Patent ID: 7212250

Claim:
A video signal processing apparatus, comprising: a first video signal source for providing a first video signal representative of a first video program and formatted according to a first color format; a second video signal source for providing a second video signal representative of a second video program and formatted according to a second color format; switch means that selects one of the first and second video signal sources and provides a selected video signal for processing; means for generating an On Screen Display (OSD) signal for forming a graphics display that is overlaid onto one of the first and second video programs, the generating means capable of providing the OSD signal in any one of the first and second color formats, wherein the generated OSD signal is formatted in accordance with a selected one of the first and second color format that corresponds to a color format associated with the selected video signal, the generating means comprising a color palette that includes color information formatted in accordance with a predetermined color format, and a plurality of color conversion matrices for converting the color information in the color palette to provide the OSD signal, which is formatted in accordance with the selected one of the first and second color format; and means, operatively coupled to the OSD generating means and the first and second video signal sources, for combining the OSD signal generated by the OSD generating means with the selected one of the first or second video signals.