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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazumi Suga, Yokohama, JP;
Masayuki Sawada, Machida, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/02 ;
Abstract
A display control device detects the state of an input video signal, sets the display mode of a display device among n predetermined display modes corresponding to different states of the input video signal on the basis of the detection output, and controls the display operation of the display device in accordance with the set mode. When the detected state of the input video signal does not match any of the n predetermined display modes, the display mode of the display device is set to be one of the n predetermined display modes.