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Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2007
Applicants:

James G. Hanko, Redwood City, CA (US);

Michael G. Lavelle, Saratoga, CA (US);

J. Duane Northcutt, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Brian K. Schmidt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

James G. Hanko, Redwood City, CA (US);

Michael G. Lavelle, Saratoga, CA (US);

J. Duane Northcutt, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Brian K. Schmidt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Silicon Image, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 9/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In some embodiments, an apparatus includes interface circuitry to receive signals including video signals and drawing commands, and a command interpreter to receive the drawing commands and provide on screen display (OSD) signals in response to the drawing commands. Video processing circuitry processes the received video signals to provide processed video signals, and a blender to blend the OSD signals and the processed video signals to produce blended video signals including the OSD signals and the processed video signals. Other embodiments are described and claimed.


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