Patent ID: 6535252
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A device for receiving and displaying television images, comprising:buffer means for storing television images, characterized in that the buffer means are adapted to receive television images at a first frame frequency and to supply television images at a second frame frequency, a quantity X equal to the number of consecutive television images being stored in the buffer means between an image read from the buffer means at a given instant and an image written at substantially the same instant, in that X increases with time in a first state of the device and decreases with time in a second state thereof, and the device comprises control means for generating a first control signal for bringing the device from the first to the second state, and a second control signal for bringing the device from the second to the first state, and further comprising conversion means having an input and an output and adapted to convert television images at a third frame frequency applied to its input into television images at a fourth frame frequency for supply to the output, the fourth frame frequency in the first state being substantially equal to the first frame frequency, and the second frame frequency being substantially equal to the third frame frequency.