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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2003
Yasuhiro Kumamoto, Neyagawa, JP;
Taro Funamoto, Mino, JP;
Yasuhiro Kumamoto, Neyagawa, JP;
Taro Funamoto, Mino, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An EPG extraction portion extracts EPG information; a program type decision portion decides the type of broadcast program using the extracted EPG information, and outputs a ratio modification signal to change the ratio of the image display interval to the black display interval according to the program type; a driving pulse generation portion generates a gate driver control signal which changes the write timing of a frequency-doubled image signal and frequency-doubled black display signal in one field interval, according to the ratio modification signal; and, a gate driver changes the write timing of the frequency-doubled image signal and frequency-doubled black display signal according to the gate driver control signal, to change the ratio of the image display interval to the black display interval.