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Video output apparatus and control method thereof

US8072544B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 2007
Grant dateDec 6, 2011
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Expiry dateNov 11, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4858
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a video output apparatus which inputs a video content that can have at least three different resolutions. A format detector detects an alteration of a resolution of a video content. A scaling processor scales up the video content at a set scale ratio. Upon detection of an alteration of the resolution, the format detector selects one of a plurality of supplemental video pictures, which are prepared in advance in a memory, in accordance with the degree of decrease of the resolution after the alteration to that before the alteration. An image composition unit controls a display unit to display the supplemental video picture together with a video associated with the video content via a video display unit.

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