Patent ID: 6958780
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image displaying and controlling apparatus for formatting a first image having a first aspect ratio for display as a second image having a second aspect ratio, said apparatus comprising: memory means for storing pixel data of said first image on a unit of a horizontal line basis; line number converter means for converting a line number comprising one display image of said first image so as to format said first image in said second aspect ratio by combining pixel data of at least two lines stored in said memory means in accordance with a programmable weighting factor; and timing controller means for adjusting the vertical synchronization of a frame of the first input to the line number converter means, such that a start of the vertical synchronization of the frame of a first image is earlier than a start of the vertical synchronization of a frame of the second image.