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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174618 | Method of controlling resolution of digital data broadcasting receiver, apparatus therefor, and digital data broadcasting receiver using the same Provided are a method of controlling a resolution desired by a user in a graphics device of a digital data broadcasting receiver, an apparatus therefor, and a digital data broadcasting receiver using the same. The method includes providing a list of resolutions avai... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8149335 | Picture display apparatus with selectively divided screens, picture display method for selectively dividing screens, and storage medium A picture display apparatus, comprising: a synthesizing section for synthesizing divided screens to display a plurality of pictures on a single screen; a menu display section for displaying a menu in which a list of options is displayed, the options enabling a user ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8089558 | Gamut error notifying device The object is to enable the user to selectively set the notification of a gamut error and notification deactivation condition. For this, a detection unit 3 detecting a gamut error of an input image signal, and a plurality of notifying units 5, 8 and | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081259 | Modulating operation interface and method thereof A modulating operation interface and a method are applied for a display apparatus. The modulating operation interface comprises a display unit, a selection unit, a clock unit and a processor. A circle broadcast action of a plurality of operation diagrams is displaye... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8068179 | On-screen display device with compressed data and display method thereof An on-screen display (OSD) device includes a memory, a processing unit, a buffer, a buffer controller, a decompression engine and an OSD video processing engine. The memory stores an OSD data to be played or processed. The processing unit reads the OSD data from the... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8054383 | Display apparatus and method of preventing image burn-in A method of preventing image burn-in of a display apparatus to display an image includes detecting pixel data of a pixel of the image, calculating OSD data corresponding to the detected pixel data, generating the calculated OSD data, and merging the OSD data to the ... | 11/08/2011 |
| RE42780 | Method and apparatus of composing menu for users The present invention relates to a method of composing a user menu by proving a shortened route to the menu the user selected among a hierarchically structured On Screen Display menu so that the user can find a menu he or she wants more conveniently. The method comp... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7880813 | Control device and control method with corresponding arrangement of image regions A control device includes a control section standing by to receive a control signal transmitted from a transmission section. The control section assigns, respectively to N or less control signals, instructions to be executed when the control signals are received, an... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7812889 | Control system for synchronously controlling display device and play device A control system for controlling video and audio parameters of a display device and a play device is provided. An OSD system of the play device and an OSD system of the display device receive OSD signals respectively. The OSD signals are transmitted between the play... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7804543 | Method and apparatus for providing on screen display (OSD) data at a computer for display on a monitor over a transmission link A method for receiving OSD data over from a computer for display on a monitor over a transmission link that includes, launching an OSD application on the computer; receiving an OSD control command at the computer; encoding the OSD control command by the OSD applicat... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7782400 | Image display controller and image display system An image display unit operational interface for easily selecting a lot of functions while checking the content of an underlying image is provided. In an image display control device (3) for displaying on a display unit (5) a large menu having a ... | 08/24/2010 |
| RE41480 | Video display apparatus with on-screen display pivoting function A video display apparatus has an on-screen display pivoting function in which, even when the user arbitrarily pivots the monitor of a computer system, the on-screen display is normally displayed. An on-screen display (OSD) generating section receives horizontal/vert... | 08/10/2010 |
| RE41481 | Method and apparatus of composing menu for users The present invention relates to a method of composing a user menu by proving a shortened route to the menu the user selected among a hierarchically structured On Screen Display menu so that the user can find a menu he or she wants more conveniently. The method comp... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7750977 | Automatic signal error display and user guided signal recovery in a digital television signal receiver In a digital television signal receiver, upon a signal disturbance of a digital television signal, system state information, with regard to the nature of the signal disturbance of the particular digital television channel is preferably automatically provided to a us... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7746410 | Picture adjustment method and apparatus for video display appliance Picture adjustment apparatus and methods for a video display appliance, include: a memory for storing information pertaining to at least one apparatus adjustment on-screen display (OSD), the adjustment OSD information including configurable OSD accessibility informa... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742107 | Display apparatus and method for controlling the same A display apparatus comprises a display unit; a first processor for outputting a first signal including an on-screen-display (OSD) menu signal and a first image signal. A second processor has a picture-in-picture (PIP) function, the second processor processes one of... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7742105 | On screen display apparatus and method for displaying menu thereon An on screen display (OSD) apparatus and a method for displaying a menu on the OSD apparatus are provided. The ODS apparatus includes: a memory module which stores a system program and data for a first region, where the data for the first region includes a plurality... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7742106 | Method and apparatus for setting language in television receiver A method and apparatus for setting a language in a television receiver enable one language setting operation performed in a first menu, corresponding to one of a plurality of language-specific functions, to automatically set a preferred language for one or more othe... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7701513 | Video processing apparatus A video processing apparatus including a memory to store a plurality of character strings corresponding a plurality of channels in predetermined sequence, a display part to display the character string to be superposed on a picture of the corresponding channel, a si... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7675575 | Display device with a detachable housing A display device includes a detachable housing, a main body, and an interface unit. The interface unit electrically connects the detachable housing with the main body. The detachable housing includes an OSD unit for storing a plurality of OSD data; a command input u... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7663700 | Combination of recorded program index and EPG A television system has a television viewing mode and a guide mode. The guide mode includes an electronic program guide (EPG), which provides the viewer program information for tuned programs, and a tape index guide (TIG), which provides information for programs rec... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7636127 | Video display device including video device A video display device includes: an image display device including: a signal operating unit which operates image quality of a source image; a first OSD unit which generates a first OSD signal; a control unit for controlling the image display device, and a memory whi... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7630017 | On-screen display circuit The invention relates to a color half tone display for giving a specific hue to a designated region while displaying the original image by a transparent display at the designated region in an on-screen display in a television receiver. A circuit for generating signa... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7630018 | On-screen display apparatus and on-screen display generation method The present invention allows a device to easily convert an on-screen image in HD format or SD format without increasing the processing load. The device according to an embodiment of the present invention uses the on-screen image D3 in which the number of hori... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7619688 | Broadcast-data display control device and method, and broadcast-data receiving device A display control device includes the following elements. A related data acquisition unit acquires related data of a predetermined channel from a broadcast signal. A supplementary screen generator generates a supplementary screen indicating an overview of a related ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7595840 | Apparatus and method for displaying and controlling a symmetry-type OSD menu in an image display device An apparatus for displaying and controlling a symmetry-type OSD (on-screen display) menu in an image display device includes a key input unit (10), a control unit (11), an OSD menu generation unit (12), a storage unit (13), an image signa... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7586545 | Apparatus and methods for controlling an on-screen display The present invention provides an OSD display apparatus that prevents even a local OSD display from being blended with a surrounding background image. To implement this, the OSD display apparatus that superimposes an image or a character on a display image as an OSD... | 09/08/2009 |
| RE40742 | Method and apparatus of composing menu for users The present invention relates to a method of composing a user menu by providing a shortened route to the menu the user selected among a hierarchically structured On Screen Display menu so that the user can find a menu he or she wants more conveniently. The method co... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7545441 | Digital broadcast receiver A microprocessor in a digital broadcast receiver outputs image data displaying a menu in a sub-screen when instructed by a user to display the menu: if received broadcast signals are those of an HD broadcast, and if the image format of a television, to which data ar... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7542098 | Display device and display method A display device having an on-screen display (OSD) function receives a YUV video signal such as the camera video signal or broadcast video signal of YUV format from a camera or recording medium, receives an RGB-OSD signal from a circuit device (serial interface) of ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7486335 | Apparatus and method for displaying and controlling an annularity-type OSD menu in an image display device An apparatus for displaying and controlling an annularity-type OSD menu in an image display device includes a key input unit (10), a control unit (11), an OSD menu generation unit (12), a storage unit (13), an image signal output unit ( | 02/03/2009 |
| 7477322 | Apparatus and method for displaying and controlling an on-screen display menu in an image display device An apparatus for displaying and controlling an OSD menu in an image display device includes a key input unit (10), a control unit (11), an OSD menu generation unit (12), a storage unit (13), an image signal output unit (14), a pre-... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7474356 | Display system and method of eliminating residual image in the same A display system and a method of eliminating a residual image on a display causes an on screen display (OSD) block to be moved to different locations on the display to eliminate the residual image. In a method embodying the invention, a mixed video image that includ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7466363 | AV system including amplifier and content reproducing device with connection-based on screen display An AV receiver in an AV system determines the type of connection between the AV system and the display upon receiving a request for an OSD from the user. Based on the result of determination, if the AV receiver is connected to the display through a DVD reproducing d... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7436346 | System, method and interface for controlling multiple electronic devices of a home entertainment system via a single control device A portable communication device is provided and includes a display. At least one remote control soft button is presented at the display and an electronic device control command is associated with each remote control soft button. Further, the electronic device contro... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436390 | OSD (on screen display) multi cursor display method and apparatus An OSD multi cursor display method and apparatus are provided, wherein an OSD source transmits a plurality of OSD multi cursor display data to a display apparatus by giving each data a peculiar ID, said display apparatus stores the plurality of received OSD multi cu... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432982 | OSD insert circuit An On-Screen-Display (OSD) insert circuit includes an OSD signal generator for generating a switching signal and an analog additional image signal based on a first clock signal, an analog-to-digital converter for converting the generated additional image signal into... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7420621 | Video and audio signal output device When a user commands a microprocessor, using a remote control, to output information about a video and audio signal output device itself to a monitor device, the microprocessor superimposes, on video signals decoded by a decoder, video signals of a terminal connecti... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417689 | Apparatus for generating on-screen display in digital TV An apparatus for generating an OSD in a digital TV is provided, which comprises an OSD generator for generating an OSD associated with a digital broadcast received through a digital tuner and an OSD associated with an analog broadcast received through an analog tune... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7397514 | Multimedia presentation system and method therefor A multimedia presentation system includes: a display unit (120) for displaying multimedia information and an On Screen Display (OSD) menu; a control unit (110) including the multifunctional button for receiving a user operation, generating a control si... | 07/08/2008 |
