Patent ID: 6856332

Claim:
A picture adjustment apparatus for a video display appliance for providing diverse picture adjustment functions through a plurality of picture adjustment OSD's, comprising: a key manipulation section for receiving information on accessible picture adjustment OSDs from a user; a memory for storing information on the accessible picture adjustment OSDs; a display section for displaying various kinds of information; an OSD output processing section for displaying an OSD according to the OSD data on the display section; and a control section for providing the OSD output processing section with the OSD data for displaying the picture adjustment OSDs after receiving and storing the information on the accessible picture adjustment OSDs, and processing as an effective command only the command for picture adjustment inputted through the picture adjustment OSD that has been determined to be accessible, said control section entering into a menu for determining whether the picture adjustment is accessible if a power source of the video display appliance is turned on with simultaneous input of predetermined two or more keys, determining whether each of the picture adjustment OSDs is accessible in accordance with the information on selection of the accessible picture adjustment OSDs inputted by the user, and storing the information in the memory.