the bus in the data processing system, the input and output control apparatus comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive, from the bus, data that is in a state to be output to the outside;

a determination unit configured to determine whether output of the data that is received by the reception unit and is in a state to be output from the bus to the outside is possible or not;

an output unit configured to output the data that is received by the reception unit and is in a state to be output from the bus to the outside in a case where the determination unit determines that the output of the data that is in a state to be output from the bus to the outside is possible;

a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the bus, the data that is in a state to be output from the bus to the outside in a case where the determination unit determines that the output of the data that is in a state to be output from the bus to the outside is not possible;

a counting unit configured to count a number of data items which are in a state to be output from the bus to the outside, of which the output to the outside is suspended according to the determination by the determination unit, and which remain on the bus; and

a control unit configured to control input of data from the outside to the bus based on the number of the data items.

17. A control method for an input and output control apparatus which accepts input of data from outside of a data processing system, inputs the data to a bus in the data processing system and outputs data, for which processing by the data processing system is completed, from the bus to outside, wherein the data processing system includes a plurality of communication units and a plurality of processing units and the plurality of communication units are connected by the bus in a ring shape and data processed by the plurality of processing units are delivered via the bus in the data processing system, the method comprising:

receiving, from the bus, data that is in a state to be output to the outside;

determining whether output of the data that is received by the reception unit and is in a state to be output from the bus to the outside is possible or not;

outputting the data that is received by the reception unit and is in a state to be output from the bus to the outside in a case where it is determined that the output of the data that is in a state to be output from the bus to the outside is possible;

transmitting, to the bus, the data that is in a state to be output from the bus to the outside in a case where it is determined that the output of the data that is in a state to be output from the bus to the outside is not possible;

counting a number of data items which are in a state to be output from the bus to the outside, of which the output to the outside is suspended according to the determination at the determining, and which remain on the bus; and

controlling input of data from the outside to the bus based on the number of the data items.