Multilingual display device and method thereof

• US 5,570,134 A
• Filed: 06/06/1995
• Issued: 10/29/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hong, Young-pyo
• Primary Examiner(s): Peng, John K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Burgess, Glenton B.
• Application Number:
  US08/471,686
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• Field of Search: 348/467, 348/468, 348/461, 348/462, 348/482, 348/484, 348/554, 348/555, 348/558, 348/563, 348/564, 348/738
• US Class Current: 348/467
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/45 Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44504 Circuit details of the additional information generator, e.g. details of the character or graphics signal generator, overlay mixing circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/46 for receiving on more than one standard at will deflecting circuits of multi-standard receivers H04N3/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/60 for the sound signals

Abstract

A multilingual display device is provided with a plurality of video signal processors for processing a video signal according to a broadcasting system, and a plurality of sound multiplex processors for processing an audio signal according to a sound multiplex mode. A microcomputer automatically generates OSD signals in a language of a broadcast receiving area by means of broadcasting system information and sound multiplex mode information provided from the plurality of video signal processors and the plurality of sound multiplex processors, thereby providing the advantage of interchangeability with respect to output of OSD signals in a television. This can be used in a television having an OSD function.

Claims

1. A multilingual display device comprising:

tuning means for converting a broadcast signal into an IF signal and outputting said IF signal;

a plurality of sound multiplex processors for detecting an audio signal from said IF signal, processing said audio signal according to a sound multiplex mode, and outputting information regarding the sound multiplex mode;

a plurality of video signal processors for detecting a video signal from said IF signal, processing said video signal according to a broadcasting system, outputting information regarding the broadcasting system, mixing input OSD signals with said processed video signal, and outputting said mixed signal for display; and

control means for outputting control signals for selecting respective corresponding processors among said plurality of sound multiplex processors and said plurality of video signal processors, said selection based upon said sound multiplex mode information and said broadcasting system information, said control means outputting said OSD signals corresponding to a particular language of a given area to said video signal processor selected by one of said control signals.

2. A multilingual display device according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of sound multiplex processors output a pilot signal, said pilot signal serving as an identification signal for distinguishing between a stereo broadcast or a multilingual broadcast.

3. A multilingual display device according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of video signal processors output a vertical sync signal and a color subcarrier as information regarding the broadcasting system of the current received broadcast signal.

18. A multilingual display device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the sound multiplex mode is one of a Zenith mode, a two carrier mode and an FM--FM mode.

4. A multilingual display method for use in a multi-broadcast signal processing system for converting a received multi-broadcast signal into an IF signal according to a broadcasting system and processing the IF signal respectively into a video signal and an audio signal, said multilingual display method comprising the steps of:

firstly identifying said broadcasting system via a vertical frequency and a color subcarrier of said video signal;

secondly identifying a sound multiplex mode via a pilot signal for determining whether said audio signal is of a stereo broadcast or of a multilingual broadcast; and

producing OSD signals in at least one language used in a corresponding area selected from a plurality of languages on the basis of the results of said first and second identifying steps.

5. A multilingual display method according to claim 4, wherein said first identifying step further comprises:

outputting broadcasting system information for determining said broadcasting system to be a PAL-N broadcasting system, if said vertical sync signal frequency of said video signal is a predetermined first frequency;

outputting broadcasting system information for determining said broadcasting system to be a PAL-M broadcasting system, if said vertical frequency and said color subcarrier of said video signal are respectively a predetermined second frequency and a predetermined third frequency; and

outputting broadcasting system information for determining said broadcasting system to be an NTSC broadcasting system, if said vertical frequency and said color subcarrier of said video signal are respectively a predetermined second frequency and a predetermined fourth frequency.

6. A multilingual display method according to claim 4, wherein said second identifying step further comprises:

outputting sound multiplex mode information for determining said sound multiplex mode to be the multiplex mode of the United States if said pilot signal is amplitude-modulated and has the same frequency as that of a horizontal frequency on a sound carrier of a predetermined fifth frequency;

outputting sound multiplex mode information for determining said sound multiplex mode to be the multiplex mode of Japan if said pilot signal is frequency-modulated and has a frequency a predetermined number of times as high as the horizontal frequency on a sound carrier of a predetermined fifth frequency; and

outputting sound multiplex mode information for determining said sound multiplex mode to be the multiplex mode of Korea, if said pilot signal is amplitude-modulated and has a frequency a predetermined number of times as high as the horizontal frequency on a sound carrier of a predetermined sixth frequency.

7. A multilingual display method according to claim 4, wherein said OSD display step further comprises:

displaying a plurality of languages if an area corresponding to said broadcasting system and said sound multiplex mode uses more than one language.

8. A multilingual display method according to claim 4, wherein said OSD display step further comprises:

automatically displaying a language selected among a plurality of languages if an area corresponding to said broadcasting system and said sound multiplex mode uses more than one language.

9. A multilingual display method for use in a multi-broadcast signal processing system for converting a received multi-broadcast signal into an IF signal according to a broadcasting system and processing the IF signal respectively into a video signal and an audio signal, said multilingual display method comprising the steps of:

(a) detecting a vertical ferquency;

(b) transmitting a PAL-N broadcasing control signal if said vertical frequency equals a predetermined value;

(c) determining a color subcarrier frequency associated with said video signal where said vertical frequency does not equal said predetermined value.

10. A multilingual display method according to claim 9, wherein said (b) further comprises:

providing an on-screen-display in the languages associated therewith.

11. A multilingual display method according to claim 9, wherein said (c) further comprises:

(d) transmitting a PAL-M broadcasting control signal if said color subcarrier frequency equals a predetermined value;

(e) identifying a sound multiplex mode if said color subcarrier frequency does not equal said predetermined value.

12. A multilingual display method according to claim 11, wherein said (d) further comprises:

providing an on-screen-display in the languages associated therewith.

13. A multilingual display method according to claim 11, wherein said (e) further comprises:

(f) transmitting an NTSC broadcasting control signal if said sound multiplex mode is determined to be a Zenith mode;

(g) determining whether said sound multiplex mode is a two carrier mode if said sound multiplex mode is determined to not be a Zenith mode.

14. A multilingual display method according to claim 13, wherein said (f) further comprises:

providing an on-screen-display in the languages associated therewith.

15. A multilingual display method according to claim 13, wherein said (g) further comprises:

(h) transmitting an NTSC broadcasting control signal associated with the two carrier mode of Korea if said sound multiplex mode is determined to be a two carrier mode,

(i) otherwise transmitting an NTSC broadcasting control signal associated with an FM--FM mode of Japan.

16. A multilingual display method according to claim 15, wherein said (h) further comprises:

providing an on-screen-display in the language associated therewith.

17. A multilingual display method according to claim 15, wherein said (i) further comprises:

providing an on-screen-display in the language associated therewith.