Patent ID: 9734791
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G09G

Claim:
1. A display control device for controlling a display unit including a display panel, the display control device comprising: a processor that acts as: a first interface unit that receives display information of a first display method type relating to a first display method, the first display method type including image data; a control information setting unit that sets control information used for controlling display of an image in the display unit in accordance with setting information that specifies a display method, wherein the control information setting unit includes at least one terminal for specifying a display method, and sets the control information in accordance with a signal that shows a connection condition of the at least one terminal; an image data conversion unit that, when a second display method that is different from the first display method is specified by the setting information, converts the image data of the first display method type to image data of a second display method type in accordance with the control information, wherein the control information comprises scaler setting values used for converting the image data of the first display method type to image data of the second display method type; and a second interface unit that outputs the image data of the first display method type when the first display method is specified by the setting information, outputs the image data of the second display method type when the second display method is specified by the setting information, and outputs a signal for controlling the display unit in accordance with the control information.