Patent ID: 8144246
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A video signal processing apparatus comprising: a video signal input unit that receives an input of interlaced video signals for displaying a plurality of screens including at least two screens adjacent to each other in a vertical direction, the input being on a screen-by-screen basis; and a converting unit that converts the input interlaced video signals into progressive video signals, wherein the lowermost line of a valid image region in which an image is displayed through the interlaced video signals being converted with the use of an interlaced video signal corresponds to the uppermost line of the valid image region of a screen located below a subject screen when there exists the screen located below the subject screen, and wherein the uppermost line of the valid image region of the subject screen being converted with the use of an interlaced video signal corresponds to the lowermost line of the valid image region of a screen located above the subject screen when there exists the screen located above the subject screen.