The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2004
Takatsugu Yamagata, Hokkaido, JP;
Takahisa Hatano, Hokkaido, JP;
Takatsugu Yamagata, Hokkaido, JP;
Takahisa Hatano, Hokkaido, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An On-Screen-Display (OSD) insert circuit includes an OSD signal generator for generating a switching signal and an analog additional image signal based on a first clock signal, an analog-to-digital converter for converting the generated additional image signal into a digital additional image signal based on a second clock signal as a sampling clock signal, a switching circuit for switching between a digital video signal and the digital additional image signal based on the switching signal, and a control-signal generator operable to generate the second clock signal. The digital video signal has a horizontal synchronizing signal. The control-signal generator is operable to reset the first clock signal with a signal having a predetermined phase difference including zero with reference to the horizontal synchronizing signal, and to generate the second clock signal so that a phase of the second clock signal is adjusted with respect to the horizontal synchronizing signal. This OSD insert circuit can insert the analog additional image signal into the digital video signal without converting the digital video signal into an analog signal.