Technique for controlling screen size of monitor adapted to GUI environment

• US 6,211,855 B1
• Filed: 08/27/1997
• Issued: 04/03/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Sung-Je
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Marc-Coleman, Marthe Y.
• Application Number:
  US08/917,842
• Time in Patent Office: 1,315 Days
• Field of Search: 345/127, 345/131, 345/132, 345/12, 345/13, 348/358, 348/561, 348/562, 348/704
• US Class Current: 345/660
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 1/04 Deflection circuits ; Constructional details not otherwise provided for electron-optical arrangements H01J29/46, H01J37/04, H01J37/302
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 1/167 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a CRT details suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/006, specific for a flat panel G09G3/2096
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/04 Changes in size, position or resolution of an image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 3/223 Controlling dimensions by maintaining the cathode-ray tube high voltage constant H04N3/185

Abstract

A circuit for controlling a partial magnification of a monitor screen, includes: a microcomputer having a program for controlling the size of the monitor screen which receives the horizontal and vertical synchronization signals H-SYNC and V-SYNC and generates horizontal and vertical control signals by using those synchronization signals, and thus controlling the magnification of the monitor screen; a horizontal and vertical signal processor for receiving a voltage control signal according to a vertical size magnification of the monitor screen output from the microcomputer, and outputting a control voltage according to the voltage control signal; an S-shaped correcting and switching circuit for receiving an S-shaped correcting signal and a switching control signal output from the microcomputer, and for controlling the horizontal size of the screen; and a vertical deflection IC for receiving the control voltage according to the voltage control signal for magnifying the vertical size of the monitor screen output from the horizontal and vertical signal processor, and for transferring the sawtooth wave current to a vertical deflection yoke circuit with the supplied voltage control signal.

Claims

1. A circuit for controlling a partial magnification of a monitor screen, comprising:

a microcomputer mounted in a monitor, said microcomputer containing a magnification control program for controlling the magnification of the monitor screen, said microcomputer receiving horizontal and vertical synchronization signals and generating horizontal and vertical control signals in response to said horizontal and vertical synchronization signals;

a horizontal and vertical signal processor for receiving said horizontal and vertical control signals and a vertical voltage control signal from said microcomputer and outputting horizontal and vertical correction signals and horizontal and vertical oscillator signals according to those horizontal and vertical control signals;

a horizontal driving circuit for supplying a horizontal current to a horizontal deflection yoke circuit in response to said horizontal oscillator signal, said horizontal deflection yoke and generating a horizontal sawtooth wave current for horizontally synchronizing video signals displayed on the monitor screen in response to said horizontal correction signal and said horizontal current;

an S-shaped correcting and switching circuit receiving an S-shaped correcting signal from the microcomputer generating a correction waveform for output to said horizontal deflection yoke for S-shaped correction, and said S-shared correcting and switching circuit receiving a switching control signal output from the microcomputer for controlling an on/off switch to control the horizontal size of a portion of the screen; and

a vertical deflection circuit for receiving the vertical correction signal and the vertical oscillator signal output from the horizontal and vertical signal processor according to the vertical voltage control signal for magnifying the vertical size of the monitor screen, and for transferring a vertical sawtooth wave current to a vertical deflection yoke circuit.

2. The circuit as claimed in claim 1, said on/off switch of the S-shaped correcting and switching circuit comprising at least two switches having corresponding capacitors connected thereto, said switches being controlled for selectively connecting an S-shaped correction capacitor in parallel with one or more of said capacitors connected to said switches for controlling which portion of said screen is to be magnified.

3. A method of controlling a partial magnification of a monitor screen, comprising the steps of:

selecting a switch for partially magnifying the size of the monitor screen;

selecting the switch for partially magnifying the monitor screen by a user, detecting and determining whether a switch signal output is a center part magnifying switch signal;

outputting a signal for magnifying the center of the screen if the switch signal is determined to be the center part magnifying switch signal in the previous step;

detecting and determining whether the switch signal detected in the previous step is the center magnifying signal, and detecting whether the switch signal is for magnifying the edge of the screen; and

outputting the signal for magnifying the edge of the screen if the switch signal is detected to be the switch signal for magnifying the edge of the screen in the previous step.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, the step of outputting a signal for magnifying the center part of the monitor screen further comprising a first ending step for ending outputting the signal for magnifying the center part of the monitor screen.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3, the step of outputting a signal for magnifying the edge part of the monitor screen further comprising a first ending step for ending outputting the signal for magnifying the edge part of the monitor screen to return the monitor screen into an original state after the edge of the image is magnified and output on the screen.

6. The method as claimed in claim 3, the step of detecting and determining whether the switch is for magnifying the edge of the screen, further comprising returning to the switch selecting step in which the switch is selected to magnifying the size of the monitor screen when the switch is not for magnifying the edge of the screen.

7. The method as claimed in claim 4, the step of outputting a signal for magnifying the edge part of the monitor screen further comprising a first ending step for ending outputting the signal for magnifying the edge part of the monitor screen to return the monitor screen into an original state.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, the step of outputting a signal for magnifying the edge part of the monitor screen further comprising a first ending step for ending outputting the signal for magnifying the edge part of the monitor screen to return the monitor screen into an original state.