Video signal processing apparatus

• US 5,956,082 A
• Filed: 02/20/1996
• Issued: 09/21/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yamazaki, Yasuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Burgess, Glenton B.
• Application Number:
  US08/603,633
• Time in Patent Office: 1,309 Days
• Field of Search: 348/220, 348/441, 348/443, 348/445, 348/452, 348/458, 348/559, 348/792, 348/793, 348/222, 348/208, 348/231
• US Class Current: 348/222.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/66 Transforming electric information into light information scanning details H04N3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure

Abstract

A video signal processing apparatus is arranged to input a video signal in which one frame is composed of a plurality of fields and scanning lines are interlaced among the plurality of fields, selectively take a mode for sequentially outputting video signals of a plurality of fields of a frame and a mode for consecutively outputting a video signal of one of the plurality of fields by a plurality of times, and output the video signal thus processed to a display device having displayable scanning lines the number of which is smaller than the number of scanning lines per field of the input video signal. With the above-described arrangement, even if a video signal in which scanning lines are interlaced is supplied to a display device having a comparatively small number of displayable scanning lines, it is possible to obtain a display image free from a vertical image shake.

Claims

1. A video signal processing apparatus comprising:

(a) input means for inputting a video signal in which one frame is composed of a plurality of fields and scanning lines are interlaced among the plurality of fields;

(b) processing means for processing the video signal inputted by said input means, said processing means selectively taking a first mode for sequentially outputting video signals of a plurality of fields of a frame and a second mode for consecutively outputting a video signal of one of the plurality of fields a plurality of times; and

(c) output means for outputting the video signal processed by said processing means to a display device having displayable scanning lines the number of which is smaller than the number of scanning lines per field of the input video signal.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising switching means for switching said processing means between said first mode and said second mode.

3. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said switching means operates according to a manual operation.

4. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said switching means includes determining means for determining whether the input video signal is a moving-image signal or a still-image signal, and operates according to an output from said determining means.

5. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said determining means operates by detecting whether the input video signal has a motion.

6. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said input means includes selecting means for selectively inputting a video signal to be recorded by a recording and reproducing device and a video signal reproduced by said recording and reproducing device.

7. An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said switching means and said selecting means interlock with each other.

8. An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said recording and reproducing device both records and reproduces the video signal to be recorded, as a still-image signal.

9. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said processing means includes at least a memory and is arranged to read, when in said second mode, a video signal of one field recorded in said memory and consecutively output the video signal of one field by a plurality of times.

10. A video signal processing method comprising the steps of:

(a) inputting a video signal in which one frame is composed of a plurality of fields and scanning lines are interlaced among the plurality of fields;

(b) processing the input video signal, said processing step selectively taking a first mode for sequentially outputting video signals of a plurality of fields of a frame and a second mode for consecutively outputting a video signal of one of the plurality of fields a plurality of times; and

(c) outputting the video signal processed in said processing step to a display device having displayable scanning lines the number of which is smaller than the number of scanning lines per field of the input video signal.

11. A method according to claim 10, wherein either one of said first mode and said second mode is selected according to a manual operation.

12. A method according to claim 10, wherein either one of said first mode and said second mode is selected according to whether the input video signal is a moving-image signal or a still-image signal.

13. A display device comprising:

(a) input means for inputting a video signal in which one frame is composed of a plurality of fields and scanning lines are interlaced among the plurality of fields;

(b) processing means for processing the video signal inputted by said input means, said processing means selectively taking a first mode for sequentially outputting video signals of a plurality of fields of a frame and a second mode for consecutively outputting a video signal of one of the plurality of fields a plurality of times; and

(c) displaying means, having displayable scanning lines the number of which is smaller than the number of scanning lines per field of the input video signal, for displaying the video signal processed by said processing means.

14. A device according to claim 13, further comprising switching means for switching said processing means between said first mode and said second mode according to a manual operation.

15. A device according to claim 13, further comprising switching means for switching said processing means between said first mode and said second mode according to whether the input video signal is a moving-image signal or a still-image signal.

16. A device according to claim 13, wherein said input means includes selecting means for selectively inputting a video signal to be recorded by a recording and reproducing device and a video signal reproduced by said recording and reproducing device, and said display device further comprises switching means for switching said processing means between said first mode and said second mode according to an operation of said selecting means.

17. A device according to claim 13, wherein said processing means includes at least a memory and is arranged to read, when in said second mode, a video signal of one field recorded in said memory and consecutively output the video signal of one field by a plurality of times.

18. A device according to claim 17, wherein said displaying means is driven when said memory is placed in a write or read enable state.

19. A device according to claim 18, wherein said processing means outputs to said displaying means a video signal which is inverted at intervals of one horizontal scanning period.

20. A video signal processing apparatus comprising:

(a) input means for inputting a video signal in which one frame includes two fields and scanning lines are interlaced among the two fields;

(b) processing means for processing the video signal inputted by said input means, said processing means selectively taking a first mode for sequentially outputting two fields of video signals and a second mode for consecutively outputting a video signal of one of the two fields a plurality of times; and

(c) outputting means for inverting the video signal processed by said processing means at predetermined intervals and for outputting the inverted video signal to a display device.

21. An apparatus according to claim 20, wherein said outputting means inverts the video signal so that video signals of the two fields displayed in the same portion of the display device have opposite polarity.

22. An apparatus according to claim 20, wherein said predetermined interval corresponds to one horizontal scanning period.

23. A video signal processing method comprising the steps of:

(a) inputting a video signal in which one frame includes two fields and scanning lines are interlaced among the two fields;

(b) processing the video signal, said processing step selectively taking a first mode for sequentially outputting two fields of video signals and a second mode for consecutively outputting a video signal of one of the two fields a plurality of times;

(c) inverting the video signal processed in said processing steps at predetermined intervals; and

(d) outputting the video signal inverted in said inverting step to a display device.

24. A method according to claim 23, wherein said inverting step inverts the video signal so that video signals of the two fields displayed in the same portion of the display device have opposite polarity.

25. A method according to claim 24, wherein said predetermined interval corresponds to one horizontal scanning period.

26. A display device comprising:

(a) input means for inputting a video signal in which one frame includes two fields and scanning lines are interlaced among the two fields;

(b) processing means for processing the video signal inputted by said input means, said processing means selectively taking a first mode for sequentially outputting two fields of video signals and a second mode for consecutively outputting a video signal of one of the two fields a plurality of times;

(c) inverting means for inverting the video signal processed by said processing means at predetermined intervals; and

(d) display means for displaying the inverted video signal inverted by said inverting means to a display device.

27. A device according to claim 26, wherein said inverting means inverts the video signal so that video signals of the two fields displayed in the same portion of the display device have opposite polarity.

28. A device according to claim 26, wherein said predetermined interval corresponds to one horizontal scanning period.

29. A video signal processing apparatus comprising:

(a) input means for inputting video information corresponding to one picture which includes a plurality of portions of the picture, each portion of the picture consisting of lines equally located in the picture;

(b) processing means for processing the video information inputted by said input means, said processing means selectively taking a first mode for outputting all of the plurality of portions of the picture and a second mode for outputting one of the plurality of portions of the picture a plurality of times; and

(c) output means for outputting the video information processed by said processing means to a display device having scanning lines the number of which is smaller than the number of lines of each of the portions of the picture.

30. An apparatus according to claim 29, wherein said output means outputs the video information so that signals corresponding to the same portion of the display device have an opposite polarity.

31. An apparatus according to claim 29, wherein said input means inputs the plurality of portions sequentially.

32. A video signal processing method comprising the steps of:

(a) inputting video information corresponding to one picture which includes a plurality of portions of the picture, each portion of the picture consisting of lines equally located in the picture;

(b) processing the video information inputted by said input means to output all of the plurality of portions of the picture in a first mode and to output one of the plurality of portions of the picture a plurality of times in a second mode; and

(c) outputting the video information processed by said processing means to a display device having scanning lines the number of which is smaller than the number of lines of each of the portions of the picture.

33. A method according to claim 32, wherein the video information is inverted in said outputting step so that video signals of the plurality of portions displayed in the same location of the display device has an opposite polarity.

34. A method according to claim 33, wherein the video information is inverted at a predetermined interval corresponding to one horizontal scanning period of the video information.

35. A method according to claim 32, wherein the plurality of portions of the video information are sequentially inputted in said inputting step.

36. A display device comprising:

(a) input means for inputting video information corresponding to one picture which includes a plurality of portions of the picture, each portion of the picture consisting of lines equally located in the picture;

(b) processing means for processing the video information inputted by said input means, said processing means selectively taking a first mode for outputting the plurality of portions of video information and a second mode for outputting one of the plurality of portions of the video information a plurality of times; and

(c) display means for displaying the video information processed by said processing means.

37. A device according to claim 36, wherein said processing means inverts the video information so that video information of the plurality of portions displayed in the same location of the display device has an opposite polarity.

38. A device according to claim 37, wherein said process means inverts the video information at a predetermined interval corresponding to one horizontal scanning period of the video information.

39. A device according to claim 36, wherein said input means inputs the plurality of portions of the video information sequentially.