Patent Publication Number: US-6912015-B1

Title: Video display apparatus with vertical scan velocity modulation and video display method thereof

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   1. Field of the Invention 
   The present invention relates to a vertical velocity modulation apparatus having the function of correcting the image quality by modulating the scanning speed of an electron beam, and a video display apparatus and a video display method using the same. 
   2. Description of the Related Art 
   In a conventional video display apparatus such as a television receiver or a display monitor, a unidirectional scanning system has been generally used.  FIG. 31  is a diagram showing a conventional unidirectional progressive scanning system. As shown in  FIG. 31 , in the unidirectional progressive scanning system, scanning is performed slightly downward from the left to the right of a screen. In a progressive scanning system of 525 scanning lines, the horizontal scanning frequency is 31.5 KHz, and the horizontal scanning period is 31.75 μs. 
   In recent years, a bidirectional scanning system has been proposed in order to improve the image quality.  FIG. 32  is a diagram showing a bidirectional progressive scanning system. As shown in  FIG. 32 , scanning lines in odd numbers are horizontally scanned from the left to the right of a screen, and scanning lines in even numbers are horizontally scanned from the right to the left of the screen. In a bidirectional progressive scanning system of 1050 scanning lines, the horizontal scanning frequency is 63.0 KHz, and the horizontal scanning period is 15.87 μs. 
   In the bidirectional scanning system, the density of the scanning lines in the vertical direction doubles, so that the resolution is increased, and the luminance is improved. Since reciprocating scanning is performed, power for deflecting an electron beam is reduced, thereby making it possible to reduce the scale of a power supply circuit. 
   In the bidirectional scanning system, however, the interval between the scanning lines is shortened, so that the luminance of each of the scanning lines is easily affected by the luminance of the adjacent scanning line. Consequently, the sharpness of a reproduced image may, in some cases, be reduced. 
   For example, Japanese Laid-open Patent 10-23290 discloses that the velocity of an electron beam is modulated in the vertical direction, to make vertical contour correction. 
   In velocity modulation in the vertical direction which is disclosed in Japanese Laid-open Patent 10-23290 , a scanning line having a low luminance is brought near a scanning line having a high luminance at a change point from a low luminance level to a high luminance level, and a scanning line having a high luminance is brought near a scanning line having a low luminance at a change point from a high luminance level to a low luminance level. For example, a scanning line h 2  having a low luminance is shifted by Δp downward, and a scanning line h 5  having a high luminance is shifted by Δp upward. 
   As described in Japanese Laid-open Patent 10-23290 , the luminance is high in a portion where the interval between the scanning lines is narrow, while being low in a portion where the interval between the scanning lines is wide. As a result, the change in the luminance of the luminance change portion, for example, a vertical contour portion of an image can be sharp. 
   According to the conventional method of modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction, however, there arises such a phenomenon that an originally dark portion is brightened, so that the contour is rather blurred. 
   An object of the present invention is to provide a vertical velocity modulation apparatus capable of obtaining a sharper reproduced image by modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction, and a video display apparatus and a video display method using the same. 
   Another object of the present invention is to provide a vertical velocity modulation apparatus which can obtain a sharper reproduced image by modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction and can be miniaturized and reduced in cost, and a video display apparatus and a video display method using the same. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   A video display apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a horizontal deflection circuit for deflecting an electron beam in the horizontal direction to form scanning lines in the horizontal direction on a screen, a vertical deflection circuit for deflecting the electron beam in the vertical direction, and a vertical velocity modulation circuit for modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam such that a part of the scanning line having a luminance which is not less than a predetermined value in a luminance change portion in the vertical direction moves farther apart from a part of the adjacent scanning line having a lower luminance than the predetermined value. 
   In the video display apparatus, the electron beam is deflected in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, so that the scanning lines in the horizontal direction are successively formed on the screen. In this case, the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam is modulated such that the part of the scanning line having a luminance which is not less than the predetermined value in the luminance change portion in the vertical direction moves farther apart from the adjacent scanning line having a lower luminance than the predetermined value. 
   Consequently, the part of the scanning line having a high luminance is shifted in the direction away from the part of the scanning line having a low luminance. Accordingly, the part of the scanning line having a low luminance is not easily affected by the part of the adjacent scanning line having a high luminance, so that the part of the scanning line having a high luminance enters the original low luminance level. Further, the part of the scanning line having a high luminance is in close proximity to the part of the scanning line having a higher luminance, so that the part of the scanning line having a high luminance enters a level higher than the original luminance level. As a result, the contour in the vertical direction of a reproduced image is emphasized. 
   The horizontal deflection circuit may deflect the electron beam back and forth in the horizontal direction, to form forward and backward scanning lines on the screen. 
   In this case, the reproduced image having a high density is obtained by bidirectional scanning, and the contour of the image in the vertical direction is emphasized by modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction. As a result, the quality of the image is increased. 
   The vertical velocity modulation circuit may comprise a parallel scanning circuit for outputting a parallel scanning signal for making the forward and backward scanning lines formed by the horizontal deflection circuit parallel, a movement control circuit for producing a movement control signal for controlling the movement in the vertical direction of the scanning lines on the basis of a luminance signal, a synthesizing circuit for synthesizing the parallel scanning signal outputted by the parallel scanning circuit and the movement control signal produced by the movement control circuit, and a vertical velocity modulation coil for generating a magnetic field for modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam on the basis of a signal synthesized by the synthesizing circuit. 
   In this case, the parallel scanning signal for making the forward and backward scanning lines parallel and the movement control signal for controlling the movement in the vertical direction of the scanning lines are synthesized, and a magnetic field for modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam is generated by the vertical velocity modulation coil on the basis of the synthesized signal. The parallel scanning and the modulation of the scanning speed in the vertical direction are performed by the common vertical velocity modulation coil. Therefore, the video display apparatus is miniaturized and is reduced in cost. 
   The movement control circuit may comprise a change portion detection circuit for detecting a luminance change portion in the vertical direction on the basis of the luminance signal, a movement distance output circuit for outputting as the movement control signal the distance of movement of the scanning line on the screen in the vertical direction in the luminance change portion detected by the change portion detection circuit on the basis of the luminance signal, and a time axis reversion circuit for reversing the time axis of the movement control signal outputted by the movement distance output circuit in backward scanning by the horizontal deflection circuit. 
   In this case, the luminance change portion in the vertical direction is detected on the basis of the luminance signal, and the distance of movement of the scanning line on the screen in the vertical direction in the luminance change portion is outputted as the movement control signal. The time axis of the movement control signal is reversed in the backward scanning. Consequently, it is possible to modulate the scanning speed in the vertical direction in the bidirectional scanning. 
   The vertical velocity modulation circuit may further comprise a clamping circuit for clamping the movement control signal produced by the movement control circuit to a predetermined potential at predetermined timing. 
   In this case, the movement control signal is clamped to the predetermined potential at predetermined timing, so that each of the scanning lines is formed at a reference position previously set, and the part of each of the scanning lines can be moved from the reference position in the luminance change portion in the vertical direction. Consequently, the image quality is prevented from being degraded by the shift of the scanning line. 
   The vertical velocity modulation circuit may further comprise an amplifier for amplifying the signal synthesized by the synthesizing circuit, and a gain control circuit for controlling the gain of the amplifier. 
   In this case, the signal synthesized by the synthesizing circuit is amplified by the amplifier, and is fed to the vertical velocity modulation coil. Particularly, the gain of the amplifier is controlled by the gain control circuit, thereby making it possible to control the interval between the scanning lines and the distance of movement on the screen of the part of the scanning line in the luminance change portion. 
   The gain control circuit may control the gain of the amplifier on the basis of the number of the scanning lines formed on the screen by the horizontal deflection circuit. 
   In this case, it is possible to control the interval between the scanning lines and the distance of movement on the screen of the part of the scanning line in the luminance change portion depending on the number of the scanning lines formed on the screen. Consequently, it is possible to improve the image quality depending on the number of the scanning lines. 
   The gain control circuit may control the gain of the amplifier depending on the positions of the scanning lines formed on the screen by the horizontal deflection circuit. 
   In this case, it is possible to control the interval between the scanning lines and the distance of movement on the screen of the part of the scanning line in the luminance change portion depending on the positions of the scanning lines formed on the screen. Consequently, it is possible to improve the image quality depending on the positions on the screen. 
   The vertical velocity modulation circuit may comprise a movement distance output circuit for outputting the distance of movement on the screen of a part of the scanning line to be an object as the movement control signal on the basis of the difference between the luminance of a part of the scanning line a predetermined number of horizontal scanning periods ahead of and the luminance of a part of the scanning line the predetermined number of horizontal scanning periods behind the part of the scanning line to be the object and the level of the luminance of the part of the scanning line to be the object, and a vertical velocity modulation coil for generating a magnetic field for modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam on the basis of the movement control signal outputted from the movement distance output circuit. 
   In this case, the distance of movement on the screen of the part of the scanning line to be the object is set on the basis of the difference between the luminance of the part of the scanning line the predetermined number of scanning lines ahead of and the luminance of the part of the scanning line the predetermined number of scanning lines behind the part of the scanning line to be the object and the level of the luminance of the part of the scanning line to be the object. The part of the scanning line thus moves depending on the amount of the change in the luminance and the level of the luminance, so that the contour in the vertical direction of the reproduced image is emphasized. 
   The movement distance output circuit may comprise a difference calculation circuit for calculating the difference between the luminance of the part of the scanning line the predetermined number of horizontal scanning periods ahead of and the part of the scanning line the predetermined number of horizontal scanning periods behind the part of the scanning line to be the object, a first signal output circuit for outputting a first movement distance signal on the basis of an output signal of the difference calculation circuit, a second signal output circuit for outputting a second movement distance signal on the basis of the luminance of the part of the scanning line to be the object, and a multiplication circuit for multiplying the first movement distance signal outputted from the first signal output circuit and the second movement distance signal outputted from the second signal output circuit together, and outputting the result of the multiplication as the movement control signal. 
   In this case, the first movement distance signal is outputted on the basis of the difference between the luminance of the part of the scanning line the predetermined number of scanning lines ahead of and the luminance of the part of the scanning line the predetermined number of scanning lines behind the part of the scanning line to be the object, and the second movement distance signal is outputted on the basis of the luminance of the part of the scanning line to be the object. The first movement distance signal and the second movement distance signal are multiplied together, and the result of the multiplication is outputted as the movement control signal. 
   The first signal output circuit may set the value of the first movement distance signal to zero when the value of the output signal of the difference calculation circuit is smaller than a predetermined value, and the second signal output circuit may set the value of the second movement distance signal to zero when the luminance of the part of the scanning line to be the object is smaller than the predetermined value. 
   In this case, the distance of movement on the screen of the part of the scanning line is set to zero such that vertical velocity modulation is not performed when the amount of the change of the luminance is smaller than the predetermined value and the luminance of the part of the scanning line to be the object is smaller than the predetermined value. 
   The scanning line the predetermined number of horizontal scanning periods ahead of the part of the scanning line to be the object may be the scanning line two horizontal scanning periods ahead of the part of the scanning line to be the object, and the scanning line the predetermined number of horizontal scanning periods behind the part of the scanning line to be the object may be the scanning line two horizontal scanning periods behind the part of the scanning line to be the object. 
   In this case, the distance of movement on the screen of the part of the scanning line to be the object is set on the basis of the difference between the luminance of the part of the scanning line two scanning lines ahead of and the luminance of the part of the scanning line two scanning lines behind the part of the scanning line to be the object and the luminance of the part of the scanning line to be the object. 
   The scanning line the predetermined number of horizontal scanning periods ahead of the part of the scanning line to be the object may be the scanning line one horizontal scanning period ahead of the part of the scanning line to be the object, and the scanning line the predetermined number of horizontal scanning periods behind the part of the scanning line to be the object may be the scanning line one horizontal scanning period behind the part of the scanning line to be the object. 
   In this case, the distance of movement on the screen of the part of the scanning line to be the object is set on the basis of the difference between the luminance of the part of the scanning line one scanning line ahead of and the luminance of the part of the scanning line one scanning line behind the part of the scanning line to be the object and the luminance of the part of the scanning line. 
   The vertical velocity modulation circuit may further comprise a movement distance limitation circuit for limiting the distance of movement on the screen of the part of the scanning line such that the positions of the adjacent scanning lines are not replaced with each other by the movement of the part of the scanning line. 
   In this case, the distance of movement on the screen of the part of the scanning line is limited such that the positions of the adjacent scanning lines are not replaced with each other by moving the part of the scanning line, so that the image quality is not degraded. 
   The movement distance limitation circuit may limit the movement control signal outputted from the movement distance output circuit to half when the luminance of the part of the scanning line to be the object and the luminance of the part of the scanning line two horizontal scanning periods behind the part of the scanning line to be the object are not less than the predetermined value, and the luminance of the part of the scanning line two horizontal scanning periods ahead of, the luminance of the part of the scanning line three horizontal scanning periods ahead of, and the luminance of the part of the scanning line three horizontal scanning periods behind the part of the scanning line to be the object are less than the predetermined value, or when the luminance of the part of the scanning line to be the object and the luminance of the part of the scanning line two horizontal scanning periods ahead of the part of the scanning line to be the object are not less than the predetermined value, and the luminance of the part of the scanning line two horizontal scanning periods behind, the luminance of the part of the scanning line three horizontal scanning periods behind, and the luminance of the part of the scanning line three horizontal scanning periods ahead of the part of the scanning line to be the object are less than the predetermined value. 
   In this case, when the luminances of the parts of the three adjacent scanning lines are not less than the predetermined value, and the luminance of the part of the scanning line ahead of the three scanning lines and the part of the scanning line behind the three scanning lines are less than the predetermined value, the parts of the scanning lines on both sides out of the three scanning lines move such that they approach the part of the scanning line at the center and the positions of the three scanning lines are not replaced with one another. 
   The video display apparatus may further comprise a cathode ray tube(CRT), and an electron gun provided in the CRT and having a metal case, and the vertical velocity modulation circuit may comprise a movement control circuit for producing a movement control signal for controlling the movement in the vertical direction of the scanning lines on the basis of the luminance signal, and a vertical velocity modulation coil disposed in a position departing from the periphery of the metal case of the electron gun and around the CRT for generating a magnetic field for modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam on the basis of the movement control signal produced by the movement control circuit. 
   In this case, the magnetic field formed by the vertical velocity modulation coil does not strike the metal case of the electron gun, so that intermediate and high frequency components of the magnetic field are not attenuated. Consequently, the sensitivity of the vertical velocity modulation coil is increased, so that the scanning line can be sharply changed at a small current. Consequently, the scanning line sharply changes in a vertical edge and a horizontal edge of the image, so that the quality of the image is not degraded. 
   The video display apparatus may further comprise a deflection yoke disposed in the position departing from the periphery of the metal case of the electron gun and around the CRT, and constituting the horizontal deflection circuit and the vertical deflection circuit, and the vertical velocity modulation coil may be arranged inside the deflection yoke. 
   In this case, the magnetic field formed by the vertical velocity modulation coil does not strike the metal case of the electron gun. 
   The vertical velocity modulation circuit may comprise a movement control circuit for producing the movement control signal for controlling the movement in the vertical direction of the scanning lines on the basis of the luminance signal, a frequency domain emphasis circuit for emphasizing a predetermined frequency domain of the movement control signal produced by the movement control circuit, and a vertical velocity modulation coil for generating a magnetic field for modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam on the basis of the movement control signal emphasized by the frequency domain emphasis circuit. In this case, the movement control signal for controlling the movement in the vertical direction of the scanning line is produced on the basis of the luminance signal, the predetermined frequency domain of the produced movement control signal is emphasized, and the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam is modulated on the basis of the emphasized movement control signal. Consequently, the scanning line sharply changes in the vertical edge and the horizontal edge of the image, so that the quality of the image is not degraded. 
   The frequency domain emphasis circuit may comprise an extraction circuit for extracting the predetermined frequency domain of the movement control signal produced by the movement control circuit, and an adder for adding the movement control signal produced by the movement control circuit and the signal in the frequency domain extracted by the extraction circuit together. 
   In this case, the predetermined frequency domain of the movement control signal is extracted, so that the movement control signal and the signal in the extracted frequency domain are added together. Consequently, the predetermined frequency domain of the movement control signal is emphasized. 
   A vertical velocity modulation apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention is a vertical velocity modulation apparatus for modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction of an electron beam for successively forming scanning lines in the horizontal direction on a screen, comprising a movement control circuit for producing a movement control signal for controlling the movement in the vertical direction of the scanning lines such that a part of the scanning line having a luminance which is not less than a predetermined value in a luminance change portion in the vertical direction on the basis of a luminance signal moves farther apart from a part of the adjacent scanning line having a lower luminance than the predetermined value, and a vertical velocity modulation coil for generating a magnetic field for modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam on the basis of the movement control signal produced by the movement control circuit. 
   In the vertical velocity modulation apparatus, the movement control signal for controlling the movement in the vertical direction of the scanning lines such that the part of the scanning line having a luminance which is not less than the predetermined value in the luminance change portion in the vertical direction moves farther apart from the part of the adjacent scanning line having a lower luminance than the predetermined value is produced on the basis of the luminance signal, and the magnetic field for modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam is generated on the basis of the movement control signal. 
   Consequently, the part of the scanning line having a high luminance is shifted in the direction away from the part of the scanning line having a low luminance. Accordingly, the part of the scanning line having a low luminance is not easily affected by the part of the adjacent scanning line having a high luminance, so that the part of the scanning line having a low luminance enters the original low luminance level. Further, the part of the scanning line having a high luminance is in close proximity to the part of the scanning line having a higher luminance, so that the part of the scanning line having a high luminance enters a level higher than the original luminance level. As a result, the contour in the vertical direction of a reproduced image is emphasized. 
   The vertical velocity modulation apparatus may further comprises a parallel scanning circuit for outputting a parallel scanning signal for making forward and backward scanning lines formed on the screen by deflecting the electron beam back and forth parallel, and a synthesizing circuit for synthesizing the movement control signal produced by the movement control circuit and the parallel scanning signal outputted by the parallel scanning circuit, and the vertical velocity modulation coil may generate a magnetic field for modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam on the basis of a signal synthesized by the synthesizing circuit. 
   In this case, a reproduced image having a high density is obtained by bidirectional scanning, and the contour of the image in the vertical direction is emphasized by modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction. As a result, the quality of the reproduced image is increased. 
   The parallel scanning signal for making the forward and backward scanning lines in the bidirectional scanning parallel and the movement control signal for controlling the movement in the vertical direction of the scanning lines are synthesized, and the magnetic field for modulating the velocity in the vertical direction of the electron beam is generated by the vertical velocity modulation coil on the basis of the synthesized signal. Since the parallel scanning and the modulation of the scanning speed in the vertical direction are performed by the common vertical velocity modulation coil, so that the vertical velocity modulation apparatus is miniaturized and is reduced in cost. 
   The movement control circuit may output the distance of movement on the screen of a part of the scanning line to be an object as the movement control signal on the basis of the difference between the luminance of a part of the scanning line a predetermined number of horizontal scanning periods ahead of and the luminance of a part of the scanning line the predetermined number of horizontal scanning periods behind the part of the scanning line to be the object and the level of the luminance of the part of the scanning line to be the object. 
   In this case, the distance of movement on the screen of the part of the scanning line to be the object is set on the basis of the difference between the luminance of the part of the scanning line the predetermined number of scanning lines ahead of and the luminance of the part of the scanning line the predetermined number of scanning lines behind the part of the scanning line to be the object and the level of the luminance of the part of the scanning line to be the object. The part of the scanning line thus moves depending on the amount of the change in the luminance and the level of the luminance, so that the contour in the vertical direction of the reproduced image is emphasized. 
   The vertical velocity modulation apparatus may further comprise a frequency domain emphasis circuit for emphasizing a predetermined frequency domain of the movement control signal produced by the movement control circuit. 
   In this case, the predetermined frequency domain of the movement control signal is emphasized, and the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam is modulated on the basis of the emphasized movement control signal. Consequently, the scanning line sharply changes in a vertical edge and a horizontal edge of an image, so that the quality of the image is not degraded. 
   The frequency domain emphasis circuit may comprise an extraction circuit for extracting the predetermined frequency domain of the movement control signal produced by the movement control circuit, and an adder for adding the movement control signal produced by the movement control circuit and the signal in the frequency domain extracted by the extraction circuit. 
   In this case, the predetermined frequency domain of the movement control signal is extracted, and the movement control signal and the signal in the extracted frequency domain are added together. Consequently, the predetermined frequency domain of the movement control signal is emphasized. 
   A video display method according to still another aspect of the present invention comprises the steps of deflecting an electron beam in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. to successively form scanning lines in the horizontal direction on a screen, and modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam such that a part of the scanning line having a luminance which is not less than a predetermined value in a luminance change portion in the vertical direction moves farther apart from a part of the adjacent scanning line having a lower luminance than the predetermined value. 
   In this case, the part of the scanning line having a high luminance is shifted in the direction away from the part of the adjacent scanning line having a low luminance. Accordingly, the part of the scanning line having a low luminance is not easily affected by the part of the adjacent scanning line having a high luminance, so that the part of the scanning line having a low luminance enters the original low luminance level. Further, the part of the scanning line having a high luminance is in close proximity to the part of the scanning line having a higher luminance, so that the part of the scanning line having a high luminance enters a level higher than the original luminance level. As a result, the contour in the vertical direction of a reproduced image is emphasized. 
   The step of deflecting the electron beam may comprise the step of deflecting the electron beam back and forth in the horizontal direction, to form the forward and backward scanning lines on the screen. 
   In this case, the reproduced image having a high density is obtained by bidirectional scanning, and the contour of the image in the vertical direction is emphasized by modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction. As a result, the quality of the reproduced image is increased. 
   The step of modulating the scanning speed may comprise the steps of outputting a parallel scanning signal for making the forward and backward scanning lines parallel, producing a movement control signal for controlling the movement in the vertical direction of the scanning line in a luminance change portion in the vertical direction on the basis of the luminance signal, synthesizing the parallel scanning signal and the movement control signal, and generating a magnetic field for modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam on the basis of a synthesized signal. 
   In this case, the parallel scanning signal for making the forward and backward scanning lines parallel and the movement control signal for controlling the movement in the vertical direction of the scanning lines are synthesized, and the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam is modulated on the basis of the synthesized signal. Therefore, a common coil can be used for the parallel scanning and the modulation of the scanning speed in the vertical direction. Consequently, the apparatus is miniaturized and is reduced in cost. 
   The step of producing the movement control signal may comprise the steps of detecting the luminance change portion in the vertical direction on the basis of the luminance signal, outputting the distance of movement of the scanning line on the screen in the vertical direction in the luminance change portion as the movement control signal on the basis of the luminance signal, and reversing the time axis of the movement control signal in the backward scanning. Consequently, it is possible to modulate the scanning speed in the vertical direction in the bidirectional scanning. 
   The step of modulating the scanning speed may comprise the step of clamping the movement control signal to a predetermined potential at predetermined timing. 
   In this case, each of the scanning lines can be formed at a reference position previously determined, and the part of each of the scanning lines can be moved from the reference position in the luminance change portion in the vertical direction. Consequently, the image quality is prevented from being degraded by the shift of the scanning line. 
   The step of modulating the scanning speed may comprise the step of setting the distance of movement on the screen of the part of the scanning line to be the object on the basis of the difference between the luminance of the part of the scanning line the predetermined number of horizontal scanning periods ahead of and the luminance of the part of the scanning line the predetermined number of horizontal scanning periods behind the part of the scanning line to be the object and the level of the luminance of the part of the scanning line to be the object. 
   In this case, the distance of movement on the screen of the part of the scanning line to be the object is set on the basis of the difference between the luminance of the part of the scanning line the predetermined number of scanning lines ahead of and the luminance of the part of the scanning line the predetermined number of scanning lines behind the part of the scanning line to be the object and the level of the luminance of the part of the scanning line to be the object is set. The part of the scanning line thus moves depending on the amount of the change in the luminance and the level of the luminance, so that the contour in the vertical direction of the reproduced image is emphasized. 
   The step of modulating the scanning speed may comprise the steps of producing a movement control signal for controlling the movement in the vertical direction of the scanning lines on the basis of the luminance signal, emphasizing a predetermined frequency domain of the movement control signal, and generating a magnetic field for modulating the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam on the basis of the movement control signal. 
   In this case, the movement control signal for controlling the movement in the vertical direction of the scanning lines is produced on the basis of the luminance signal, the predetermined frequency domain of the produced movement control signal is emphasized, and the scanning speed in the vertical direction of the electron beam is modulated on the basis of the emphasized movement control signal. Consequently, the scanning line sharply changes in the vertical edge and the horizontal edge of the image, so that the quality of the image is not degraded. 
   According to the present invention, the scanning speed in the vertical direction is modulated such that the part of the scanning line having a high luminance moves farther apart from the part of the scanning line having a low luminance, so that the contour of the image in the vertical direction is emphasized. As a result, a sharp reproduced image is obtained. 
   Furthermore, the scanning speed in the vertical direction is modulated in the bidirectional scanning, so that the contour in the vertical direction is emphasized in the image having a high density. As a result, the quality of the reproduced image is increased. 
   Furthermore, the parallel scanning signal and the movement control signal are synthesized, so that the parallel scanning and the modulation of the scanning speed in the vertical direction are performed by the common vertical velocity modulation coil. As a result, the vertical velocity modulation apparatus and the video display apparatus are miniaturized and are reduced in cost. 
   Furthermore, by arranging the vertical velocity modulation coil in a position departing from the periphery of the metal case of the electron gun and around the CRT, or emphasizing the predetermined frequency domain of the movement control signal, the scanning line sharply changes in the vertical edge and the horizontal edge of the image, so that the quality of the image is not degraded. 

   
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       FIG. 1  is a block diagram showing the configuration of a video display apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention; 
       FIG. 2  is a diagram showing an example of luminance distribution in the vertical direction before vertical contour correction, and a diagram showing an example of luminance distribution in the vertical direction after vertical contour correction; 
       FIG. 3  is a diagram showing an example of scanning lines and luminance distribution before vertical contour correction, and a diagram showing an example of scanning lines and luminance distribution after vertical contour correction; 
       FIG. 4  is a waveform diagram of a vertical deflection signal outputted from a vertical deflection circuit, a waveform diagram of a parallel scanning signal outputted from a parallel scanning circuit, and a diagram showing parallel scanning based on a vertical deflection signal and a parallel scanning signal; 
       FIG. 5  is a block diagram showing the configuration of the vertical velocity modulation circuit shown in  FIG. 1 ; 
       FIG. 6  is a diagram showing an example of scanning lines before vertical contour correction, and a diagram showing an example of scanning lines after vertical contour correction; 
       FIG. 7  is a signal waveform diagram showing the operation of a vertical velocity modulation circuit; 
       FIG. 8  is a diagram showing one example of bidirectional progressive scanning, and a diagram showing another example of bidirectional progressive scanning; 
       FIG. 9  is a block diagram showing the configuration of a vertical correlation detection circuit shown in  FIG. 5 ; 
       FIG. 10  is a diagram showing a first example of a movement distance conversion table; 
       FIG. 11  is a diagram showing a second example of a movement distance conversion table; 
       FIG. 12  is a diagram showing a third example of a movement distance conversion table; 
       FIG. 13  is a diagram showing a fourth example of a movement distance conversion table; 
       FIG. 14  is a block diagram showing the configuration of a retrace period reversion circuit; 
       FIG. 15  is a timing chart showing the operation of the retrace period reversion circuit shown in  FIG. 14 ; 
       FIG. 16  is a block diagram showing another example of the configuration of a vertical correlation detection circuit; 
       FIG. 17  is a diagram showing an example of the characteristics of a conversion table shown in  FIG. 16 ; 
       FIG. 18  is a diagram showing an example of vertical velocity modulation by the vertical correlation detection circuit shown in  FIG. 16 ; 
       FIG. 19  is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a singular point detection unit shown in  FIG. 16 ; 
       FIG. 20  is a diagram showing an example of singular point detection; 
       FIG. 21  is a diagram showing the logic of a signal in each portion in the singular point detection circuit shown in  FIG. 19 ; 
       FIG. 22  is a block diagram showing still another example of the configuration of a vertical correlation detection circuit; 
       FIG. 23  is a cross-sectional view in the horizontal direction showing an example of the positional relationship between a CRT and a vertical velocity modulation coil; 
       FIG. 24  is a cross-sectional view in the horizontal direction showing another example of the positional relationship between a CRT and a vertical velocity modulation coil; 
       FIG. 25  is a diagram showing an example of vertical velocity modulation by the vertical velocity modulation coil shown in  FIGS. 23 and 24 ; 
       FIG. 26  is a block diagram showing another example of the configuration of a vertical velocity modulation circuit used for the video display apparatus shown in  FIG. 1 ; 
       FIG. 27  is a block diagram showing the configuration of a frequency compensation circuit in the vertical velocity modulation circuit shown in  FIG. 26 ; 
       FIG. 28  is a circuit diagram showing an example of the configuration of an intermediate and high frequency component separation unit; 
       FIG. 29  is a signal waveform diagram showing the operation of the frequency compensation circuit shown in  FIG. 27 ; 
       FIG. 30  is a block diagram showing still another example of the configuration of a vertical velocity modulation circuit; 
       FIG. 31  is a diagram showing a unidirectional progressive scanning system; 
       FIG. 32  is a diagram showing a bidirectional progressive scanning system; and 
       FIG. 33  is a diagram showing the luminance distribution in the vertical direction in conventional vertical contour correction, and a diagram showing the movement of scanning lines in the conventional vertical contour correction. 
   

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     FIG. 1  is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a video display apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
   The video display apparatus shown in  FIG. 1  comprises a video signal processing circuit  1 , a chrominance signal reproduction circuit  2 , a synchronizing signal separation circuit  3 , a cathode ray tube (CRT)  4 , a horizontal deflection circuit  5 , a horizontal velocity modulation circuit  6 , a high voltage output circuit  7 , a vertical deflection circuit  8 , and a vertical velocity modulation circuit  9 . A horizontal deflection coil LH, a horizontal velocity modulation coil VMH, a vertical deflection coil LV, and a vertical velocity modulation coil VMV are mounted on the cathode ray tube  4 . 
   The video signal processing circuit  1  separates a luminance signal and a color difference signal from a video signal and outputs the signals, and feeds the video signal to the synchronizing signal separation circuit  3 . The chrominance signal reproduction circuit  2  reproduces a chrominance signal from the luminance signal and the color difference signal which are outputted from the video signal processing circuit  1 , and feeds the chrominance signal as a display signal C to the cathode ray tube  4 . The synchronizing signal separating circuit  3  extracts a horizontal synchronizing signal H and a vertical synchronizing signal V from the video signal fed from the video signal processing circuit  1 . 
   The horizontal deflection circuit  5  comprises a horizontal driving circuit, a horizontal output circuit, a distortion correction circuit, a linearity correction circuit, and an S shaped correction capacitor. The horizontal deflection circuit  5  feeds a saw tooth horizontal deflection signal (a horizontal deflecting current) to the horizontal deflection coil LH in order to deflect an electron beam in the horizontal direction in the cathode ray tube  4  in synchronization with a horizontal synchronizing signal H outputted from the image signal processing circuit  1 . 
   The horizontal velocity modulation circuit  6  comprises a pre-driving circuit, a horizontal velocity modulation driving circuit, and so forth, and feeds, on the basis of a luminance signal Y outputted from the video signal processing circuit  1 , a horizontal velocity modulation signal (a horizontal velocity modulating current) for modulating the velocity of the electron beam in the horizontal direction in the cathode ray tube  4  to the horizontal velocity modulation coil VMH, to make horizontal contour correction. 
   The high voltage output circuit  7  comprises a high voltage driving circuit, a flyback transformer, a dynamic automatic focusing control circuit, and a dynamic automatic focusing output circuit, and applies a high voltage to the cathode ray tube  4  in order to carry out focusing control, for example. 
   The vertical deflection circuit  8  comprises a vertical output circuit, and feeds a saw tooth vertical deflection signal (a vertical deflecting current) to the vertical deflection coil LV in order to deflect the electron beam in the vertical direction in the cathode ray tube  4  in synchronization with the horizontal synchronizing signal H and the vertical synchronizing signal V which are outputted from the video signal processing circuit  1 . 
   The vertical velocity modulation circuit  9  has a configuration shown in  FIG. 5  described later, and feeds a vertical velocity modulation signal (a vertical velocity modulating current) SF for modulating the velocity of the electron beam in the vertical direction in the cathode ray tube  4  to the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV on the basis of the luminance signal Y and the horizontal synchronizing signal H which are outputted from the video signal processing circuit  1 , to make vertical contour correction. 
   The video display apparatus according to the present embodiment performs bidirectional scanning and performs modulation of the scanning speed in the vertical direction (hereinafter referred to as vertical velocity modulation). Referring now to  FIGS. 2 and 3 , description is made of vertical contour correction by the vertical velocity modulation performed in the video display apparatus according to the present embodiment. 
   FIG.  2 ( a ) is a diagram showing an example of luminance distribution in the vertical direction before the vertical contour correction, and FIG.  2 ( b ) is a diagram showing an example of luminance distribution in the vertical direction after the vertical contour correction. The respective original luminances of scanning lines L 1  to L 7  are indicated by p 1  to p 7 . The luminances p 1  and p 7  of the scanning lines L 1  and L 7  are low, the luminances p 2  and p 6  of the scanning lines L 2  and L 6  are slightly high, and the luminances p 3 , p 4 , and p 5  of the scanning lines L 3 , L 4 , and L 5  are highest. 
   As shown in FIG.  2 ( a ), when the intervals among the scanning lines L 1  to L 7  are equal, the scanning lines L 1  and L 7  having the low luminance are affected by the respective adjacent scanning lines L 2  and L 6  having the high luminance. Consequently, the luminances of the scanning lines L 1  and L 7  are higher than the original luminances p 1  and p 7 , so that the scanning lines L 1  and L 7  look whiter than a color of the original luminances. As a result, the contour in the vertical direction of a reproduced image looks blurred. 
   As shown in FIG.  2 ( b ), the scanning lines L 2  and L 6  having the high luminance are shifted in the direction away from the respective adjacent scanning lines L 1  and L 7  having the low luminance. Consequently, the scanning lines L 1  and L 7  having the low luminance are not easily affected by the respective adjacent scanning lines L 2  and L 6  having the high luminance, so that the luminances of the scanning liens L 1  and L 7  enter their original low level. Further, the scanning lines L 2  and L 6  having the high luminance are in closer proximity to the scanning lines having the higher luminance. Consequently, the luminances of the scanning lines L 2  and L 6  enter a level higher than that of the original luminances p 2  and P 6 , to approach a white level. As a result, the contour in the vertical direction of the reproduced image is emphasized. 
   FIG.  3 ( a ) is a diagram showing scanning lines before the vertical contour correction and an example of the luminance distribution, and FIG.  3 ( b ) is a diagram showing scanning lines after the vertical contour correction and an example of the luminance distribution. 
   In FIGS.  3 ( a ) and  3 ( b ), the luminance of the scanning lines L 1 , L 2 , L 6  and L 7  is taken as 10%, the luminance of the scanning lines L 3  and L 5  is taken as 70%, and the luminance of the scanning line L 4  is taken as 100%. 
   As shown in FIG.  3 ( a ), the scanning liens L 3  and L 5  having the luminance of 70% are respectively adjacent to the scanning lines L 2  and L 6  having the luminance of 10%. In this case, as shown in FIG.  3 ( b ), the scanning lines L 3  and L 5  having the high luminance are respectively moved farther apart from the scanning lines L 2  and L 6  having the low luminance. Consequently, the scanning lines L 2  and L 6  having the low luminance are not easily affected by the scanning lines L 3  and L 5  having the high luminance. 
   By thus moving the bright scanning line farther apart from the dark scanning line, the originally dark scanning line looks darker, and the originally bright scanning line looks brighter. As a result, the contour in the vertical direction of the image is emphasized. 
   In bidirectional scanning, the scanning lines must be scanned in directions parallel to each other on a screen. Referring to  FIG. 4 , description is made of parallel scanning. In the following description, forward scanning and backward scanning in the bidirectional scanning are respectively referred to as trace and retrace. 
   FIG.  4 ( a ) is a waveform diagram of a vertical deflection signal IV outputted from the vertical deflection circuit  8  shown in  FIG. 1 , FIG.  4 ( b ) is a waveform diagram of a parallel scanning signal SA outputted from a parallel scanning circuit  11  described later, and FIG.  4 ( c ) is a diagram showing parallel scanning based on the vertical deflection signal IV and the parallel scanning signal SA. In FIG.  4 ( c ), the number of scanning lines is taken as m. 
   The period of the vertical deflection signal IV shown in FIG.  4 ( a ) is equal to the period of the vertical synchronizing signal V, and the period of the parallel scanning signal SA shown in FIG.  4 ( b ) is equal to the period of the horizontal synchronizing signal H. An electron beam is deflected downward from the top in a step shape for each horizontal scanning period in one vertical scanning period by the vertical deflection signal IV and the parallel scanning signal SA, and is deflected rightward from the left or leftward from the right by the horizontal deflection signal outputted from the horizontal deflection circuit  5  shown in FIG.  1 . Consequently, the parallel scanning of the electron beam on the screen is performed, as shown in FIG.  4 ( c ). 
     FIG. 5  is a block diagram showing the configuration of the vertical velocity modulation circuit  9  shown in FIG.  1 . FIG.  6 ( a ) is a diagram showing an example of scanning lines before the vertical contour correction, and FIG.  6 ( b ) is a diagram showing an example of scanning lines after the vertical contour correction. Further,  FIG. 7  is a signal waveform diagram showing the operation of the vertical velocity modulation circuit  9  shown in FIG.  5 . 
   In  FIG. 5 , the vertical velocity modulation circuit  9  comprises a parallel scanning circuit  11 , a vertical correlation detection circuit  12 , a retrace period reversion circuit  13 , a clamping circuit  14 , a synthesizing circuit  15 , an amplifier  16 , and a CPU (Central Processing Unit)  17 . A gain control signal SG is fed from the CPU  17  to the amplifier  16 . 
   In the present embodiment, the horizontal deflection circuit  5  and the horizontal deflection coil LH correspond to horizontal deflection means, the vertical deflection circuit  8  and the vertical deflection coil LV correspond to vertical deflection means, and the vertical velocity modulation circuit  9  and the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV correspond to vertical velocity modulation means. Further, the parallel scanning circuit  11  corresponds to parallel scanning means, the vertical correlation detection circuit  12 , the retrace period reversion circuit  13 , and the clamping circuit  14  constitute movement control means, and the synthesizing circuit  15  corresponds to synthesis means. Further, the clamping circuit  14  corresponds to clamping means, and the CPU  17  corresponds to gain control means. 
   Referring now to the signal waveform diagram of  FIG. 7 , description is made of the operation of the vertical velocity modulation circuit shown in FIG.  5 . Here, a case where the reproduced image shown in  FIG. 6  is displayed will be described. 
   Although a signal is actually delayed for each horizontal scanning period, respectively, in the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  and the retrace period reversion circuit  13 , described later, the delay of the signal is not considered in order to make conceptual understanding of the present embodiment easy in the signal waveform diagram of FIG.  7 . 
   As shown in FIG.  6 ( a ), the luminances of the scanning lines L 1 , L 2 , L 5 , and L 6  are high, and the luminance of a part of each of the scanning lines L 3  and L 4  is low. In this case, as shown in FIG.  6 ( b ), a part of the scanning line L 2  adjacent to a low luminescent part of the scanning line L 3  is shifted in the direction away from the scanning line L 3 . A part of the scanning line L 5  adjacent to a low luminance part of the scanning line L 4  is shifted in the direction away from the scanning line L 4 . 
   The parallel scanning circuit  11  shown in  FIG. 5  outputs a saw tooth parallel scanning signal SA in synchronization with the horizontal synchronizing signal H. The vertical correlation detection circuit  12  detects a portion where the change in the luminance in the vertical direction exceeds a predetermined value on the basis of the luminance signal Y, and outputs a movement control signal SB representing the distance of movement on the screen of the scanning line. 
   In this example, a pulse P 1  representing a negative distance of movement on the screen and a pulse P 2  representing a positive distance of movement on the screen appear in the movement control signal SB. In this case, the scanning line is shifted upward at a point of the pulse P 1 . and the scanning line is shifted downward at a point of the pulse P 2 . 
   The retrace period reversion circuit  13  outputs the movement control signal SB outputted from the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  as it is in a trace period, reverses the time axis of the movement control signal SB outputted from the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  in a retrace period, and outputs an obtained signal as a movement control signal SC. The movement control signal SC changes such that the average voltage level is zero. 
   The clamping circuit  14  clamps the movement control signal SC outputted from the retrace period reversion circuit  13  to a predetermined DC voltage V 0  at the timing of the horizontal synchronizing signal H, and outputs the clamped movement control signal SD. 
   The synthesizing circuit  15  synthesizes the parallel scanning signal SA outputted from the parallel scanning circuit  11  and the movement control signal SD outputted from the clamping circuit  14 , and outputs a synthesized signal as a vertical velocity modulation signal SE. 
   The amplifier  16  amplifies the vertical velocity modulation signal SE outputted from the synthesizing circuit  15  by gain set by the gain control signal SG, and drives the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV by the amplified vertical velocity modulation signal SF. 
   The gain of the amplifier  16  can be controlled by the gain control signal SG. Consequently, the intervals among the scanning lines can be adjusted, as shown in FIG.  8 . FIGS.  8 ( a ) and  8 ( b ) are diagrams respectively showing bidirectional progressive scanning of different numbers of scanning lines. 
   In the bidirectional progressive scanning shown in FIG.  8 ( b ), the number of scanning lines is two, and the interval between the scanning lines is one-half, as compared with that in the bidirectional progressive scanning shown in FIG.  8 ( a ). 
   For example, the gain of the amplifier  16  is set to two in the case of bidirectional progressive scanning of 525 scanning lines, while being set to one in the case of bidirectional progressive scanning of 1050 scanning lines. in  FIG. 7 , the waveform of the vertical velocity modulation signal SF in a case where the gain is two Is indicated by a broken line, and the waveform of the vertical velocity modulation signal SF in a case where the gain is one is indicated by a solid line. 
   By controlling the gain of the amplifier  16 , intervals ΔL 2  and ΔL 4  among scanning lines in an upper part and a lower part of a screen can be set to values larger than intervals ΔL 1  and ΔL 3  among scanning lines at the center of the screen, as shown in FIGS.  8 ( a ) and  8 ( b ). Consequently, it is possible to correct the effect of curved shapes in an upper part and a lower part of the surface of the cathode ray tube  4  shown in FIG.  1 . In this case, the distance of movement on the screen of the scanning line by vertical velocity modulation in the upper part and the lower part of the screen is larger than the distance of movement on the screen of the scanning line by vertical velocity modulation at the center of the screen. 
     FIG. 9  is a block diagram showing the configuration of the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in FIG.  5 . 
   In  FIG. 9 , the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  comprises an A/D (Analog-to-Digital) converter  21 , a rounding circuit  22 , delay circuits  23  and  24 , an inverter  25 , an adder  26 , a rise and fall edge detection unit  27 , a movement distance setting unit  28 , and an AND gate  29 . 
   The A/D converter  21  converts the luminance signal Y fed from the video signal processing circuit  1  shown in  FIG. 1  into a 8-bit digital signal. The digital signal is represented by a binary number with no sign. The rounding circuit  22  subjects the 8-bit digital signal outputted from the A/D converter  21  to rounding processing, to output a 4-bit digital signal a. 
   The delay circuit  23  delays the digital signal a outputted from the rounding circuit  22  by one horizontal scanning period, to output a delayed 4-bit digital signal b. The delay circuit  24  delays the digital signal b outputted from the delay circuit  23  by one horizontal scanning period, to output a delayed 4-bit digital signal c. 
   The inverter  25  inverts the digital signal c outputted from the delay circuit  24 . The adder  26  adds the digital signal a outputted from the rounding circuit  22  and the digital signal outputted from the inverter  25  together. Consequently, the result of subtraction (a−c) of the digital signal c from the digital signal a is obtained. The result of the subtraction (a−c) of the digital signal c from the digital signal a is represented by a two&#39;s complement. That is, the result of the subtraction (a−c) represents a negative number when the MSB (Most Significant Bit) thereof is “1”, while representing a positive number when it is “0”. The result of the subtraction (a−c) is given to the rise and fall edge detection unit  27 . 
   A 4-bit threshold value MAGTH is previously given from the CPU  17  shown in  FIG. 5  to the rise and fall edge detection unit  27 . The rise and fall edge detection unit  27  outputs an edge presence or absence signal e and a rise and fall edge judgment signal d on the basis of the result of the subtraction (a−c) given from the adder  26 . A change point from a low luminance to a high luminance in the vertical direction is referred to as an upper edge, and a change point from a high luminance to a low luminance is referred to as a lower edge. 
   The rise and fall edge detection unit  27  judges that there is an upper edge when the MSB of the result of the subtraction (a−c) is “0”, that is, a−c≧0, to set the rise and fall edge judgment signal d to “1”. On the other hand, the rise and fall edge detection unit  27  judges that there is a lower edge when the MSB of the result of the subtraction (a−c) is “1”, that is, a−c&lt;0, to set the rise and fall edge judgment signal d to “0”. Further, the rise and fall edge detection unit  27  judges that there is an upper edge or a lower edge when the result of the subtraction (a−c) is other than zero, to set the edge presence or absence signal e to “1”, while judging that there is no upper edge and lower edge when the result of the subtraction (a−c) is zero, to set the edge presence or absence signal e to “0”. 
   A movement distance conversion table is set by eight 4-bit constants MTHn previously given from the CPU  17  in the rmovement distance setting unit  28 , where n=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. The movement distance setting unit  28  determines the distance of movement on the screen on the basis of the digital signal b outputted from the delay circuit  23 , the edge presence or absence signal e and the rise and fall edge judgment signal d which are outputted from the rise and fall edge detection unit  27 , and the movement distance conversion table. 
     FIG. 10  is a diagram showing a first example of the movement distance conversion table. In the example shown in  FIG. 10 , the amounts of movement “0000”, “0001”, “0010”, “0011”, “0100”, “0101”, “0110”, and “0111” are respectively set at constants MTH 0 , MTH 1 , MTH 2 , MTH 3 , MTH 4 , MTH 5 , MTH 6 , and MTH 7 . 
   The movement distance setting unit  28  selects the distance of movement on the screen set at the constant MTHn having a value of n which coincides with the value of the digital signal b. For example, when the value of the digital signal b is four, the distance of movement on the screen “0100” (=4) set at the constant MTH 4  is selected. 
   The movement distance setting unit  28  outputs the selected distance of movement on the screen as it is when the rise and fall edge judgment signal d is “0”, while converting the distance of movement on the screen to a negative value and outputting the negative value when the rise and fall edge judgment signal d is “1”. The movement distance setting unit  28  converts the selected distance of movement on the screen into zero and outputs the zero when the edge presence or absence signal e is “1”. That is, when there is no upper edge or lower edge, the distance of movement on the screen of the scanning line is zero. 
   The distance of movement on the screen outputted from the movement distance setting unit  28  is given to one input terminal of the AND gate  29 , while a vertical velocity modulation on-off signal VVMON is fed to the other input terminal thereof. When the vertical velocity modulation on-off signal VVMON is “1”, vertical velocity modulation is on. In this case, the AND gate  29  outputs the distance of movement on the screen given from the movement distance setting unit  28 . On the other hand, when the vertical velocity modulation on-off signal VVMON is “0”, vertical velocity modulation is off. In this case, an output signal of the AND gate  29  is “0”. The output signal of the AND gate  29  is fed to the retrace period reversion circuit  13  shown in  FIG. 5  as the movement control signal SB. 
   The movement distance conversion table set in the movement distance setting unit  28  can be arbitrarily altered by the CPU  17 . 
     FIG. 11  is a diagram showing a second example of the movement distance conversion table. In the example shown in  FIG. 11 , the distance of movement on the screen “0000” is set at constants MTH 0 , MTH 1 , and MTH 2 . Further, the distances of movement “0011”, “0100”, “0101”, “0110”, and “0111” are respectively set at constants MTH 3 , MTH 4 , MTH 5 , MTH 6 , and MTH 7 . In this case, when the value of the digital signal b is not more than two, the distance of movement on the screen of the scanning line is zero. That is, the scanning line whose luminance is not more than a predetermined level is not shifted. 
     FIG. 12  is a diagram showing a third example of the movement distance conversion table. In the example shown in  FIG. 12 , the distance of movement on the screen “0000” is set at constants MTH 0 , MTH 1 , MTH 2 , and MTH 3 , and the distance of movement on the screen “0111” is set at constants MTH 4 , MTH 5 , MTH 6 , and MTH 7 . In this case, the scanning lines whose luminances are not less than a predetermined level are uniformly shifted by the same distance of movement on the screen. 
     FIG. 13  is a diagram showing a fourth example of the movement distance conversion table. In the example shown in  FIG. 13 , the distance of movement on the screen “0000” is set at constants MTH 0 , MTH 1 , and MTH 2 , and the amounts of movement “0001”, “0010”, “0011”, “0100”, and “0101” are respectively set at constants MTH 3 , NTH 4 , MTH 5 , MTH 6 , and MTH 7 . In this case, coring processing for removing the effect of noise is performed. 
     FIG. 14  is a block diagram showing the configuration of the retrace period reversion circuit  13  shown in FIG.  5 . 
   As shown in  FIG. 14 , the retrace period reversion circuit  13  comprises memories  41  and  42 , a selection circuit  43 , a D/A (Digital-to-Analog) converter  44 . a capacitor  45 , and a control circuit  46 . The memory  41  is used for storing data in a trace period. The memory  42  is used for storing data in a retrace period. 
   The control circuit  46  generates a write enable signal TWRE, a write address signal TWADR, a read enable signal TRDE, a read address signal TRADR, a write enable signal RWRE, a write address signal RWADR, a read enable signal RRDE, a read address signal RRADR, and a selection signal SEL. 
   The write enable signal TWRE, the write address signal TWADR, the read enable signal TRDE, and the read address signal TRADR are fed to the memory  41 . The write enable signal RWRE, the write address signal RWADR, the read enable signal RRDE, and the read address signal RRADR are fed to the memory  42 . The selection signal SEL is fed to the selection circuit  43 . 
   The movement control signal SB outputted from the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in  FIG. 9  is fed as input data DI to the memories  41  and  42 . Data read out of the memories  41  and  42  are respectively fed to one input terminal S 1  and the other input terminal  52  of the selection circuit  43 . 
   The selection circuit  43  selects the data fed to the one input terminal S 1  and the other input terminal S 2  in response to the selection signal SEL, and feeds the selected data as output data DO to the D/A converter  44 . The D/A converter  44  converts the data fed from the selection circuit  43  into an analog signal, and feeds the analog signal to one terminal of the capacitor  45 . A movement control signal SC is outputted from the other terminal of the capacitor  45 . A DC component of the output signal of the D/A converter  44  is removed by the capacitor  45 . Consequently, the movement control signal SC changes such that the average voltage level is zero. The movement control signal SC is fed to the clamping circuit  14  shown in FIG.  5 . 
   Although in the example shown in  FIG. 9 , the 8-bit digital signal outputted from the A/D converter  21  is converted into the 4-bit digital signal by the rounding circuit  22 , the 8-bit digital signal outputted from the A/D converter  21  may be fed to the delay circuit  23  and the adder  26  without providing the rounding circuit  22 . The number of bits composing each of the digital signals a, b, and c is not limited to four or eight. For example, the number of bits may be set to other numbers. 
     FIG. 15  is a timing chart showing the operation of the retrace period reversion circuit  13  shown in FIG.  14 . 
   The input data DI in one horizontal scanning period is represented by  0  to N. Addresses at which the input data  0  to N are stored in each of the memories  41  and  42  are similarly represented by  0  to N. The write enable signal TWRE, the read enable signal TRDE, the write enable signal RWRE, and the read enable signal RRDE represent an enable state when they are at a low level. 
   The write enable signal TWRE fed to the memory  41  first enters an enable state. At this time, the write address signal TWADR is fed to the addresses  0  to N in the memory  41  in this order. Consequently, the input data DI is written into the addresses  0  to N in the memory  41  in this order. 
   The read enable signal TRDE fed to the memory  41  then enters an enable state. At this time, the read address signal TRADR is fed to the addresses  0  to N in the memory  41  in this order. Consequently, the data is read out of the addresses  0  to N in the memory  41  in this order. 
   When the read enable signal TRDE fed to the memory  41  enters an enable state, the write enable signal RWRE fed to the memory  42  enters an enable state. At this time, the write address signal RWADR is fed to the addresses  0  to N in the memory  42  in this order. Consequently, the input data DI is written into the addresses  0  to N in the memory  42  in this order. 
   When the write enable signal TWRE fed to the memory  41  is in an enable state, the read enable signal RRDE fed to the memory  42  then enters an enable state. At this time, the read address signal RRADR is fed to the addresses N to  0  in the memory  42  in this order. Consequently, the data is read out of the addresses N to  0  in the memory  42  in this order. 
   The above-mentioned operations are alternately repeated. The selection circuit  43  selectively outputs as the output data DO fed to the input terminal Si at the time of a reading operation from the memory  41 , and selectively outputs as the output data DO fed to the input terminal S 2  at the time of a reading operation from the memory  42 . 
   Consequently, data read out of the memory  41  in a trace period is the output data DO, and data read out of the memory  42  in a retrace period is the output data DO. In the memory  42 , data is read out in the order reverse to the order in which the data is written, so that the output data DO whose time axis is reversed is obtained in the retrace period. 
   In the video display apparatus according to the present embodiment, a part of a scanning line having a high luminance is shifted in the direction away from a part of an adjacent scanning line having a low luminance in bidirectional progressive scanning. Therefore, the contour in the vertical direction of an image having a high density is emphasized, so that a sharp image is obtained. As a result, the quality of a reproduced image is increased. 
   Parallel scanning and vertical contour correction in the bidirectional progressive scanning are performed by the common vertical velocity modulation coil VMV, so that the video display apparatus is miniaturized and is reduced in cost. 
   Furthermore, the movement control signal SD is clamped to a predetermined voltage by the clamping circuit  14 , so that the part of each of the scanning lines moves from its original reference position in a luminance change portion in the vertical direction while being held in the original reference position. Consequently, the image quality is prevented from being degraded by the shift of the scanning line. 
   Since the luminance change portion is detected in the vertical direction by the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  before the time axis of the movement control signal is reversed by the retrace period reversion circuit  13 , the configuration of the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  is not complicated, thereby reducing the circuit scale. 
     FIG. 16  is a block diagram showing another example of the configuration of the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in FIG.  5 . 
   The vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in  FIG. 16  comprises an A/D converter  61 , delay circuits  62 ,  63 ,  64 , and  65 , an edge height detection unit  66 , conversion tables  67  and  68 , a multiplier  69 , a delay circuit  70 , a limiter  71 , and an AND gate  72 , and a singular point detection unit  73 . 
   The A/D converter  61  converts the luminance signal Y fed from the video signal processing circuit  1  shown in  FIG. 1  into a 8-bit digital signal a 1 . The delay circuit  62  delays the digital signal a 1  outputted from the A/D converter  61  by one horizontal scanning period, and outputs a delayed 8-bit digital signal b 1 . The delay circuit  63  delays the digital signal b 1  outputted from the delay circuit  62  by one horizontal scanning period, and outputs a delayed 8-bit digital signal c 1 . The delay circuit  64  delays the digital signal c 1  outputted from the delay circuit  63  by one horizontal scanning period, and outputs a delayed 8-bit digital signal d 1 . The delay circuit  65  delays the digital signal d 1  outputted from the delay circuit  64  by one horizontal scanning period, and outputs a delayed 8-bit digital signal e 1 . 
   The edge height detection unit  66  calculates the difference between the digital signal e 1  outputted from the delay circuit  65  and the digital signal a 1  outputted from the A/D converter  61 , and outputs the difference as an edge height signal f 1 . 
   The digital signal c 1  outputted from the delay circuit  63  corresponds to the luminance of a part of a scanning line to be an object, the digital signal e 1  outputted from the delay circuit  65  corresponds to the luminance of a part of a scanning line two horizontal scanning periods ahead of the part of the scanning line to be the object, and the digital signal a 1  outputted from the A/D converter  61  corresponds to the luminance of a part of a scanning line two horizontal scanning periods behind the part of the scanning line to be the object. Consequently, the edge height signal f 1  represents the difference between the luminance of the part of the scanning line two horizontal scanning periods ahead of and the luminance of the part of the scanning line two horizontal scanning periods behind the part of the scanning line to be the object. 
   The conversion table  67  converts the edge height signal f 1  such that the part of the scanning line to be the object moves up and down when its edge height is not less than a predetermined value, and outputs a conversion signal g 1 . On the other hand, the conversion table  68  converts the digital signal c 1  outputted from the delay circuit  63  in a method, described later, such that the part of the scanning line to be the object moves up and down when the luminance of the scanning line to be the object is not less than a predetermined value, and outputs a conversion signal h 1 . 
   The multiplier  69  multiples the conversion signal g 1  outputted from the conversion table  67  and the conversion signal h 1  outputted from the conversion table  68  together, and outputs the result of the multiplication as a movement control signal. The delay circuit  70  delays the movement control signal outputted from the multiplier  69  by one horizontal scanning period. The delay circuit  70  is provided in order that the delay time of the signal from the delay circuit  62  to the limiter  71  through the multiplier  69  and the delay time of the signal in the singular point detection unit  73 , described later, synchronized with each other. 
   The limiter  71  limits the distance of movement on the screen of the scanning line to be the object on the basis of a singular point detection signal H 1  fed from the singular point detection unit  73 . That is, the limiter  7 l limits the movement control signal outputted from the delay circuit  70  to half when a singular point is detected by the singular point detection unit  73 , while outputting the movement control signal outputted from the delay circuit  70  as it is when no singular point is detected by the singular point detection unit  73 . 
   The movement control signal outputted from the limiter  71  is fed to one input terminal of the AND gate  72 , and a vertical velocity modulation on-off signal VVMON is fed to the other input terminal thereof. When the vertical velocity modulation on-off signal VVMON is “1”, vertical velocity modulation is on. In this case. the AND gate  72  outputs the movement control signal fed from the limiter  7 l. On the other hand, when the vertical velocity modulation on-off signal VVMON is “0”. vertical velocity modulation is off. In this case, the output signal of the AND gate  72  is “0”. The output signal of the AND gate  72  is fed as the movement control signal SB to the retrace period reversion circuit  13  shown in FIG.  5 . 
   FIG.  17 ( a ) is a diagram showing an example of the characteristics of the conversion table  67 . In the example shown in FIG.  17 ( a ), the value of the conversion signal g 1  is changed from 0 to 2.0 depending on the value of the edge height signal f 1 . When the value of the edge height signal f 1  is smaller than a predetermined value, the value of the conversion signal g 1  becomes zero. That is, vertical velocity modulation is effective in a portion where the edge height is large. When the edge height is smaller than the predetermined value, therefore, the distance of movement on the screen of the scanning line is set to zero by coring processing such that no vertical velocity modulation is performed. 
   In this case, the edge height corresponds to the difference between the luminance of the part of the scanning line two horizontal scanning periods ahead of and the luminance of the part of the scanning line two horizontal scanning periods behind the part of the scanning line to be the object. 
   When the value of the edge height signal f 1  is not less than the predetermined value, the value of the conversion signal g 1  increases depending on the value of the edge height signal f 1 . That is, the larger the edge height is, the larger the distance of movement on the screen of the scanning line is set. In this case, an increase start point Pa and an inclination of a characteristic line La are used as parameters for image quality correction, and are set to their most effective states. The characteristic line La may be a primary curve or a secondary curve. Alternatively, it may be another curve. The value 1.0 the conversion signal g 1  corresponds to the interval between the two scanning lines. 
   FIG.  17 ( b ) is a diagram showing an example of the characteristics of the conversion table  68 . In the example shown in FIG.  17 ( b ), the value of the conversion signal h 1  is changed from 0 to 1.0 depending on the value of the digital signal c 1 . When the value of the data signal c 1  is smaller than a predetermined value, the value of the conversion signal h 1  becomes zero. That is, vertical velocity modulation is effective in a case where the luminance of the part of the scanning line to be the object is high. When the luminance is lower than the predetermined value, therefore, the distance of movement on the screen of the scanning line is set to zero by coring processing such that no vertical velocity modulation is performed. 
   When the value of the digital signal c 1  is not less than the predetermined value, the value of the conversion signal h 1  increases depending on the value of the digital signal c 1 . That is, the higher the luminance of the scanning line to be an object is, the larger the distance of movement on the screen of the scanning line is set. In this case, an increase start point Pa and an inclination of a characteristic line Lb are used as parameters for image quality correction, and are set to their most effective states. The characteristic line Lb may be a primary curve or a secondary curve. Alternatively, it may be another curve. The value 1.0 the conversion signal h 1  corresponds to the interval between the two scanning lines. 
     FIG. 18  is a diagram showing an example of the vertical velocity modulation by the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in  FIG. 16 , where FIG.  18 ( a ) illustrates a rise edge (an upper edge), and FIG.  18 ( b ) illustrates a fall edge (a lower edge). 
   In  FIG. 18 , the luminances of scanning lines L 0  to L 9  are respectively indicated by P 0  to P 9 . The scanning lines L 1 , L 3 , L 7 , and L 9  respectively indicated by hatched circles are scanning lines obtained by interpolation processing. 
   In the example shown in FIG.  18 ( a ), the respective luminances P 2  to P 6  of the scanning line L 2  to the scanning line L 6  are gradually increased. Since the luminance P 3  of the scanning line L 3  is lower than a predetermined threshold level ETH, so that the scanning line L 3  does not move. Since the luminance P 4  of the scanning line L 4  and the luminance P 5  of the scanning line L 5  exceed the predetermined threshold level ETH, the scanning line L 4  and the scanning line L 5  so moves as to approach the scanning line L 6 . The three scanning lines L 4 , L 5 , and L 6  are thus concentrated, thereby obtaining a sharp image whose contour in the vertical direction is emphasized. As a result, the quality of a reproduced image is increased. 
   In the example shown in FIG.  18 ( b ), the respective luminances P 3  to P the scanning line L 3  to the scanning line L 7  are gradually decreased. Since the luminance P 6  of the scanning line L 6  is lower than a predetermined threshold level ETH, so that the scanning line L 6  does not move. Since the luminance P 4  of the scanning line L 4  and the luminance P 5  of the scanning line L 5  exceed the predetermined threshold level ETH, the scanning line L 4  and the scanning line L 5  so moves as to approach the scanning line L 3 . The three scanning lines L 3 , L 4 , and L 5  are thus concentrated, thereby obtaining a sharp image whose contour in the vertical direction is emphasized. As a result, the quality of a reproduced image is increased. 
     FIG. 19  is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the singular point detection unit  73  shown in FIG.  16 . 
   As shown in  FIG. 19 , the singular point detection unit  73  comprises a binary-coding unit  111 , delay circuits  112 ,  113 ,  114 , and  115 , inverters  116 ,  117 ,  118 , and  119 , AND gates  120  and  121 , and an OR gate  122 . 
   A predetermined threshold value th is given to the binary-coding unit  111 . The binary-coding unit  111  binary-codes the digital signal al outputted from the A/D converter  61  shown in  FIG. 16  on the basis of the threshold value th, and outputs a one-bit digital signal A 1 . The delay circuit  112  delays the digital signal A 1  outputted from the binary-coding unit  111  by one horizontal scanning period, and outputs a delayed one-bit digital signal B 1 . The delay circuit  113  delays the digital signal B 1  outputted from the delay circuit  112  by two horizontal scanning periods, and outputs a delayed one-bit digital signal C 1 . The delay circuit  114  delays the digital signal C 1  outputted from the delay circuit  113  by two horizontal scanning periods, and outputs a delayed one-bit digital signal D 1 . The delay circuit  115  delays the digital signal D 1  outputted from the delay circuit  114  by one horizontal scanning period, and outputs a delayed one-bit digital signal E 1 . 
   The inverter  116  inverts the digital signal A 1  outputted from the binary-coding unit  111 . The inverter  117  inverts the digital signal B 1  outputted from the delay circuit  112 . The inverter  117  inverts the digital signal B 1  outputted from the delay circuit  112 . The inverter  118  inverts the digital signal D 1  outputted from the delay circuit  114 . The inverter  119  inverts the digital signal E 1  outputted from the delay circuit  115 . 
   An output signal of the inverter  117 , the digital signal C 1  outputted from the delay circuit  113 , the digital signal D 1  outputted from the delay circuit  114 , and an output signal of the inverter  119  are respectively fed to four input terminals of the AND gate  120 . An output signal of the inverter  116 , the digital signal B 1  outputted from the delay circuit  112 , the digital signal C 1  outputted from the delay circuit  113 , and an output signal of the inverter  118  are respectively fed to four input terminals of the AND gate  121 . An output signal F 1  of the AND gate  120  and an output signal G 1  of the AND gate  121  are respectively fed to two input terminals of the OR gate  122 . An output signal of the OR gate  122  is fed as the singular point detection signal H 1  to the limiter  71  shown in FIG.  16 . 
     FIG. 20  is a diagram showing an example of singular point detection.  FIG. 21  is a diagram showing the logic of a signal in each portion in the singular point detection circuit  73 . Referring to  FIGS. 20 and 21 , description is made of the operation of the singular point detection circuit  73  shown in FIG.  19 . 
   In  FIG. 20 , the luminances of scanning lines L 0  to L 9  are respectively indicated by P 0  to P 9 . The scanning lines L 1 , L 3 , L 7 , and L 9  respectively indicated by hatched circles are scanning lines obtained by interpolation processing. 
   In the example shown in  FIG. 20 , the luminance P 4  of the scanning line L 4  is higher than a predetermined threshold level ETH, and the edge height of the scanning line L 4  (i.e., the difference between the luminance P 6  of the scanning line L 6  and the luminance P 2  of the scanning line L 2 ) is larger than a predetermined value, so that the scanning line L 4  is moved in the direction away from the scanning line L 3 . The luminance P 6  of the scanning line L 6  is higher than the predetermined threshold level ETH, and the edge height of the scanning line L 6  (i.e., the difference between the luminance of the scanning line L 8  and the luminance P 4  of the scanning line L 4 ) is larger than the predetermined value, so that the scanning line L 6  is moved in the direction away from the scanning line L 7 . At this time, when the scanning line L 4  is moved by an amount corresponding to two scanning lines, and the scanning line L 6  is moved by an amount corresponding to two scanning lines, the position of the scanning line L 4  and the position of the scanning line L 6  are replaced with each other. Therefore, the distance of movement on the screen is limited to half using the scanning line L 4  as a singular point in rise, while being limited to half using the scanning line L 6  as a singular point in fall. 
   It is detected whether or not the scanning line L 4  is a singular point in rise when the digital signals A 1 , B 1 , C 1 , D 1 , and E 1  respectively correspond to the luminances P 7 , P 6 , P 4 , P 2 , and P 1  of the scanning lines L 7 , L 6 , L 4 , L 2 , and L 1 . In this case, the digital signals A 1  to E 1  are respectively “0”, “1”, “1”, “0”, and “0”. Consequently, the output signal G 1  of the AND gate  121  is “1” and the singular point detection signal H 1  is “1”. as shown in FIG.  21 . 
   It is detected whether or not the scanning line L 6  is a singular point in a fall edge when the digital signals A 1 , B 1 , C 1 , D 1 , and E 1  respectively correspond to the luminances P 9 , P 8 , P 6 , P 4 , and P 3  of the scanning lines L 9 , L 8 , L 6 , L 4 , and L 3 . In this case, the digital signals Al to El are respectively “0”, “0”, “1”, “1”, and “0”. Consequently, the output signal F 1  of the AND gate  120  is “1”, and the singular point detection signal H 1  is “1”, as shown in  FIG. 21. 5  When the singular point detection signal H 1  is “1”, the movement control signal is limited to half by the limiter  71  shown in FIG.  16 . Consequently, the scanning line L 4  so moves as to approach the scanning line L 5 , and the scanning line L 6  so moves as to approach the scanning line L 5 . The amounts of movement in this case are respectively not more than the interval between the two scanning lines. 
   When a video signal in an interlaced scanning system of 525 scanning lines is converted into a video signal in a progressive scanning system of 525 scanning lines, the vertical frequency which can be displayed (vertical resolution) is 525 per four scanning lines in a moving image, while being 525 per two scanning lines in a still image. A vertical frequency component corresponding to the vertical resolution of approximately 525 per two scanning lines is referred to as a high frequency component, and a vertical frequency component corresponding to the vertical resolution of approximately 525 per four scanning lines is referred to as an intermediate frequency component. 
   In the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in  FIG. 16 , the difference between the luminance of a part of a scanning line two horizontal scanning periods ahead of and the luminance of a part of a scanning line two vertical scanning periods behind a part of a scanning line to be an object is calculated, to extract an intermediate frequency component in the vertical direction. Therefore, it is possible to effectively emphasize the contour of an image including a lot of intermediate frequency components. Particularly, it is possible to sufficiently improve the quality of white characters. 
   For example, in an interlaced scanning system of 525 scanning lines, a high frequency component in the vertical direction is reduced by limiting the band of the vertical frequency to some extent in order to prevent flicker in encoding a video signal. In the case of the interlaced scanning system, the vertical resolution of a moving image is one-half the vertical resolution of a still image. In a general image, the ratio of the moving image is significantly high. 
   In a video display apparatus for converting a video signal in the interlaced scanning system of 525 scanning lines into a video signal in a progressive scanning system of 525 scanning lines, and further converting the video signal into a video signal in a progressive scanning system of 1050 scanning lines, the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in  FIG. 16  is used, thereby making it possible to effectively emphasize the contour of an image. 
   The video signal in the progressive scanning system of 525 scanning lines which is inputted from a set top box (STB) is obtained by converting the video signal in the interlaced scanning system of 525 scanning lines into the video signal in the progressive scanning system using an interpolated line, so that it includes more intermediate frequency components in the vertical direction, as compared with high frequency components in the vertical direction, similarly to the video signal in the interlaced scanning system of 525 scanning lines. In the video display apparatus for converting the video signal in the progressive scanning system of 525 scanning lines which is inputted from the set top box into the video signal in the progressive scanning system of 1050 scanning lines, the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in  FIG. 16  is used, thereby making it possible to effectively emphasize the contour of an image. 
   On the other hand, the video signal in the general progressive scanning system of 525 scanning lines has high vertical resolution. In the video display apparatus for converting the video signal in the progressive scanning system of 525 scanning lines into the video signal in the progressive scanning system of 1050 scanning lines, therefore, it is possible to synthesize interpolated lines having high resolution irrespective of a still image or a moving image. In such a case, therefore, it is preferable that the difference between the luminance of a part of a scanning line one horizontal scanning period ahead of and the luminance of a part of a scanning line one horizontal scanning period behind a part of a scanning line to be an object is calculated to extract a high frequency component in the vertical direction. Description is now made of a vertical correlation detection circuit capable of extracting an intermediate frequency component and a high frequency component. 
     FIG. 22  is a block diagram showing still another example of the configuration of the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in FIG.  3 . 
   In the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in  FIG. 22 , an edge height detection unit  74 , conversion tables  75  and  76 , a multiplier  77 , and a mixer  78  are further provided in addition to the configuration of the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in FIG.  16 . The configuration of the other portions in the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in  FIG. 22  is the same as the configuration of those in the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in FIG.  16 . 
   The edge height detection unit  74  calculates the difference between a digital signal d 1  outputted from a delay circuit  64  and a digital signal b 1  outputted from a delay circuit  62 , and outputs the difference as an edge height signal. The digital signal d 1  outputted from the delay circuit  64  corresponds to the luminance of a part of a scanning line one horizontal scanning period ahead of a part of a scanning line to be an object, and the digital signal b 1  outputted from the delay circuit  62  corresponds to the luminance of a part of a scanning line one horizontal scanning period behind the part of the scanning line to be the object. Consequently, the edge height signal outputted from the edge height detection unit  74  represents the difference between the luminance of the part of the scanning line one horizontal scanning period ahead of and the luminance of the scanning line one horizontal scanning period behind the part of the scanning line to be the object. 
   The conversion table  75  converts the edge height signal outputted from the edge height detection unit  74  such that the part of the scanning line to be the object moves up and down when its edge height is not less than a predetermined value, similarly to a conversion table  67 , and outputs a conversion signal. On the other hand, the conversion table  76  converts a digital signal c 1  outputted from a delay circuit  63  such that the part of the scanning line to be the object moves up and down when the luminance of the scanning line to be the object is not less than a predetermined value, similarly to a conversion table  68 , and outputs a conversion signal. 
   The multiplier  77  multiples the conversion signal outputted from the conversion table  75  and the conversion signal outputted from the conversion table  76  together, and outputs the result of the multiplication as a movement control signal. The mixer  78  respectively weights a movement control signal outputted from a multiplier  69  and the movement control signal outputted from the multiplier  77  in response to a control signal CNT, adds the signals, and outputs the result of the addition as a movement control signal. The operations of the other portions in the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in  FIG. 22  are the same as those in the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in FIG.  16 . 
   In the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in  FIG. 22 , the weighting of the movement control signal outputted from the multiplier  69  and the weighting of the movement control signal outputted from the multiplier  77  are adjusted by the mixer  78 , thereby making it possible to effectively emphasize the contour in the vertical direction of an image including a lot of intermediate frequency components and an image including a lot of high frequency components. 
     FIGS. 23 and 24  are cross-sectional views in the horizontal direction showing the positional relationship between a CRT  4  and a vertical velocity modulation coil VMV.  FIG. 23  shows an example of the arrangement of the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV, and  FIG. 24  shows another example of the arrangement of the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV. 
   As shown in  FIGS. 23 and 24 , a glass bulb  401  of the CRT  4  has a cylindrical neck  401   a  and an expanded cone  401   b  . An electron gun  410  is arranged within the net  401   a  of the glass bulb  401 . The electron gun  410  is provided with a plurality of metal cases  411  constituting a plurality of electrodes. A deflection yoke  420  comprises a horizontal deflection coil LH and a vertical deflection coil LV shown in FIG.  1 . The deflection yoke  420  is arranged in a position including the boundary between the neck  401   a  and the cone  401   b  outside the CRT  4 . 
   In the example shown in  FIG. 23 , the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV is arranged around the neck  401   a  of the CRT  4 . On the other hand, in the example shown in  FIG. 24 , the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV is arranged around the boundary between the neck  401   a  and the cone  401   b  of the CRT  4  and inside the deflection yoke  420 . 
     FIG. 25  is a diagram showing an example of vertical velocity modulation by the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV shown in  FIGS. 23 and 24 . FIG.  25 ( a ) illustrates an example of an image, FIG.  25 ( b ) illustrates the change of scanning lines by the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV shown in  FIG. 23 , and FIG.  25 ( c ) illustrates the change of scanning lines by the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV shown in FIG.  24 . 
   In the image shown in FIG.  25 ( a ), the luminance of a rectangular region  501  is low, and the luminance of a region  502  around the region  501  is high. In FIG.  25 ( b ), an enlarged view of a region R 1  indicated by a broken line in FIG.  25 ( a ) is illustrated. By the vertical velocity modulation, the scanning speed in the vertical direction of an electron beam is modulated such that a part of a scanning line L 11  having a high luminance moves farther apart from a low luminance part of an adjacent scanning line L 10 . 
   In the example shown in  FIG. 23  in which the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV is arranged around the neck  401   a  of the CRT  4 , a magnetic field formed by the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV strikes the metal cases  411  of the electron gun  410 . Although a low frequency component of the magnetic field penetrates the metal cases  411 , intermediate and high frequency components of the magnetic field generate an eddy current in the metal cases  111 , so that the intermediate and high frequency components are converted into heat. Therefore, the intermediate and high frequency components of the magnetic field are attenuated by the metal cases  411  of the electron gun  410 . Consequently, the gain of the low frequency component of the magnetic field is relatively larger than those of the intermediate and high frequency components of the magnetic field. As a result, a part  60  the scanning line L 11  adjacent to the low luminance part of the scanning line L 10  cannot sharply move in the vertical direction, as shown in FIG.  25 ( b ). 
   Contrary to this, in the example shown in  FIG. 24  in which the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV is arranged inside the deflection yoke  420 , a magnetic field formed by the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV does not strike the metal cases  411  of the electron gun  410 . Accordingly, intermediate and high frequency components of the magnetic field are not attenuated. Consequently, the sensitivity of the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV is increased, so that scanning lines can be sharply changed at a small current. As a result, the part  60  the scanning line L 11  adjacent to the low luminance part of the scanning line L 10  can sharply move in the vertical direction, as shown in FIG.  25 ( c ). 
   When the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV is thus arranged inside the deflection yoke  420 , the scanning lines sharply change in a vertical edge and a horizontal edge of an image, so that the quality of the image is not degraded. 
     FIG. 26  is a block diagram showing another example of the configuration of a vertical velocity modulation circuit used for the video display apparatus shown in FIG.  1 . 
   A vertical velocity modulation circuit  9   a  shown in  FIG. 26  differs from the vertical velocity modulation circuit  9  shown in  FIG. 5  in that a frequency compensation circuit  18  is provided between a vertical correlation detection circuit  12  and a retrace period reversion circuit  13 . 
   The vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in  FIG. 26  detects a portion where the change in luminance in the vertical direction of a scanning line exceeds a predetermined value on the basis of a luminance signal Y, and outputs a movement control signal SB 1  representing the distance of movement on the screen of the scanning line. The frequency compensation circuit  18  subjects the movement control signal SB 1  outputted from the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  to frequency compensation in a method, described later, and outputs a movement control signal SB 2 . 
   The retrace period reversion circuit  13  outputs the movement control signal SB 2  outputted from the frequency compensation circuit  18  as it is in a trace period, while reversing the time axis of the movement control signal SB 2  outputted from the frequency compensation circuit  18  in a retrace period, and outputs an obtained signal as a movement control signal SC. 
   In this example, the frequency compensation circuit  18  corresponds to frequency domain emphasis means. 
   The configuration and the operation of the other portions in the vertical velocity modulation circuit  9   a  shown in  FIG. 26  are the same as the configuration and the operation of those in the vertical velocity modulation circuit  9  shown in FIG.  5 . 
     FIG. 27  is a block diagram showing the configuration of the frequency compensation circuit  18  in the vertical velocity modulation circuit  9   a  shown in FIG.  26 . 
   The frequency compensation circuit  18  comprises an intermediate and high frequency separation unit  181 , a gain control circuit  182 , and an adder  183 . The intermediate and high frequency separation unit  181 , the gain control circuit  182 , and the adder  183  may be respectively constituted by digital circuits or analog circuits. 
   When the intermediate and high frequency separation unit  181 , the gain control circuit  182 , and the adder  183  are respectively constituted by analog circuits, a D/A (Digital/Analog) converter is provided between the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  and the frequency compensation circuit  18  shown in FIG.  26  and an A/D converter is provided between the frequency compensation circuit  18  and the retrace period reversion circuit  13 . 
   The intermediate and high frequency separation unit  181  is constituted by an analog high-pass filter or a primary differentiation circuit, for example.  FIG. 28  is a circuit diagram showing an example of the configuration of the intermediate and high frequency separation unit  181 . The intermediate and high frequency separation unit  181  shown in  FIG. 28  is constituted by a primary differentiation circuit comprising a capacitor  184  and a resistor  185 . 
   In this example, the intermediate and high frequency separation unit  181  corresponds to extraction means, and the adder  183  corresponds to addition means. 
     FIG. 29  is a signal waveform diagram showing the operation of the frequency compensation circuit  18  shown in FIG.  27 . Referring now to the signal waveform diagram of  FIG. 29 , the operation of the frequency compensation circuit  18  shown in  FIG. 27  will be described. 
   The intermediate and high frequency separation unit  181  subjects the movement control signal SB 1  to primary differentiation, and outputs a differentiation signal EG 1 . In a low level period T 1  of the movement control signal SB 1 , scanning lines shall move downward. In an intermediate level period T 2  of the movement control signal SB 1 , the scanning lines does not move up and down. The movement control signal SB 1  outputted from the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  shown in  FIG. 26  is fed to the intermediate and high frequency separation unit  181  and the adder  183 . The gain control circuit  182  amplifies the differentiation signal EG 1  outputted from the intermediate and high frequency separation unit  181  by previously set gain, and feeds the amplified differentiation signal EG 2  to the adder  183 . The adder  183  adds the movement control signal SB 1  and the differentiation signal EG 2  together, and outputs the movement control signal SB 2 . In the movement control signal SB 2 . its edge is emphasized. 
   As a result, in the example of the image shown in FIG.  25 ( a ), the part  60  the scanning line L 11  adjacent to the low luminance portion of the scanning line L 10  can sharply move in the vertical direction, as in FIG.  25 ( c ). When the vertical velocity modulation circuit  9   a  shown in  FIG. 26  is used, therefore, the scanning lines sharply change in a vertical edge and a horizontal edge of the image, so that the quality of the image is not degraded. as in the case shown in  FIG. 24  in which the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV is arranged inside the deflection yoke  420 . 
   When the arrangement of the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV shown In  FIG. 24  is used, as described above, the magnetic field generated by the vertical velocity modulation coil VMV is not affected by the structure of the electron gun  410 , so that signal characteristics in the vertical velocity modulation circuit  9  shown in  FIG. 5  appear on the surface of the CRT  4  as they are. Consequently, vertical velocity modulation in which the image quality is not degraded is realized without providing a frequency compensation circuit. 
   When the vertical velocity modulation circuit  9   a  shown in  FIG. 26  is used, vertical velocity modulation in which the image quality is not degraded is realized without changing the structures of the CRT  4  and the deflection yoke  420 . 
     FIG. 30  is a block diagram showing still another example of the configuration of a vertical velocity modulation circuit. A vertical velocity modulation circuit  9   b  shown in  FIG. 30  is used for a video display apparatus of a unidirectional scanning system. 
   In  FIG. 30 , the vertical velocity modulation circuit  9   b  comprises a vertical correlation detection circuit  12 , a frequency compensation circuit  18 , and an amplifier  16 . The configurations and the operations of the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  and the amplifier  16  are the same as the configurations and the operations of the vertical correlation detection circuit  12  and the amplifier  16  shown in  FIGS. 5 and 26 . Further, the configuration and the operation of the frequency compensation circuit  18  are the same as the configuration and the operation of the frequency compensation circuit  18  shown in FIG.  26 . 
   When the vertical velocity modulation circuit  9   b  shown in  FIG. 30  is used, vertical scanning modulation in which a scanning line sharply changes in a vertical edge and a horizontal edge of an image in unidirectional scanning, so that the quality of the image is not degraded is realized. 
   INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY 
   As described in the foregoing, a video display apparatus, a vertical velocity modulation apparatus, and a video display method according to the present invention can be suitably used for television receivers, display monitors, and so forth of a bidirectional scanning system and a unidirectional scanning system in which an image of high quality is displayed.