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Width adjustment circuit and video image display device employing thereof
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1997-12-26
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Granted: 2001-01-30
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Expires: 2017-12-26
Abstract
Abstract A video display device for displaying a wide range of video signals which allows the user to freely set the screen display width and position. A request for adjusting the horizontal display width, vertical display width, horizontal display position, and vertical display position is made through a key circuit, and a microcomputer determines the state of the key circuit. The microcomputer then recalculates the horizontal expansion rate and vertical expansion rate of a scan converter, and send recalculated data to the scan converter and a PLL circuit. The scan converter and the PLL circuit converts signals to the number of picture elements displayable on the video display device in response to a request for adjustment, and changes the phase of the enable signal which indicates a display period of the video display device to adjust horizontal and vertical display positions.
Inventors
- 👤 Hirokatsu Yui
- 👤 Hiromitsu Torii
- 👤 Yoshikuni Shindo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 16:10
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G5/00; G09G5/003; G09G2320/00; G09G2320/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
170 words
A display width adjustment circuit for use with a video display and an input video signal having a horizontal synchronizing signal and a vertical synchronizing signal, said circuit comprising: a key circuit for user control of at least one of an amount of expansion and an amount of compression of at least one of a horizontal display area and a vertical display area of the video display; a detector for detecting i) a state of said key circuit and ii) a frequency of at least one of the horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals of the input video signal; a PLL circuit which receives a frequency division ratio from said detector; an A/D converter which receives the video signal and is controlled by an output of said PLL circuit; and a scan converter which receives i) an output signal from said A/D converter, and ii) at least one of the horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals, and outputs a converted video signal for displaying a corresponding video image on the video display.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
170 words
A display width adjustment circuit for use with a video display and an input video signal having a horizontal synchronizing signal and a vertical synchronizing signal, said circuit comprising: a key circuit for user control of at least one of an amount of expansion and an amount of compression of at least one of a horizontal display area and a vertical display area of the video display; a detector for detecting i) a state of said key circuit and ii) a frequency of at least one of the horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals of the input video signal; a PLL circuit which receives a frequency division ratio from said detector; an A/D converter which receives the video signal and is controlled by an output of said PLL circuit; and a scan converter which receives i) an output signal from said A/D converter, and ii) at least one of the horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals, and outputs a converted video signal for displaying a corresponding video image on the video display.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
A display width adjustment circuit as defined in claim 1 , wherein a horizontal display width of the video image displayed on said video display is adjusted by said converter changing a horizontal conversion rate responsive to an output from said key circuit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
A display width adjustment circuit as defined in claim 1 , wherein a horizontal display width of the video image displayed on said video display is adjusted by said A/D converter changing a horizontal sampling period responsive to an output from said key circuit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A display width adjustment circuit as defined in claim 1 , wherein a vertical display width of the video image displayed on said video display is adjusted by said scan converter changing a vertical conversion rate responsive to an output from said key circuit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
62 words
A display width adjustment circuit as defined in claim 1 , wherein a vertical display width of the video image displayed on said video display is adjusted by changing the number of sampling of the digitized signal per horizontal scanning period and the number of lines of the digitized signal per vertical scanning period responsive to an output from said key circuit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
A display width adjustment circuit as defined in claim 1 , wherein a horizontal display width is adjusted and a horizontal display position is changed by said microcomputer changing a horizontal conversion rate in the scan converter and ii) a phase of an enable signal indicating a display period of said video display.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
A display width adjustment circuit as defined in claim 1 , wherein a vertical display width is adjusted and a vertical display position is changed by said microcomputer changing i) a vertical conversion rate in the scan converter and ii) a phase of an enable signal indicating a display period of said video display.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
201 words
A video display device including horizontal and vertical display width adjustment circuits, said video display device for use with a display screen and a video signal having horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals, said device comprising: a key circuit for user adjustment of at least one of a horizontal display width, a vertical display width, and a display position on the display screen; a detector for detecting i) a state of said key circuit and ii) a frequency of at least one of the horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals of the input video signal, said microcomputer adjusting at least one of a horizontal display position and a vertical display position responsive to an output from said key circuit; a PLL circuit which receives a frequency division ratio control signal from said detector based on said frequency of said horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals; an A/D converter which receives the video signal and a first control signal from said PLL circuit; and a scan converter which receives i) an output signal from said A/D converter, and ii) at least one of the horizontal and vertical synchronizing signal, and outputs a converted video signal for displaying a corresponding video image on the display screen.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
201 words
A video display device including horizontal and vertical display width adjustment circuits, said video display device for use with a display screen and a video signal having horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals, said device comprising: a key circuit for user adjustment of at least one of a horizontal display width, a vertical display width, and a display position on the display screen; a detector for detecting i) a state of said key circuit and ii) a frequency of at least one of the horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals of the input video signal, said microcomputer adjusting at least one of a horizontal display position and a vertical display position responsive to an output from said key circuit; a PLL circuit which receives a frequency division ratio control signal from said detector based on said frequency of said horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals; an A/D converter which receives the video signal and a first control signal from said PLL circuit; and a scan converter which receives i) an output signal from said A/D converter, and ii) at least one of the horizontal and vertical synchronizing signal, and outputs a converted video signal for displaying a corresponding video image on the display screen.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
55 words
A video display device as defined in claim 8 , wherein said microcomputer adjusts said at least one of the horizontal display position and the vertical display position by changing a phase of an enable signal which indicates a display period of said video display device in response to the output from said key circuit.
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