Patent ID: 6476801
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
A plasma display device drive circuit for driving a plasma display panel from an input video signal comprising:a signal format identifying circuit for identifying a signal format of said input video signal and generating an identification output representative of an identified signal format; a control signal output circuit outputting a control signal responsive to said signal format of said input video signal identified by said signal format identifying circuit; said control signal output circuit including, a selecting circuit selecting one of a plurality of previously determined pieces of control information based on said identification output developed by said signal format identifying circuit, said control signal output by said control signal output circuit being based on said selected piece of control information; drive circuit for driving said plasma display panel based on said control signal outputted from said control signal output circuit; and wherein said signal format identifying circuit identifies said signal format of said input video signal based on attributes which are detected from said input video signal.