Patent ID: 7403210

Claim:
A display mode management system for a device displaying a video signal, comprising: a device receiving a setting of a first display mode when a display mode of the device is changed; a plurality of supported display modes of the device; and a processing module determining whether the first display mode is among the supported display modes, and, if not, selecting one specific display mode from the supported display modes, and setting the specific display mode as the display mode of the device, in which the resolution of the specific display mode is smaller than and closest to that of the first display mode among the supported display modes, and determining whether the first display mode exceeds the supported display mode having maximum resolution, and if so, executing a panning mode according to the first display mode and the supported display mode having maximum resolution, wherein in the panning mode, the display mode of the device is set to the supported display mode having maximum resolution, an area of the first display mode outside the coverage of the maximum resolution forms a virtual screen, and the virtual screen can be viewed by moving a pointing device, and outputting the video signal based on the specific display mode to the device for display.