IP Library Granted Patent US 6,906,756
Granted Patent B1
US 6,906,756 · App. 09/869,279 · Granted Jun 14, 2005

Display and video producing apparatus, and displaying method and video producing method

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Patent No.
US 6,906,756
App. No.
09/869,279
Granted
Jun 14, 2005
Kind
B1
Abstract

A vertical region designation circuit 141 outputs a vertical region designation signal to a vertical driver 103 on the basis of vertical display position information, a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal. A horizontal region designation circuit 142 outputs a horizontal region designation signal to a horizontal driver 102 on the basis of horizontal display position information, a pixel synchronization signal, a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal. The horizontal driver 102 outputs an input picture signal to a picture display surface 101 from a signal line at a horizontal coordinate corresponding to the number of times of pixel synchronization signals that is counted from an input horizontal synchronization signal as a starting point during a period when a horizontal region designation signal is effective. A vertical driver 103 stores the number of times of synchronization of a horizontal synchronization signal during a period when a vertical region designation signal is effective, and the vertical driver 103 selects a signal line at a vertical coordinate corresponding to the number of times of synchronization. The picture display surface 101 displays a picture signal output from the horizontal driver 102 at a position designated by a horizontal coordinate corresponding to the signal line where the picture signal was output and a vertical coordinate corresponding to the signal line selected by the vertical driver 103.

Claims (21)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising a picture generation apparatus and a picture display apparatus, said picture generation apparatus comprising:

a synchronization signal generator that generates a picture synchronization signal;

a picture generator that generates picture data in a horizontal resolution of m′ and a vertical resolution of n′ in synch with the picture synchronization signal;

a picture generation controller that specifies an m′×n′ region in a memory, having a horizontal resolution of M (M>m′) and a vertical resolution of N (N>n′), and stores the picture data in said region in synch with the picture synchronization signal; and

a picture signal generator that reads data from the memory and generates a picture signal in the vertical resolution of N and horizontal resolution of M in synch with the picture synchronization signal, and

said picture display apparatus comprising:

a picture display controller that specifies a displaying region on a picture display surface, having a horizontal resolution of m (M>m) and a vertical resolution of n (N>n); and

a picture display that cuts from the picture signal a picture corresponding to the displaying region specified by the picture display controller and displays the picture on the picture display surface, wherein

said electronic apparatus is further provided with a controller that controls the picture generation controller in the picture generation apparatus and the picture display controller in the picture display apparatus, and that independently controls a position of the region in the memory for storing the picture data and a position of the displaying region on the picture display surface of the picture display apparatus.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when the resolution of the picture data generated in the picture generator (m′×n′) and the resolution of the picture display (m×n) are equal, the picture generation controller and the picture display controller are controlled such that the position of the region in the memory for storing the picture data and the position of the displaying region on the picture display surface of the picture display apparatus match.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when the resolution of the picture data generated in the picture generator (m′×n′) is lower than the resolution of the picture display (m×n), the picture generation controller and the picture display controller are controlled such that the picture data is displayed in a center of the picture display apparatus.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when the resolution of the picture data generated in the picture generator (m′×n′) is greater than the resolution of the picture display (m×n), the picture generation controller and the picture display controller are controlled such that a middle portion of the picture data is displayed on the picture display surface.

5. A telephone apparatus comprising a picture generation apparatus and a picture display apparatus, said picture generation apparatus comprising:

a synchronization signal generator that generates a picture synchronization signal;

a picture generator that generates picture data in a horizontal resolution of m′ and a vertical resolution of n′ in synch with the picture synchronization signal;

a picture generation controller that specifies an m′×n′ region in a memory, having a horizontal resolution of M (M>m′) and a vertical resolution of N (N>n′), and stores the picture data in said region in synch with the picture synchronization signal; and

a picture signal generator that reads data from the memory and generates a picture signal in the vertical resolution of N and horizontal resolution of M in synch with the picture synchronization signal, and

said picture display apparatus comprising:

a picture display controller that specifies a displaying region on a picture display surface, having a horizontal resolution of m (M>m) and a vertical resolution of n (N>n); and

a picture display that cuts from the picture signal a picture corresponding to the displaying region specified by the picture display controller and displays the picture on the picture display surface, wherein

said electronic apparatus is further provided with a controller that controls the picture generation controller in the picture generation apparatus and the picture display controller in the picture display apparatus, and that independently controls a position of the region in the memory for storing the picture data and a position of the displaying region on the picture display surface of the picture display apparatus.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2016
From: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
To: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 039361/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2014
From: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 032437/0638 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 032326/0707 →
LIEN Recorded Jan 24, 2014
From: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: HIGHBRIDGE PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 032180/0115 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 12, 2013
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031814/0732 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2001
From: KUBOTA, KOSUKE; MACHIDA, YUTAKA; MIYAUCHI, MOTOYA; KAYADA, TADASHI; YUKITAKE, TAKESHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 012062/0723 →