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Display apparatus
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1995-10-11
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Granted: 1997-08-12
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Expires: 2015-10-11
Abstract
Abstract In a display apparatus, the focus shift and astigmatism of the electron beams in the CRT and its vicinity portion are reduced. Picture scenes of higher fidelity and higher acuteness and higher resolution are obtained. In an electron beam focusing controller circuit contained therein, signals corresponding to a high-pass component and a luminance component in the image signals from a horizontal direction electron beam focusing determination circuit, and signals corresponding to a low-pass component in the image signals from a vertical direction electron beam focusing determination circuit are combined. The combined signals are processed by a driving voltage generator and supplied to an auxiliary acceleration focusing electrode of a CRT.
Inventors
- 👤 Kozo Tateishi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 01:52
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N3/00; H04N3/10; H04N3/16; H04N3/26; H01; H01J; H01J2229/00; H01J2229/48; H01J2229/4834; H01J2229/4837; H01J2229/4841
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
221 words
A display apparatus including a CRT, said apparatus comprising: a dynamic focus correction voltage generator, said dynamic focus correction voltage generator generating a dynamic focus correction voltage signal consisting of vertical and horizontal cyclic parabolic waveforms and supplying said signal to at least one main focus grid of the CRT; a horizontal direction electron beam focusing determination circuit, said horizontal direction electron beam focusing determination circuit generating a horizontal direction spot size signal in accordance with a high-pass component and luminance component contained within an image signal input thereto; a vertical direction electron beam focusing determination circuit, said vertical direction electron beam focusing determination circuit generating a vertical direction spot size signal in accordance with a low-pass component contained within said image signal input thereto; and an electron beam focusing controller, said electron beam focusing controller receiving said horizontal direction spot size signal generated by said horizontal direction electron beam focusing determination circuit and said vertical direction spot size signal generated by said vertical direction electron beam focusing determination circuit and outputting a signal in response thereto; and a driving voltage generator, said driving voltage generator receiving said dynamic focus correction voltage signal and adding it to the output signal of said electron beam focusing controller and supplying a resultant added signal to at least one prefocus grid of the CRT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
221 words
A display apparatus including a CRT, said apparatus comprising: a dynamic focus correction voltage generator, said dynamic focus correction voltage generator generating a dynamic focus correction voltage signal consisting of vertical and horizontal cyclic parabolic waveforms and supplying said signal to at least one main focus grid of the CRT; a horizontal direction electron beam focusing determination circuit, said horizontal direction electron beam focusing determination circuit generating a horizontal direction spot size signal in accordance with a high-pass component and luminance component contained within an image signal input thereto; a vertical direction electron beam focusing determination circuit, said vertical direction electron beam focusing determination circuit generating a vertical direction spot size signal in accordance with a low-pass component contained within said image signal input thereto; and an electron beam focusing controller, said electron beam focusing controller receiving said horizontal direction spot size signal generated by said horizontal direction electron beam focusing determination circuit and said vertical direction spot size signal generated by said vertical direction electron beam focusing determination circuit and outputting a signal in response thereto; and a driving voltage generator, said driving voltage generator receiving said dynamic focus correction voltage signal and adding it to the output signal of said electron beam focusing controller and supplying a resultant added signal to at least one prefocus grid of the CRT.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
147 words
A method of controlling a focus of a CRT included within a display apparatus, said method comprising the steps of: generating a signal consisting of a vertical cyclic parabolic waveform and a horizontal cyclic parabolic waveform and using the generated signal to control a dynamic focus of the CRT by supplying the generated signal to a main focus lens of the CRT; generating a horizontal direction spot size signal generated in accordance with a high-pass component and luminance component contained within an image signal and a vertical direction spot size signal generated in accordance with a low-pass component contained within the image signal; combining the horizontal and vertical direction spot size signals to form a combined signal; adding the generated signal to the combined signal to generate a signal which is applied to a prefocus lens of the CRT for controlling a dynamic prefocus of the CRT.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
147 words
A method of controlling a focus of a CRT included within a display apparatus, said method comprising the steps of: generating a signal consisting of a vertical cyclic parabolic waveform and a horizontal cyclic parabolic waveform and using the generated signal to control a dynamic focus of the CRT by supplying the generated signal to a main focus lens of the CRT; generating a horizontal direction spot size signal generated in accordance with a high-pass component and luminance component contained within an image signal and a vertical direction spot size signal generated in accordance with a low-pass component contained within the image signal; combining the horizontal and vertical direction spot size signals to form a combined signal; adding the generated signal to the combined signal to generate a signal which is applied to a prefocus lens of the CRT for controlling a dynamic prefocus of the CRT.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
119 words
A display apparatus including a CRT, said apparatus comprising: a first generator for generating a first generated signal based on vertical and horizontal cyclic parabolic waveforms, and applying said first generated signal to a main focus lens of the CRT for controlling a dynamic focus of the CRT; a controller for generating a second generated signal based on a high-pass component and a luminance component contained within an image signal and a low-pass component contained within the image signal; and a voltage generator for adding said first and second generated signals, generating a dynamic prefocus voltage in response thereto, and applying said dynamic prefocus voltage to a prefocus lens of the CRT to control the prefocus of the CRT.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
119 words
A display apparatus including a CRT, said apparatus comprising: a first generator for generating a first generated signal based on vertical and horizontal cyclic parabolic waveforms, and applying said first generated signal to a main focus lens of the CRT for controlling a dynamic focus of the CRT; a controller for generating a second generated signal based on a high-pass component and a luminance component contained within an image signal and a low-pass component contained within the image signal; and a voltage generator for adding said first and second generated signals, generating a dynamic prefocus voltage in response thereto, and applying said dynamic prefocus voltage to a prefocus lens of the CRT to control the prefocus of the CRT.
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