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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Aya Takechi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Ueki, Chiba, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 11/20 (2006.01); H04N 7/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image display apparatus that detects a picture defect and shifts an image region to eliminate the picture defect. The image display apparatus includes a memory unit that temporarily stores an input image signal, a memory control unit that controls a readout start address for the memory unit, a display unit to which the image signal read out of the memory unit is supplied, a detection unit that detects an aspect ratio of the input image signal, and an address control signal generation unit which receives an output from detection unit and generates a readout start address control signal for the memory unit.