Patent ID: 8310594
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of adjusting picture display settings of a digital TV, comprising: simultaneously displaying multiple pictures of the same visual content on a TV display, wherein the multiple pictures include a reference picture at a current picture setting and one or more sample pictures each at a different picture setting relative to the reference picture, wherein a first of the sample pictures has a first picture setting that is at a third quarter position of a first range of picture settings and a second of the sample pictures has a second picture setting that is at a first quarter position of a second range of picture settings; receiving user selection of a picture among the multiple pictures; determining whether a picture setting of the user selected picture is in the first range of picture settings or in the second range of picture settings; if the selected picture is in the first range, excluding the second range of picture settings and generating a first new sample picture that is at a new third quarter position of a new first range which is from the closer end of the excluded second range to a position adjacent to the selected picture and a second new sample picture which is from a position adjacent to the selected picture to the end of the first range; if the selected picture is in the second range, excluding the first range of picture settings and generating a third new sample picture that is at a new third quarter position of a new second range which is from the closer end of the excluded first range to a position adjacent to the selected picture and a fourth new sample picture which is from a position adjacent to the selected picture to the end of the second range; and setting the selected picture as a new reference picture.