Apparatus for automatically generating logic circuit

Claim 1

An apparatus for automatically generating a logic circuit comprising: transition information inputting means for extracting a transition information between states in a state transition diagram which is input to the apparatus; processing content inputting means for extracting a processing content of each state in the state transition diagram; and logic circuit object generating means for automatically generating an object of a logic circuit in an expression style in accordance with the transition information between states and the processing content in each state, said logic circuit object generating means comprising: intermediate product generating means for generating an intermediate product comprising an information control part, which outputs an information transfer math control signal that selects a transfer path of an information and a memory control signal that specifies some of a plurality of memories and controls a write timing of each specified memory, and an information processing part, which includes operators that operate said processing content in each state in said state transition diagram and memories that store results of the operations and conducts the operations in accordance with said information transfer path control signal and said memory control signal; information control part building means for building said information control part by specifying said information control part as two generators, i.e., a transition state generator, which outputs a next transition position information in accordance with a control signal showing characteristics and contents of the operation results of the signal processing part and a transition position information output from said information control part itself, and a control signal generator, which outputs said information transfer path control signal and said memory control signal in accordance with the transition position information output from said transition state generator; information control part specifying means for specifying said transition state generator and said control signal generator as combinations of memory circuits, logic operation circuits, signal selecting circuits, and numerical value generating circuits, which are realized by combinations of logic elements and wirings, and wirings between these circuits; and information processing part specifying means for specifying said information processing part as a combination of memory circuits, logic operation circuits, signal selecting circuits, and numerical value generating circuits, which are realized by combinations of logic elements and wirings, and wirings between these circuits, in accordance with instructions described in the state transition diagram.

Claim 2

An apparatus for automatically generating a logic circuit comprising: transition information inputting means for extracting a transition information between states in a state transition diagram which is input to the apparatus; processing content inputting means for extracting a processing content of each state in the state transition diagram; and logic circuit object generating means for automatically generating an object of a logic circuit in an expression style in accordance with the transition information between states and the processing content in each state, said logic circuit object generating means comprising: intermediate product generating means for generating an intermediate product comprising an information control part, which outputs an information transfer math control signal that selects a transfer path of an information and a memory control signal that specifies some of a plurality of memories and controls a write timing of each specified memory, and an information processing part, which includes operators that operate said processing content in each state in said state transition diagram and memories that store results of the operations and conducts the operations in accordance with said information transfer path control signal and said memory control signal; information control part building means for building said information control part by specifying said information control part as two generators, i.e., a transition state generator, which outputs a next transition position information in accordance with a control signal showing characteristics and contents of the operation results of the signal processing part and a transition position information output from said information control part itself, and a control signal generator, which outputs said information transfer path control signal and said memory control signal in accordance with the transition position information output from said transition state generator; information control part specifying means for specifying said transition state generator and said control signal generator as combinations of memory circuits, logic operation circuits, signal selecting circuits, and numerical value generating circuits, which are realized by combinations of logic elements and wirings, and wirings between these circuits; and information processing part specifying means for specifying said information processing part as a combination of memory circuits, logic operation circuits, signal selecting circuits, and numerical value generating circuits, which are realized by combinations of logic elements and wirings, and wirings between these circuits, in accordance with instructions described in the state transition diagram.