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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2005
Andrew G. Habas, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey Stephens, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew G. Habas, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey Stephens, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for presenting high definition display signals in secondary windows of a display are disclosed. In one embodiment, the aspect ratio of a high definition content secondary window is adjustable. The high definition content secondary window may be a PIP, POP, PBP or other window. Furthermore, the image within the high definition content secondary window may be scaled in a wide variety of manners such that the image shape within the window may also be adjustable. Thus, in one embodiment both the window shape and the image shape within the window may be adjustable. Furthermore, the input format of the content presented to the display may be one of a wide variety of formats. In a further embodiment, the secondary window shape and image shape may be adjustable for a plurality of different input formats.