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Television receiver including playback mode for storing screen image information for predetermined time to reproduce and its method

US5852474A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 1996
Grant dateDec 22, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4221
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a television receiver and a display method thereof, the television receiver includes a video signal processing circuit for receiving a video signal, converting the signal into a video display signal, and outputting the signal therefrom; a video signal storage circuit for receiving the video display signal from the processing circuit, recording the signal for a predetermined period of time, writing the video display signal in an overwriting manner after lapse of the predetermined period of time, and repeating the recording operation at an interval of the predetermined period of time; a switch circuit for receiving the video display signals from the video signal processing and storage circuits, combining the signals with each other in a switching fashion, and outputting a resultant signal therefrom; a control circuit for controlling the video signal storage circuit and switch circuit in response to an indication signal supplied from an external device, combining with each other the video display signals from either one or both of the video signal storage circuit and switch circuit, and outputting an obtained signal therefrom, and a display circuit for displaying thereon the video …

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