Patent ID: 7724310
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An HDTV having a video signal input terminal through which a video signal from an external device is inputted, the HDTV comprising: the video signal input terminal conforming to the HDMI standard; an HDMI receiver for receiving a video signal of the TMDS system inputted through the video signal input terminal from the external device and outputting the received video signal to a video processor; and a microcomputer for controlling the HDMI receiver, wherein adjustment data having information for adjustment used during an adjusting process is encoded, included in an INFO frame of the TMDS system, and transmitted from the external device; wherein video data of adjustment contents is encoded and transmitted to a video frame of the TMDS system from the external device; wherein the adjustment data and video data are written into a register of the HDMI receiver through the video signal input terminal; and wherein the microcomputer reads the adjustment data of the INFO frame written into the register of the HDMI receiver and controls adjustment of the HDTV based on the contents of the data and, further, the microcomputer reads the video data for adjustment in the video frame written into the register of the HDMI receiver and shows a video picture on a display, thereby making it unnecessary to unpack the HDTV set as well as making it easier to check the adjustment contents during the adjusting process.