Display position control apparatus

1. A display position control apparatus which uses a first sync signal to control a display position of an image in one direction of a matrix type display device and a second sync signal, which is different from the first sync signal, to control the display position of the image in another direction of the display device to generate a position control signal to control the display position of the image in the display device, comprising:

a sync signal generating device which generates a third sync signal having a phase difference held in a preset match state with respect to the phase of the first sync signal;

a detecting device which detects whether a phase relation between the phase of the first sync signal and the phase of the second sync signal is held in a preset mismatch state; and

a control signal generating device which generates the position control signal on the basis of the first sync signal and the third sync signal when it is detected that the phase relation is in the mismatch state, and generates the position control signal on the basis of the first sync signal and the second sync signal when it is not detected that the phase relation is in the mismatch state,

wherein the detecting device comprises:

a mismatch detection signal generating device which generates a mismatch detection signal having a preset pulse width on the basis of the second sync signal; and

a determining device which determines that the phase relation is in the mismatch state when timing of one pulse of the first sync signal is included within a range of the pulse width of the generated mismatch detection signal, and determines that the phase relation is not in the mismatch state when the timing of one pulse of the first sync signal is not included within the range.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mismatch detection signal generating device generates the mismatch detection signal having the pulse width in which timing of one pulse of the second sync signal is set to the center timing.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the detecting device is a first detecting device;

the control signal generating device is a first control signal generating device; and

the apparatus further comprises:

a second detecting device which detects whether the phase relation between the phase of the first sync signal and the phase of the second sync signal is in the match state; and

a second control signal generating device which generates the position control signal on the basis of the first sync signal and the second sync signal when it is detected that the phase relation is in the match state.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein:

the determining device is a first determining device; and

the second detecting device comprises:

a match detection signal generating device which generates a match detection signal having a preset pulse width on the basis of the third sync signal; and

a second determining device which determines that the phase relation is in the match state when the timing of one pulse of the first sync signal is included within a range of the pulse width of the generated match detection signal.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the match detection signal generating device generates the match detection signal having the pulse width in which timing of one pulse of the third sync signal is set to the center timing.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the direction denotes the vertical direction in the display device, the first sync signal is a vertical sync signal, the other direction denotes the horizontal direction, and the second sync signal is a horizontal sync signal.

7. A display position control apparatus which uses a first sync signal to control a display position of an image in one direction of a matrix type display device and a second sync signal, which is different from the first sync signal, to control the display position of the image in another direction of the display device to generate a position control signal to control the display position of the image in the display device, comprising:

a first sync signal generating device which generates a third sync signal having a phase difference held in a preset match state with respect to the phase of the first sync signal;

a first detecting device which detects whether a phase relation between the phase of the first sync signal and the phase of the second sync signal is held in a preset mismatch state; and

a first control signal generating device which generates the position control signal on the basis of the first sync signal and the third sync signal when it is detected that the phase relation is in the mismatch state, and generates the position control signal on the basis of the first sync signal and the second sync signal when it is not detected that the phase relation is in the mismatch state,

a second detecting device which detects whether the phase relation between the phase of the first sync signal and the phase of the second sync signal is in the match state; and

a second control signal generating device which generates the position control signal on the basis of the first sync signal and the second sync signal when it is detected that the phase relation is in the match state,

wherein the second detecting device comprises: a match detection signal generating device which generates a match detection signal having a preset pulse width on the basis of the third sync signal; and a determining device which determines that the phase relation is in the match state when the timing of one pulse of the first sync signal is included within a range of the pulse width of the generated match detection signal.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the match detection signal generating device generates the match detection signal having the pulse width in which timing of one pulse of the third sync signal is set to the center timing.