Hitachi, Ltd.

Toshiyuki Kimoto

Miyuki Ikeda

Masanori Ogino

Takeo Yamada

Masanori Oguino

Takashi Itoh

Tsuneo Fujikura

Yoshihiro Arakawa

Satoshi Ohtomo

A uniformity correction signal generating apparatus includes a horizontal address signal generating unit and a vertical address signal generating unit for generating address signals (X) and (Y, y) having one-to-one correspondence to a position on a display screen of a display unit, respectively. Upper and lower adjacent lattice point data are read out from an E.sup.2 PROM on the basis of the address signals X and Y. Interpolated correction data are obtained on the basis of the upper and lower lattice point data and vertical lower address coordinates y. The apparatus is suitable for an auto-scan type display unit and can correct the uniformity for gradation and focus by using the inexpensive E.sup.2 PROM without need of a large capacity expensive E.sup.2 PROM.

Uniformity correction signal generating apparatus for display image

A focus yoke used for an electromagnetically focused CRT display comprises: a cylindrical permanent magnet unit which is disposed around a neck portion of a CRT and is spaced from the circumference of the neck portion; a core unit which defines a toroidal space together with the cylindrical magnet unit for substantially surrounding the neck portion, the core unit forming a magnetic path to guide magnetic lines of force generated by the cylindrical magnet unit; a dynamic focus winding unit disposed in the toroidal space; and a winding unit disposed externally of said toroidal space for eliminating an undesired magnetic field of an inverse polarity generated due to the cylindrical magnet unit.

Focus yoke, electromagnetically focused CRT display with the focus yoke,

Electric charges are stored on a capacitor and then the charges are discharged so that a sawtooth wave for use in a convergence correction circuit for a display or the like is generated. When the sawtooth wave is used for a multi-scan display, the charge period is varied according as the scanning frequency varies, and as a result, a phase error is produced in the parabolic wave obtained by squaring the sawtooth wave. To eliminate the phase error, it is adapted such that the discharging current from the capacitor is passed through a coil and, in addition, the period as the reciprocal of the resonant frequency of the resonance circuit formed of the coil and the capacitor is set to be virtually double the discharge period.

Sawtooth waveform generator for a convergence correction circuit

A convergence correction circuit according to the present invention has a phased locked loop including a programmable counter. The programmable counter has programmable count start and end points. The output of the programmable counter is supplied to a memory storing convergence distortion correcting data therein. As the horizontal screen size is increased, a value closer to the lower limit 0 of the start point as compared with that taken when the horizontal size is small is set as the count start point of the programmable counter, and a value closer to the upper limit (2.sup.7 -1) of the end point as compared with that taken when the horizontal size is small is set as the count end point. In accordance with the horizontal screen size, the count start and end points of the programmable counter are changed. Correct convergence correction is performed even if the horizontal screen size is changed.

Convergence correction circuit

The present invention relates to a miss convergence compensating circuit of a projection type display. The projection type display is provided with three projection tubes for red, green and blue colors and a color image is obtained by combining three colors from three projection tubes on a screen. When such projection tubes are arranged slant to the screen, miss convergence is generated on the screen. A convergence yoke for auxiliary deflection of electron beam is generally provided in order to compensate for such miss convergence, but this convergence yoke has the deflection sensitivity which is worse than that of deflection yoke. Therefore, the present invention contributes to compensate for miss convergence using the deflection yokes. For this purpose, at least two deflection coils are provided with a transformer coupling which allow the compensating currents corresponding to the miss convergence compensating signals to flow. In this case, the transformer coupling is coupled so that the currents of opposite polarities are caused to flow into at least two deflection coils as the compensating currents.

Miss convergence compensating device for projection type display

A convergence apparatus in which a sawtooth wave signal having a horizontal period is modulated by a sawtooth wave signal having a vertical period and supplied to a convergence coil to correct misconvergence of rasters on the projection screen, characterized in that the sawtooth wave signal having the horizontal period is derived by integrating a pulse advanced in phase as compared with the flyback pulse by a PPL circuit and hence the distortion of the sawtooth wave signal having the horizontal period exists within a horizontal blanking period.

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Yokohama, Japan

Toshiyuki Kimoto