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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Ikuo Osawa, Kiryu, JP;
Inventor:
Ikuo Osawa, Kiryu, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/21 (2006.01); H04N 1/58 (2006.01); H04N 1/409 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vertical sharpness adjustment device with which a viewer of a TV receiver can choose a degree of vertical sharpness adjustment to enhance a contour of a picture in vertical direction is offered. The vertical sharpness adjustment device includes a terminal to which a vertical sharpness control signal given by the viewer is applied, a control circuit to which the vertical sharpness control signal from the terminal is applied and a vertical sharpness adjustment circuit which adjusts the degree of the vertical sharpness of a video signal according to the vertical sharpness control signal from the control circuit.