Patent ID: 7006156

Claim:
An image data output device receiving first image data representing a moving image and second image data representing an image including characters and graphics to output an image signal corresponding to a composite image generated by combining said first and second image data, comprising: a first image data processing circuit scaling said first image data and thereafter weighting said scaled first image data; a second image data processing circuit weighting said second image data and thereafter scaling said weighted second image data; and a first combining circuit combining said first image data processed by said first image data processing circuit and said second image data processed by said second image data processing circuit, wherein first image data includes a moving image and second image data includes characters and graphics but no moving image, wherein scaling the first image data having the moving image and thereafter weighting the first image data having scaled moving image data and weighting the second image data having characters and graphics and thereafter scaling said second image data having weighted image data having characters and graphics, wherein changing the order of scaling and weighting depending on the type of data being analyzed.