Patent ID: 7352954

Claim:
A method for displaying an on-screen display (OSD) image in a compound video device, the compound video device including first and second video devices of different types, the method comprising: a) separately storing a first type of OSD data for the first type of video device and a second type of OSD data for the second type of video device in one memory device; and b) selecting and reading any one of the first type of OSD data and the second type of OSD data stored in said memory in a corresponding operation mode of said first video device or an operation mode of said second video device to output an OSD image, wherein a first microcomputer is connected to the first type of video device and a second microcomputer is connected to the second type of video device, and when the device is operating in the first video device operation mode, said step b) includes: selecting and reading said first type of OSD data separately stored in said memory using the second microcomputer connected with the second type of video device; and communicating the first type of OSD data from the second microcomputer to the first microcomputer connected with the first type of video device.