Video Outputting Apparatus and Mounting Method

• US 20080316190A1
• Filed: 04/08/2008
• Published: 12/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. (Funai Electric Holdings Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. (Funai Electric Holdings Company Limited)
• Inventors: OKABE, Tomoaki
• Application Number:
  US12/099,558
• Publication Number:
  US 20080316190A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/08 Arrangements within a display terminal for setting, manually or automatically, display parameters of the display terminal
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/042 for monitor identification
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/2096 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a flat panel suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/006; specific for a CRT G09G1/167
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4305 Synchronising client clock from received content stream, e.g. locking decoder clock with encoder clock, extraction of the PCR packets arrangements for synchronising receiver with transmitter by comparing receiver clock with transmitter clock H04L7/0012; arrangements for synchronising receiver with transmitter wherein the receiver takes measures against momentary loss of synchronisation H04L7/0083
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4424 Monitoring of the internal components or processes of the client device, e.g. CPU or memory load, processing speed, timer, counter or percentage of the hard disk space used error monitoring in general G06F11/30; arrangements for monitoring conditions of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/32; diagnosis, testing or measuring for television receivers H04N17/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/63 Generation or supply of power specially adapted for television receivers

Abstract

Disclosed is a video outputting apparatus including: a first display controlling section; and a second display controlling section for displaying predetermined image information during a period from a time when a power source is turned on to a time when the video information is displayed, wherein: the second display controlling section includes a reference clock generating circuit, a nonvolatile memory, and a controlling circuit including a plurality of external terminals for setting display setting information; the display setting information is set by a combination of setting of the plurality of external terminals; and the controlling circuit allows the displaying section to display the predetermined image information stored in the nonvolatile memory on a basis of the display setting information set by the plurality of external terminals in accordance with the generated reference clock signal.

Claims

1. A video outputting apparatus to output video information, comprising:

a first display controlling section to allow a displaying section to display the video information; and

a second display controlling section to allow the displaying section to display predetermined image information during a period from a time when a power source of the video outputting apparatus is turned on to a time when the video information is displayed in the displaying section by the first display controlling section, wherein;

the second display controlling section includes

a reference clock generating circuit to generate a reference clock signal when the power source of the video outputting apparatus is turned on,

a nonvolatile memory to store the predetermined image information, and

a controlling circuit including a plurality of external terminals for setting display setting information pertaining to a display setting of the displaying section;

the display setting information is set by a combination of setting of the plurality of external terminals connected to a substrate of the video outputting apparatus; and

the controlling circuit allows the displaying section to display the predetermined image information stored in the nonvolatile memory on a basis of the display setting information set by the plurality of external terminals in accordance with the reference clock signal generated by the reference clock generating circuit.

2. The video outputting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display setting information includes resolution information pertaining to horizontal resolution and vertical resolution of a displaying screen of the displaying section;

the second display controlling section includes

a horizontal counter to count a number of horizontal pixels in accordance with the reference clock signal generated by the reference clock generating circuit, the horizontal counter being reset when a counted value reaches a value of the horizontal resolution included in the resolution information, and

a vertical counter to count a number of vertical pixels each time the horizontal counter is reset, the vertical counter being reset when a counted value reaches a value of the vertical resolution included in the resolution information; and

the controlling circuit obtains the predetermined image information by one pixel at a time from the nonvolatile memory in synchronization with the horizontal counter, and allows the displaying section to refresh displaying the obtained predetermined image information each time the vertical counter is reset.

3. The video outputting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the display setting information includes positional information pertaining to a position in a displaying screen of the displaying section where the predetermined image information is displayed, and

the controlling circuit obtains the predetermined image information from the nonvolatile memory at obtaining timing based on the positional information.

4. The video outputting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the nonvolatile memory stores a plurality of pieces of image information;

the display setting information includes identification information for identifying the predetermined image information to be displayed in the displaying section among the plurality of pieces of image information stored in the nonvolatile memory; and

the controlling circuit obtains the predetermined image information to be displayed in the displaying section among the plurality of pieces of image information stored in the nonvolatile memory on a basis of the identification information.

5. The video outputting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage controlling section to allow the nonvolatile memory to store logo information pertaining to the video information displayed in the displaying section by the first display controlling section at a time the power source of the video outputting apparatus is turned off, wherein

the second display controlling section allows the displaying section to display the logo information stored in the nonvolatile memory together with the predetermined image information stored in the nonvolatile memory during the period from the time when the power source of the video outputting apparatus is turned on to the time when the video information is displayed in the displaying section by the first display controlling section.

7. A mounting method of the controlling circuit into the video outputting apparatus according to claim 1, the method comprising the steps of:

performing input setting to the plurality of external terminals for setting the display setting information; and

mounting the controlling circuit onto a substrate of the video outputting apparatus.

6. A video outputting apparatus to output video information, comprising:

a first display controlling section to allow a displaying section to display the video information; and

a second display controlling section to allow the displaying section to display predetermined image information during a period from a time when a power source of the video outputting apparatus is turned on to a time when the video information is displayed in the displaying section by the first display controlling section, wherein;

the second display controlling section includes

a reference clock generating circuit to generate a reference clock signal when the power source of the video outputting apparatus is turned on,

a nonvolatile memory stores a plurality of pieces of image information,

a controlling circuit provided with a plurality of external terminals for setting display setting information pertaining to a display setting of the displaying section, the display setting information including resolution information pertaining to horizontal resolution and vertical resolution of a displaying screen of the displaying section, positional information pertaining to a position in the displaying screen of the displaying section where the predetermined image information is displayed, and identification information for identifying the predetermined image information to be displayed in the displaying section among the plurality of pieces of image information stored in the nonvolatile memory,

a horizontal counter to count a number of horizontal pixels in accordance with the reference clock signal generated by the reference clock generating circuit, the horizontal counter being reset when a counted value reaches a value of the horizontal resolution included in the resolution information, and

a vertical counter to count a number of vertical pixels each time the horizontal counter is reset, the vertical counter being reset when a counted value reaches a value of the vertical resolution included in the resolution information;

the display setting information is set by a combination of setting of the plurality of external terminals connected to a substrate of the video outputting apparatus;

the controlling circuit obtains the predetermined image information to be displayed in the displaying section by one pixel a time among the plurality of pieces of image information stored in the nonvolatile memory on a basis of the identification information at obtaining timing based on the positional information in synchronization with the horizontal counter, and allows the displaying section to refresh displaying the obtained predetermined image information each time the vertical counter is reset;

the video outputting apparatus is provided with a storage controlling section to allow the nonvolatile memory to store logo information pertaining to the video information displayed in the displaying section by the first display controlling section at a time the power source of the video outputting apparatus is turned off; and

the second display controlling section allows the displaying section to display the logo information stored in the nonvolatile memory together with the predetermined image information stored in the nonvolatile memory during the period from the time when the power source of the video outputting apparatus is turned on to the time when the video information is displayed in the displaying section by the first display controlling section.