Patent ID: 7084924
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying an active video image from an image signal on a video display, each of the active video image and the video display having an aspect ratio, the image signal having a corresponding multi-channel audio signal that may be processed to produce at least a left audio channel and a right audio channel, the aspect ratio of the active video image being wider than the aspect ratio of the display, the method comprising the steps of: sizing the active video image such that the vertical dimension of the sized image is substantially equal to the vertical dimension of the video display, the sizing resulting in the horizontal dimension of the sized image being larger than the horizontal dimension of the video display; and displaying a portion of the sized image responsive to an audio track, the displayed portion having a horizontal dimension substantially equal to the horizontal dimension of the video display.