Television receiver capable of enlarging and compressing image

• US 5,534,934 A
• Filed: 06/16/1994
• Issued: 07/09/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Takata, Haruki, Ishibashi, Kouichi, Katsumata, Kenji, Eda, Takanori, Torikoshi, Shinobu, Hirahata, Shigeru, Murata, Toshinori
• Primary Examiner(s): Metjahic, Safet
• Application Number:
  US08/260,576
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 348/445, 348/448, 348/458, 348/441, 348/556, 348/555, 348/561, 348/581, 348/582, 348/580, 348/913, 348/571, 348/704
• US Class Current: 348/445
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 3/27 Circuits special to multi-standard receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/0122 the input and the output signals having different aspect ratios

Abstract

To provide an image which is matched with an aspect ratio of a screen of a display unit by compressing and enlarging the whole of the image to a desired size. A video signal is sequentially written into a field memory in response to a write clock from an input terminal. A clock generating circuit supplies the field memory with a read clock having a frequency which is about 4/3 times as high as that of the write clock. A vertical enlargement control circuit reads a video signal from the field memory with a line period corresponding to a magnification factor and inhibits writing to a one-line memory with the same period to provide a line delayed output for an output signal from the field memory. A vertical interpolating circuit generates a scanning line signal by an interpolation operation in accordance with a control signal from the vertical enlargement control circuit.

Claims

1. A television receiver capable of enlarging and compressing an image comprising:

a memory having a storage capacity not less than a given value which is controlled with at least a line period;

a clock generator generating a clock having a frequency not less than that of a write clock signal from a writing clock for writing a video signal in said memory and for outputting a read clock for reading said written video signal from said memory;

a vertical enlargement controller generating and outputting a signal for controlling said memory to repeatedly read the same line with a line period depending upon a first preset value when said video signal is read from said memory;

a horizontal enlargement controller generating and outputting a signal for controlling said memory to repeatedly read the same pixel from said memory with a predetermined pixel period depending upon a second preset value when said video signal is read from said memory;

means for combining the output signal from said vertical enlargement controller, the output signal from said horizontal enlargement controller and the read clock from said clock generator and for supplying said memory with a combined signal;

to thereby provide a video signal representing an image which is compressed and enlarged in horizontal and vertical directions to a desired size as a video signal read from said memory.

2. A television receiver capable of enlarging and compressing an image as defined in claim 1, in which said vertical enlargement controller generates and outputs an interpolation coefficient depending upon said first preset value as well as the signal for controlling said memory, said horizontal enlargement controller generates and outputs an interpolation coefficient depending upon said second preset value as well as the signal for controlling said memory, the television receiver further including

a circuit at a stage downstream of said memory, including

a line memory for delaying said video signal read from said memory by one line and outputting it, the operation of said line memory being controlled in accordance with the output signal from said vertical enlargement controller;

vertical interpolator generating and outputting an interpolation signal in accordance with an interpolation coefficient output from said vertical enlargement controller by using said video signal read from said memory and the output signal from said line memory;

means for delaying and outputting the signal and the interpolation coefficient output from said horizontal enlargement controller;

pixel delay means for delaying the output signal from said vertical interpolator, the operation of said pixel delay means being controlled in accordance with the output signal from said means for delaying; and

horizontal interpolator generating and outputting a horizontal interpolation signal in accordance with the interpolation coefficient output from said means for delaying by using output signals from said vertical interpolator and said pixel delay means.

3. A television receiver capable of enlarging and compressing an image as defined in claim 1, in which said vertical enlargement controller generates and outputs an interpolation coefficient depending upon said first preset value as well as the signal for controlling said memory, said horizontal enlargement controller generates and outputs an interpolation coefficient depending upon said second preset value as well as the signal for controlling said memory, the television receiver further including

a circuit at a stage downstream of said memory, including,

first means for delaying and outputting the signal and the interpolation coefficient output from said horizontal enlargement controller, pixel delay means for delaying by one pixel said video signal read from said memory and for outputting it, the operation of said pixel delay means being controlled in accordance with an output signal from said first means for delaying;

horizontal interpolator generating and outputting an interpolation signal in accordance with the interpolation coefficient output from said first means for delaying by using said video signal read from memory and the output signal from said pixel delay means;

a second means for delaying and outputting the signal and the interpolation coefficient output from said vertical enlargement controller;

a line memory delaying by one line the output signal from said horizontal interpolator, the operation of said line memory being controlled in accordance with the output signal from said second means for delaying; and

a vertical interpolator generating and outputting a vertical interpolation signal in accordance with the interpolation coefficient output from said second means for delaying by using the output signals from said horizontal interpolator and the output signal from said line memory.

4. A television receiver capable of enlarging and compressing an image as defined in claim 1, in which said vertical enlargement controller generates and outputs an interpolation coefficient depending upon said first preset value as well as the signal for controlling said memory, said receiver further comprising

a line memory delaying said video signal read from said memory by one line and outputting it, the operation of said line memory being controlled in accordance with the output signal from said vertical enlargement controller;

vertical interpolator generating and outputting an interpolation signal in accordance with an interpolation coefficient output from said vertical enlargement controller by using said video signal read from said memory and the output signal from said line memory;

pixel delay means for delaying the output signal from said vertical interpolator;

second horizontal enlargement controller generating and outputting a signal for controlling said pixel delay means at intervals of a pixel period corresponding to said second preset value and for generating and outputting an interpolation coefficient corresponding to said second preset value; and

horizontal interpolator generating and outputting an interpolation signal in accordance with the interpolation coefficient output from said first means for delaying by using output signals from said vertical interpolator and said pixel delay means.

5. A television receiver capable of enlarging and compressing an image according to claim 2, 3 or 4, wherein said vertical enlargement controller comprises:

a vertical position generator generating a value in accordance with the vertical position;

value converter consecutively converting the output from said vertical position generator;

a first register;

an adder adding the output from said value converter with the output from said first register to supply the sum to the first register; and

a second register storing a carry output from said adder,

whereby the output of said first register is output as said interpolation coefficient of the vertical enlargement controller and the output of said second register is output as a signal controlling said memory and the line memory to partially change the magnification rate of said image in a vertical direction.

6. A television receiver capable of enlarging and compressing an image according to claim 2, 3 or 4, wherein said horizontal enlargement controller comprises:

a horizontal position generator generating a value in accordance with the horizontal position;

a value converter consecutively converting the count output from said horizontal position;

a first register;

an adder adding the output from said value converter with the output from said first register to supply the sum to said first register; and

a second register storing a carry output from said adder;

whereby the output of said first register is output as said interpolation coefficient of the horizontal enlargement controller and the output of said second register is output as a signal controlling said memory and the pixel delay means to partially change the magnification rate of said image in a horizontal direction.