Information picture display device using a double-picture type screen

• US 5,831,591 A
• Filed: 09/26/1996
• Issued: 11/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Suh, Moon-hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Saras, Steven J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vail, Seth D.
• Application Number:
  US08/680,838
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• Field of Search: 345/1, 345/156, 345/903, 345/115, 345/116, 348/563, 348/564, 348/565, 348/584, 348/588, 348/585, 348/596, 348/468
• US Class Current: 715/201
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42676 for modulating an analogue carrier signal to encode digital information or demodulating it to decode digital information, e.g. ADSL or cable modem
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications

Abstract

In an information picture display device using a double-picture type screen, a TV microcomputer controls a double window processing unit, an information processing unit processes information data received from a value added network and recognizes a selected screen mode to then output a switching control signal. The device is constructed so that the output of a switching unit for selecting one of a sub-video signal and a signal processed in the information processing unit is input to the double window processing unit, thereby displaying an information signal on the entire double-picture type screen, displaying the information signal and a TV signal separately on partitions of the double-picture type screens, or displaying the information signal superimposed on the TV signal. When the information signal is displayed on the entire screen, the signal processed in the information processing unit is displayed directly without passing through the double window processing unit, thereby improving picture quality.

Claims

1. A display device for displaying video signals on a double-picture type screen, comprising:

a double window processing unit for processing at least a first video signal to display on said double-picture type screen;

a TV microcomputer for controlling operation of said double window processing unit according to a selected screen mode;

information processing means, connected to said TV microcomputer, for connecting a value added network to said display device, for decoding information data received from said value added network, for generating an information video signal, for identifying the selected screen mode and for outputting a switching control signal;

switching means for selecting one of a second video signal and said information video signal according to said switching control signal to output a selected video signal to said double window processing unit, wherein said double window processing unit receives said first video signal and said selected video signal and outputs a processed video signal; and

display controlling means for controlling display of said processed video signal output by said double window processing unit on said double-picture type screen.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said information processing means comprises:

an information processing unit which receives and decodes said information data supplied from said value added network, and which outputs an information RGB signal and horizontal and vertical sync signals; and

an encoder for encoding said information RGB signal and said horizontal and vertical sync signals to generate said information video signal.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said switching means outputs said information video signal to said double window processing unit in response to said switching control signal, and wherein said TV microcomputer controls said double window processing unit in response to a first selected screen mode to display only said information video signal on said double-picture type screen.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said switching means outputs said information video signal to said double window processing unit in response to said switching control signal, and wherein said TV microcomputer controls said double window processing unit in response to a second selected screen mode wherein said information video signal is superimposed onto a predetermined portion of said first video signal supplied to said double window processing unit.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said information processing unit comprises:

a CPU;

a ROM for storing an operation program;

a main controller;

a RAM and DAC device for converting data processed by said main controller into RGB data and for converting said RGB data into said information RGB signal;

a modem for receiving said information data from said value added network; and

a communication bus connected to said CPU, said ROM, said main controller, said RAM and DAC and said modem.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein switching means outputs said information video signal to said double window processing unit in response to said switching control signal, and wherein said TV microcomputer controls said double window processing unit in response to a third selected screen mode wherein said information video signal is displayed on one partition of said double-picture type screen and said first video signal is displayed on a remaining partition of said double-picture type screen.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said display controlling means comprises:

a decoder for decoding said processed signal output by said double window processing unit and for outputting a RGB signal and horizontal and vertical sync signals;

a high-voltage unit for supplying a CRT with high voltage in accordance with said horizontal and vertical sync signals; and

a deflection unit for supplying said CRT with a deflection current signal in accordance with said horizontal and vertical sync signals.

8. A display device for displaying video signals on a double-picture type screen, comprising:

a double window processing unit for processing at least a first video signal to be displayed on said double-picture type screen;

a TV microcomputer for controlling operation of said double window processing unit according to a selected screen mode;

an information processing unit, connected to said TV microcomputer and to a value added network, for decoding information data received from said value added network, for outputting an information chrominance signal and horizontal and vertical sync signals, for identifying the selected screen mode and for outputting a plurality of switching control signals;

an encoder for encoding said information chrominance signal into said horizontal and vertical sync signals and for generating an information video signal;

first switching means for selecting one of a second video signal and said information video signal in accordance with a first switching control signal output by said information processing unit to output a selected video signal to said double window processing unit, wherein said double window processing unit receives said first video signal and said selected video signal and outputs a processed video signal;

second switching means for selecting said information video signal in an information mode wherein only said information video signal is displayed on said double-picture type screen, and for selecting said processed signal output from said double window processing unit during display modes other than said information mode in accordance with a second switching control signal; and

display controlling means for controlling display of an output signal selected by said second switching means on said double-picture type screen.

9. The display device as claimed in claim 8, wherein said display controlling means comprises:

a decoder for decoding said processed signal and for outputting a chrominance signal and horizontal and vertical sync signals, said chrominance signal being supplied to said second switching means;

third switching means for selecting said horizontal and vertical sync signals output from said information processing unit in said information mode in accordance with a third switching control signal;

a high-voltage unit for supplying a CRT with high voltage in accordance with selected horizontal and vertical sync signals; and

a deflection unit for supplying said CRT with a deflection current signal in accordance with said selected horizontal and vertical sync signals.

10. The display device as claimed in claim 9, wherein during a first selected screen mode detected by said TV microcomputer and said information processing unit, said first switching means outputs said information video signal to said double window processing unit in response to said first switching control signal, and said second switching means outputs said chrominance signal from said decoder in response to said second switching control signal, said double window processing unit further receiving said first video signal, wherein said TV microprocessor controls said double window processing unit in response to said first selected screen mode to superimpose said information video signal onto a predetermined portion of said first video signal.

11. The display device as claimed in claim 9, wherein during a second selected screen mode detected by said TV microcomputer and said information processing unit, said first switching means outputs said information video signal to said double window processing unit in response to said first switching control signal, and said second switching means outputs said chrominance signal from said decoder in response to said second switching control signal, said double window processing unit further receiving said first video signal, wherein said TV microprocessor controls said double window processing unit in response to said second selected screen mode to display said first video signal on one partition of said double-picture type screen and to display said information video signal on a remaining partition of said double-picture type screen.

12. The display device as claimed in claim 8, wherein said information processing unit does not enable said first switching means during said information mode wherein only said information video signal is displayed on said double-picture type screen.

13. The display device as claimed in claim 8, wherein said information processing unit comprises:

a CPU;

a ROM for storing an operation program;

a main controller;

a RAM and DAC device for converting data processed by said main controller into RGB data and for converting said RGB data into said information RGB signal;

a modem for receiving said information data from said value added network; and

a communication bus connected to said CPU, said ROM, said main controller, said RAM and DAC and said modem.