IP Library Granted Patent US 7,796,198
Granted Patent B2
US 7,796,198 · App. 11/353,742 · Granted Sep 14, 2010

Display control apparatus of display panel, and display device having display control apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,796,198
App. No.
11/353,742
Granted
Sep 14, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a display control apparatus which is supplied with an input synchronizing signal and an input video signal, and which generates display data from the input video signal on the basis of the input synchronizing signal, and supplies the display data to display means, when a change is detected in a cycle of the input synchronizing signal, the display means is supplied with display data of a frame prior to the occurrence of the change in the cycle, throughout a subsequent predetermined number of frame periods.

Claims (28)

1. A display control apparatus which is supplied with an input synchronizing signal and an input video signal, and which generates display data on the basis of the input synchronizing signal from the input video signal, and supplies the display data to display means, comprising:

a video mode determination unit which determines a video mode on the basis of the input synchronizing signal;

a display data generation unit which generates display data from the input video signal;

a frame memory which stores the display data in correspondence to a frame; and

a memory control unit which controls writing and reading of the display data with respect to the frame memory,

wherein the memory control unit writes first display data generated from an input video signal of a first frame into the frame memory, reads the first display data from the frame memory in a second frame subsequent to the first frame, and supplies the first display data to the display means,

and wherein, when the video mode determination unit detects a change in a cycle of the input synchronizing signal during the second frame period, in response to the detection the memory control unit repeatedly supplies the first display data to the display means during a subsequent predetermined number of frame periods.

2. A display control apparatus which is supplied with an input synchronizing signal and an input video signal, and which generates display data on the basis of the input synchronizing signal from the input video signal, and supplies the display data to display means, comprising:

a video mode determination unit which determines a video mode on the basis of the input synchronizing signal;

a display data generation unit which generates display data from the input video signal;

a frame memory which stores the display data in correspondence to a frame; and

a memory control unit which controls writing and reading of the display data with respect to the frame memory,

wherein the memory control unit writes the display data of an input video signal of a present frame into a first frame memory region and a second frame memory region alternately, reads the display data of an input video signal of a previous frame alternately, and supplies the display data to the display means,

and wherein when the video mode determination unit detects a change in a cycle of the input synchronizing signal, in response to the detection the memory control unit repeatedly supplies, to the display means, in a subsequent predetermined number of frame periods, the display data written into the frame memory during a frame period prior to the detection of the change in the cycle.

3. The display control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the memory control unit writes display data corresponding to an input video signal of each frame period into one of the frame memory regions in the subsequent number of frame periods, and reads, from the other frame memory region, the display data which is written into the frame memory during the frame period prior to the detection of the change in the cycle.

4. The display control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein after the predetermined number of frame periods, display data corresponding to the input video signal is supplied to the display means.

5. The display control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, when detecting that a cycle of the input synchronizing signal is stabilized throughout a plurality of frames, subsequently, supply of display data of a frame prior to the generation of a change in the cycle to the display means is stopped, and then supply of display data corresponding to the input video signal to the display means is resumed.

6. The display control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display means is a plasma display panel, and the display data is data of a plurality of sub-frame with different display luminance, which are allocated during the frame period.

7. A display device, comprising:

a display control apparatus which is supplied with an input synchronizing signal and an input video signal, and generates display data on the basis of the input synchronizing signal from the input video signal; and

display means which is supplied with the display data from the display control apparatus and performs display on the basis of the display data, wherein

said display control apparatus comprises;

a video mode determination unit which determines a video mode on the basis of the input synchronizing signal;

a display data generation unit which generates display data from the input video signal;

a frame memory which stores the display data in correspondence to a frame; and

a memory control unit which controls writing and reading of the display data with respect to the frame memory,

the memory control unit writes the display data of an input video signal of a present frame into a first frame memory region and a second frame memory region alternately, reads the display data of an input video signal of a previous frame alternately, and supplies the display data to the display means, and

when the video mode determination unit detects a change in a cycle of the input synchronizing signal, in response to the detection the memory control unit repeatedly supplies, to the display means, in a subsequent predetermined number of frame periods, the display data written into the frame memory during a frame period prior to the detection of the change in the cycle.

Assignments (8)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058666/0407 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058255/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2018
From: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045142/0208 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2014
From: HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO, LTD.
To: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033694/0745 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2013
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030648/0217 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2012
From: HITACHI PLASMA DISPLAY LIMITED
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027801/0918 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 2, 2012
From: FUJITSU HITACHI PLASMA DISPLAY LIMITED
To: HTACHI PLASMA DISPLAY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 027801/0600 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2006
From: IKEDA, HIROKI; UEDA, TOSHIO
To: FUJITSU HITACHI PLASMA DISPLAY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 017590/0526 →