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Display control apparatus

US5721570A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 1997
Grant dateFeb 24, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 16, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G5/366
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A horizontal synchronizing signal is applied as a reference signal and a voltage-controlled oscillator outputs a frequency signal on the basis of the frequency of the horizontal synchronizing signal. The period of the frequency signal is divided in accordance with a frequency-dividing value set in advance, the difference in frequency between the frequency-divided frequency signal and the horizontal synchronizing signal and the phase difference between them are obtained, and control is performed in such a manner that the frequency of the signal outputted by the voltage-controlled oscillator is decided in dependence upon the frequency difference. In an interval in which a vertical synchronizing signal turns off and the frequency of the horizontal synchronizing signal fluctuates, the input to the voltage-controlled oscillator is held fixed to prevent a fluctuation in the outputted display clock.

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