1. An eyewear assembly comprising:
a primary lens assembly including a primary frame that secures a pair of primary lenses in position relative to one another;
a pair of primary extensions, each positioned on an outer periphery of the primary frame;
a pair of arms, each connected to one of the primary extensions by a hinge;
an auxiliary lens assembly including an auxiliary frame that secures a pair of auxiliary lenses in position relative to one another;
a pair of auxiliary extensions, each positioned on an outer periphery of the auxiliary frame; and
a lug carried between each of the primary and auxiliary extensions, wherein the lug removably secures the auxiliary lens assembly to the primary lens assembly, the lug being movable relative to the primary lens assembly, wherein the auxiliary lens assembly is movable a selected distance from the primary lens assembly.
2. The eyewear assembly according to claim 1, wherein the lug is secured by a tongue and groove to each of the primary extensions and is movable the selected distance toward and away from the primary lens.
3. The eyewear assembly according to claim 2, further comprising a biasing member disposed between the lug and the primary extension to urge the lug toward the primary lens.
4. The eyewear assembly according to claim 1, wherein the primary lenses are corrective lenses.
5. The eyewear assembly according to claim 1, wherein the primary lenses are corrective lenses.
6. An eyewear assembly comprising:
a primary lens assembly including a primary frame that secures a pair of primary lenses in position relative to one another;
a pair of primary extensions, each positioned on an outer periphery of the primary frame;
a pair of arms, each connected to one of the primary extensions by a hinge;
an auxiliary lens assembly including an auxiliary frame that secures a pair of auxiliary lenses in position relative to one another;
a pair of auxiliary extensions, each positioned on an outer periphery of the auxiliary frame; and
a lug carried on each of the primary extensions and movable on and relative to the extension, each lug adapted to receive a portion of one of the pair of auxiliary extensions, wherein the auxiliary lens assembly is removably secured to the primary lens assembly and the auxiliary lens assembly moves with the lugs.
7. The eyewear assembly according to claim 6, wherein the lug is secured by a tongue and groove to each of the primary extensions and is movable a selected distance toward and away from the primary lens.
8. The eyewear assembly according to claim 7, further comprising a biasing member disposed between the lug and the primary extension to urge the lug toward the primary lens.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of operating a pipelined computer processor, said method comprising:
identifying program instructions dependent upon results of prior program instructions in a set of instructions;
dividing said set of instructions into a plurality of subsets of instructions, each subset comprising a number of instructions from said set of instructions, each instruction of said set belonging to only one subset;
retrieving a first and a second instruction belonging to a first of said subsets and a third instruction belonging to a second of said subsets from an instruction pipeline;
processing the first and the second instructions operating on a first piece of input data in a first pass to produce a first processed piece of input data, where the first and second instructions are separated by a time interval; and
processing the first and the second instructions operating on a second piece of input data and the third instruction operating on the first processed piece of input data in a second pass, where the third instruction is processed during the interval separating the first and second instructions.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
reordering said set of instructions by placing an independent instruction of said set between two other instructions of said set in which one of said two instructions depends on a result of the other of said two instructions; and
inserting at least one no-operation instruction between two instructions of said set in which one of said two instructions depends on a result of the other of said two instructions.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising placing at least two of any combination of independent instructions of said set and no-operation instructions during said interval separating the first and second instructions.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
inserting at least one no-operation instruction before an instruction dependent upon a result of an immediately prior instruction, said instruction, said no-operation instruction, and said prior instruction belonging to the same subset of instructions; and
replacing said no-operation instruction with an instruction from another subset such that said instruction from another subset is processed instead of said no-operation instruction.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein said time interval comprises a number of clock cycles.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein said processing comprises:
fetching an instruction from memory;
decoding said instruction;
executing said instruction; and
storing a result of said executing.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein said dividing said set dividing said set of instructions into a plurality of subsets of instructions comprises dividing said set of instructions based on the identified program instructions.
8. A system for operating a pipelined computer processor, said system comprising:
an instruction pipeline configured to store a set of instructions;
a processor pipeline coupled to said instruction pipeline, the processor pipeline configured to identify program instructions dependent upon results of prior program instructions in said set of instructions;
said processor pipeline further configured to divide said set of instructions into a plurality of subsets of instructions, each subset comprising a number of instructions from said set of instructions, each instruction of said set belonging to only one subset;
said processor pipeline further configured to retrieve a first and a second instruction belonging to a first of said subsets and a third instruction belonging to a second of said subsets from said instruction pipeline;
said processor pipeline further configured to process the first and the second instructions operating on a first piece of input data in a first pass to produce a first processed piece of input data, where the first and second instructions are separated by a time interval; and
said processor pipeline further configured to process the first and the second instructions operating on a second piece of input data and the third instruction operating on the first processed piece of input data in a second pass, where the third instruction is processed during the interval separating the first and second instructions.
9. The system of claim 8 further comprising control logic configured to:
reorder said set of instructions by placing an independent instruction of said set between two other instructions of said set in which one of said two instructions depends on a result of the other of said two instructions; and
insert at least one no-operation instruction between two instructions of said set in which one of said two instructions depends on a result of the other of said two instructions.
10. The system of claim 8 further comprising control logic configured to place at least two of any combination of independent instructions of said set and no-operation instructions during said interval separating the first and second instructions.
11. The system of claim 8 further comprising control logic configured to:
insert at least one no-operation instruction before an instruction dependent upon a result of an immediately prior instruction, said instruction, said no-operation instruction, and said prior instruction belonging to the same subset of instructions; and
replace said no-operation instruction with an instruction from another subset such that said instruction from another subset is processed instead of said no-operation instruction.
12. The system of claim 8 wherein said time interval comprises a number of clock cycles.
13. The system of claim 8 wherein said processor pipeline is further configured to:
fetch an instruction from memory;
decode said instruction;
execute said instruction; and
store a result of said executing.
14. The system of claim 8 wherein said processor pipeline is further configured to divide said set of instructions into a plurality of subsets of instructions based on the identified instructions.
15. An apparatus for operating a pipelined computer processor, said apparatus comprising:
means for identifying program instructions dependent upon results of prior program instructions in a set of instructions;
means for dividing said set of instructions into a plurality of subsets of instructions, each subset comprising a number of instructions from said set of instructions, each instruction of said set belonging to only one subset;
means for retrieving a first and a second instruction belonging to a first of said subsets and a third instruction belonging to a second of said subsets from an instruction pipeline means;
means for processing the first and the second instructions operating on a first piece of input data in a first pass to produce a first processed piece of input data, where the first and second instructions are separated by a time interval; and
means for processing the first and the second instructions operating on a second piece of input data and the third instruction operating on the first processed piece of input data in a second pass, where the third instruction is processed during the interval separating the first and second instructions.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 further comprising:
means for reordering said set of instructions by placing an independent instruction of said set between two other instructions of said set in which one of said two instructions depends on a result of the other of said two instructions; and
means for inserting at least one no-operation instruction between two instructions of said set in which one of said two instructions depends on a result of the other of said two instructions.
17. The apparatus of claim 15 further comprising means for placing at least two of any combination of independent instructions of said set and no-operation instructions during said interval separating the first and second instructions.
18. The apparatus of claim 15 further comprising:
means for inserting at least one no-operation instruction before an instruction dependent upon a result of an immediately prior instruction, said instruction, said no-operation instruction, and said prior instruction belonging to the same subset of instructions; and
means for replacing said no-operation instruction with an instruction from another subset such that said instruction from another subset is processed instead of said no-operation instruction.
19. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said time interval comprises a number of clock cycles.
20. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said means for processing the first and second instructions operating on a first piece of input data comprises:
means for fetching an instruction from memory;
means for decoding said instruction;
means for executing said instruction; and
means for storing a result of said executing.
21. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said means for dividing said set of instructions into a plurality of subsets of instructions comprises means for dividing said set of instructions into a plurality of subsets of instructions based on the identified instructions.