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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2010
Applicant:
Tetsuya Itani, Ikoma, JP;
Inventor:
Tetsuya Itani, Ikoma, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/783 (2006.01); H04N 5/93 (2006.01); H04N 5/935 (2006.01); H04N 5/932 (2006.01); H04N 5/931 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A playback device judges whether a connected display device is equipped to display only interlaced video or both interlaced and progressive video. If equipped to display both interlaced and progressive video, a mode setting unitsets an operation mode of the playback device to an image quality mode for interlaced signal output or a continuity mode for progressive signal output, according to a user selection received via a GUI. If continuity mode is set, the playback device decodes the video stream and performs progressive signal output.