Patent ID: 7417689

Claim:
An apparatus for generating an On-Screen Display (OSD) in a digital TV, the apparatus comprising: an OSD generator adapted to generate an OSD associated with a digital broadcast received through a digital tuner and an OSD associated with an analog broadcast received through an analog tuner; an image processor adapted to perform image processing operations including an overlay of the generated OSD on an image of the received broadcast, the image processor comprising a scaler for adjusting resolution of images of the broadcast or graphics, the OSD generator being embedded in the image processor; and a first controller adapted to control the OSD generator according to a user command requesting that the OSD be displayed and adapted to control the digital tuner, the analog tuner and the scaler, wherein the apparatus is adapted to supply a digital video signal based on the analog broadcast and a digital video signal based on the digital broadcast to the image processor for being processed under control of the first controller.