Patent ID: 6836297
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A video signal selecting device for selectively outputting a selected video signal input of a plurality of input video signals to a video display apparatus in accordance with an instruction input from a user, the selecting device comprising:a selector for selectively outputting one of a video signal input from a video input terminal and a video signal input from an antenna input terminal; a sync signal separator for extracting a sync signal from the selected video signal input; an OSD control section for always entirely replacing, when selection takes place, a previously displayed video signal input with a uniformly colored image including symbol information which indicates the selected video signal input; a control circuit section for controlling the selective output of the selected video signal input by said selector in accordance with the instruction input from the user, and for detecting a change of the instruction input from the user to start up the OSD control section, wherein the control circuit section halts the OSD control section when the sync signal is output from the sync signal separator, after which the selected video signal input is displayed; wherein the halting operation of the control circuit section is executed after the sync signal output from the sync signal separator; and wherein a color of the displayed symbol information is different from a color of a displayed background.