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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2000
Dong Il Han, Seoul, KR;
Sung Yong Kim, Kyonggi-do, KR;
LG Electronics, Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A format conversion apparatus for a digital TV includes a block division and control signal generating part for dividing an input image into a plurality of blocks according to an input image size data and an output image size data. A format conversion coefficient generating part generates a format conversion coefficient for converting formats per block according to a control signal output from the block division and control signal generating part. A synchronizing signal generating part generates vertical and horizontal synchronizing signals per block according to a control signal output from the block division and control signal generating part. A format conversion part performs format conversion of image input per block according to the format conversion coefficient and the vertical and horizontal synchronizing signals. Vertical and horizontal format conversion of an input image is performed after dividing the image into a plurality of blocks so that buffer memory and bandwidth requirements for performing the format conversion are reduced simultaneously, while easily increasing a number of taps of a vertical filter. This prevents degradation of resolution generated when reducing a size of an image and realizes a high resolution with simple hardware.