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Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001

Filed:

Dec. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Toshimitsu Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;

Masahisa Tsukahara, Fujisawa, JP;

Nobuaki Kabuto, Kusitachi, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/27 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/27 ;
Abstract

When a video signal is double-speed processed by the first device, a slight vertical deflection process is performed for redundant similar scan lines by the second device, and any slight deflection in the second device is controlled by the first device to thereby enable setting so as to always display images with excellent resolution. More particularly, a discrimination signal is generated by the first device to designate interlaced scanning and flag a need for vertical scan-line deflection, and such discrimination signal is provided to the second device such that the second device can always appropriately determine the need for vertical scan-line deflection. Through monitoring for the discrimination signal, an image display apparatus is capable of preventing vertical resolution from being deteriorated when video signals possibly requiring vertical line-shifting are inputted from an external source. Further, an image display apparatus is capable of preventing the vertical resolution from being deteriorated when images of video signals having different systems are displayed within different areas on a same screen.


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