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Digital apparatus for convergence correction

Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1986-06-04
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Granted: 1988-06-28
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Expires: 2006-06-04
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Abstract

Abstract Digital apparatus for convergence correction of a plurality of images on the screen of a television monitor includes a digital registration circuit, or an analog registration circuit using a digital attenuator; and a memory for storing data for operation of the digital registration circuit or the digital attenuator of the analog registration circuit. The memory has a plurality of pages, and the correction data corresponding to different operating conditions is stored in the respective pages of the memory. The paging of this memory is performed in accordance with the operating conditions, and the convergence correction is carried out on the basis of the correction data continuously read out of the designated page. With this apparatus, accurate convergence adjustment can be simply performed to accommodate changes in size and/or shape of the image displayed on the screen or monitor, changes in the distance of a projection screen from its projector, and changes in the screen surface, i.e., flat, concave, cyindrical, etc.

Inventors

  • 👤 Naotaka Ando
  • 👤 Kazuhiko Takabayashi

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N3/00; H04N3/10; H04N3/16; H04N3/22; H04N9/00; H04N9/12; H04N9/16; H04N9/28

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 96 words
A digital apparatus for convergence correction of a plurality of images on the screen of a television monitor, said screen having one of a plurality of different aspect ratios for each of said plurality of images, comprising: a digital registration circuit for controlling the registration of points of said images on said screen on a point-by-point basis, a digital paged memory provided for said digital registration circuit for storing digital data corresponding to the registrations of said points, and means for selecting one page in accordance with a selected one of said plurality of aspect ratios.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 96 words
A digital apparatus for convergence correction of a plurality of images on the screen of a television monitor, said screen having one of a plurality of different aspect ratios for each of said plurality of images, comprising: a digital registration circuit for controlling the registration of points of said images on said screen on a point-by-point basis, a digital paged memory provided for said digital registration circuit for storing digital data corresponding to the registrations of said points, and means for selecting one page in accordance with a selected one of said plurality of aspect ratios.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 50 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said digital registration circuit includes an analog circuit for supplying current to a deflection coil, and a digital attenuator responsive to data stored in said memory, for adjusting the amplitude of said current, thereby to adjust a dimension of the size of said images.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 45 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said digital registration circuit includes a deflection coil, a correction coil juxtaposed therewith, and means responsive to data stored in said memory for a continous correcting current to said correction coil, in response to data stored in said memory.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 46 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, including means for receiving information corresponding to the scanning speed associated with one of said plurality of aspect ratios, and means for repetitively accessing said digital paged memory at a rate proportional to the scanning speed for the selected aspect ratio.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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