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Device for controlling an aspect ratio in tv-monitor integrated wide screen receiver
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
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Filing: 1997-02-24
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Granted: 1999-04-20
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Expires: 2017-02-24
Abstract
Abstract A device for controlling an aspect ratio in a TV-computer integrated wide screen receiver, includes an input signal select switch for selecting a television signal double-scanned or a computer monitor signal of a VGA mode, a gain controller for controlling a gain of the signal which is selected by the select switch, a clamp circuit for clamping the signal controlled by the gain controller, an analog/digital converter for converting the signal clamped by the clamp circuit, an aspect ratio conversion device for horizontally and vertically converting the digital signal sampled by the analog/digital converter; and a phase-locked loop connected to the analog/digital converter and the aspect ratio conversion device, for correcting an image distortion by controlling a converting clock speed.
Inventors
- 👤 Ho-dae Hwang
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 16:23
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N7/00; H04N7/01; H04N7/0117; H04N7/0122; H04N5/00; H04N5/44; H04N5/46
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
244 words
A device for controlling an aspect ratio in a TV-monitor integrated wide screen receiver, the device comprising: means for receiving a broadcast television signal and for converting said broadcast television signal into a double-scanned video signal; a first switch for selecting one of said double-scanned video signal and a monitor video signal of a computer for display; first phase-locked loop means for generating a sampling signal and a memory write clock signal in response to a synchronizing signal of said selected one of said double-scanned video signal and said monitor video signal, said sampling signal and said memory write clock signal having equal frequencies; means for converting the selected one of said double-scanned video signal and said monitor video signal from an analog video signal to a digital video signal in response to said sampling signal; second phase-locked loop means for generating a memory read clock signal having a predetermined frequency in response to said synchronizing signal of said selected one of said double-scanned video signal and said monitor video signal; aspect ratio conversion means responsive to said memory write clock signal and said memory read clock signal for horizontally compressing said digital video signal when said memory read clock signal is faster than said memory write clock signal; and means connected to an output of said aspect ratio conversion means for converting said digital video signal to an analog video signal for display on a cathode ray tube having a 16:9 aspect ratio.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
244 words
A device for controlling an aspect ratio in a TV-monitor integrated wide screen receiver, the device comprising: means for receiving a broadcast television signal and for converting said broadcast television signal into a double-scanned video signal; a first switch for selecting one of said double-scanned video signal and a monitor video signal of a computer for display; first phase-locked loop means for generating a sampling signal and a memory write clock signal in response to a synchronizing signal of said selected one of said double-scanned video signal and said monitor video signal, said sampling signal and said memory write clock signal having equal frequencies; means for converting the selected one of said double-scanned video signal and said monitor video signal from an analog video signal to a digital video signal in response to said sampling signal; second phase-locked loop means for generating a memory read clock signal having a predetermined frequency in response to said synchronizing signal of said selected one of said double-scanned video signal and said monitor video signal; aspect ratio conversion means responsive to said memory write clock signal and said memory read clock signal for horizontally compressing said digital video signal when said memory read clock signal is faster than said memory write clock signal; and means connected to an output of said aspect ratio conversion means for converting said digital video signal to an analog video signal for display on a cathode ray tube having a 16:9 aspect ratio.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
143 words
The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first phase-locked loop means comprises: a multiplier for generating a modified synchronizing signal by multiplying said synchronizing signal times 3/4; a second switch having a first input terminal connected to receive said synchronizing signal and a second input terminal connected to receive said modified synchronizing signal, and an output terminal; and a phase-locked loop for generating said sampling signal and said memory write clock signal, wherein said sampling signal and said memory write clock signal have the same frequency as said memory read clock signal when said second switch provides said synchronizing signal to said phase-locked loop and said sampling signal and said memory write clock signal have a frequency slower than the frequency of said memory read clock signal when said second switch provides said modified synchronizing signal to said phase-locked loop.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
149 words
The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first phase-locked loop means comprises: a multiplier for generating a modified synchronizing signal by multiplying said synchronizing signal times 3/4; a second switch having a first input terminal connected to receive said synchronizing signal and a second input terminal connected to receive said modified synchronizing signal, and an output terminal; a programmable divider connected to receive a selected one of said synchronizing signal and said modified synchronizing signal output by said second switch; a phase detector for generating a control signal by comparing the output of said programmable divider to said synchronizing signal; a low pass filter for generating a filtered control signal by filtering said control signal output by said phase detector; and a voltage controlled oscillator for generating said sampling signal and said memory write clock signal, said sampling signal being fed back to said programmable divider.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
92 words
The device as set forth in claim 3, wherein said voltage controlled oscillator generates said sampling signal and said memory write clock signal such that said sampling signal and said memory write clock signal have the same frequency as said memory read clock signal when said second switch provides said synchronizing signal to said programmable divider and said sampling signal and said memory write clock signal have a frequency slower than the frequency of said memory read clock signal when said second switch provides said modified synchronizing signal to said programmable divider.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
76 words
The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said second phase-locked loop means comprises: a programmable divider connected to receive said synchronizing signal; a phase detector for generating a control signal by comparing the output of said programmable divider to said synchronizing signal; a low pass filter for generating a filtered control signal by filtering said control signal output by said phase detector; and a voltage controlled oscillator for generating said memory read clock signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
120 words
The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said aspect ratio conversion means comprises: three pairs of one line memories, wherein each pair of one line memories receives corresponding red, green and blue data signals of said digital video signal via respective input switches controlled by said synchronizing signal such that said red, green and blue data signals are stored in response to said memory write clock signal; said red, green and blue data signals are read out from said pairs of one line memories in response to said read clock signal and provided via respective output switches controlled in response to said synchronizing signal to said means for converting said digital video signal to an analog video signal.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
293 words
A method for controlling an aspect ratio in a TV-monitor integrated wide screen receiver, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a broadcast television signal and converting said broadcast television signal into a double-scanned video signal; selecting one of said double-scanned video signal and a computer video signal output from a computer for display; generating a sampling signal and a memory write clock signal in response to a synchronizing signal of said selected one of said double-scanned video signal and said computer video signal, said sampling signal and said memory write clock signal having equal frequencies; converting the selected one of said double-scanned video signal and said computer video signal from an analog video signal to a digital video signal in response to said sampling signal; generating a memory read clock signal in response to said synchronizing signal of said selected one of said double-scanned video signal and said computer video signal such that said memory read clock signal has a frequency greater than said memory write clock signal when said double-scanned video signal is selected for display, and such that said frequency of said memory read clock signal is equal to said frequency of said memory write clock signal when said computer video signal is selected for display; storing said digital video signal into memory in response to said memory write clock signal; reading out said digital video signal stored in said memory in response to said memory read clock signal such that said digital video signal is horizontally compressed when said memory read clock signal is faster than said memory write clock signal; and converting said digital video signal read out from said memory to an analog video signal for display on a cathode ray tube having a 16:9 aspect ratio.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
293 words
A method for controlling an aspect ratio in a TV-monitor integrated wide screen receiver, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a broadcast television signal and converting said broadcast television signal into a double-scanned video signal; selecting one of said double-scanned video signal and a computer video signal output from a computer for display; generating a sampling signal and a memory write clock signal in response to a synchronizing signal of said selected one of said double-scanned video signal and said computer video signal, said sampling signal and said memory write clock signal having equal frequencies; converting the selected one of said double-scanned video signal and said computer video signal from an analog video signal to a digital video signal in response to said sampling signal; generating a memory read clock signal in response to said synchronizing signal of said selected one of said double-scanned video signal and said computer video signal such that said memory read clock signal has a frequency greater than said memory write clock signal when said double-scanned video signal is selected for display, and such that said frequency of said memory read clock signal is equal to said frequency of said memory write clock signal when said computer video signal is selected for display; storing said digital video signal into memory in response to said memory write clock signal; reading out said digital video signal stored in said memory in response to said memory read clock signal such that said digital video signal is horizontally compressed when said memory read clock signal is faster than said memory write clock signal; and converting said digital video signal read out from said memory to an analog video signal for display on a cathode ray tube having a 16:9 aspect ratio.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
70 words
The method as set forth in claim 7, further comprising the steps of: generating a modified synchronizing signal by multiplying said synchronizing signal times 3/4; selectively connecting one of said synchronizing signal and said modified synchronizing signal to a first phase-locked loop for generating said sampling signal and said memory write clock signal; and providing said synchronizing signal to a second phase-locked loop for generating said memory read clock signal.
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