Patent ID: 7623186

Claim:
An apparatus for displaying a television video signal in a mobile terminal, comprising: input means for generating a plurality of signals for control of a television mode of said mobile terminal; control means responsive to said control signals from said input means for generating a plurality of commands for execution of said television mode and user data to be displayed when said television mode is executed; a tuner for receiving a television signal of a selected channel; a decoder for decoding the television signal received by said tuner to separate the television signal into said television video signal, an audio signal and synchronous signals; video processing means for, in said television mode, converting said video signal from said decoder into digital video data, processing and storing the converted digital video data on a frame basis, outputting stored video data of a previous frame in a frame period and then outputting said user data; and display means comprising a video data display area and a user data display area, said display means displaying said frame video data and user data from said video processing means respectively in said video data display area and user data display area, wherein said video processing means comprises: a first memory storing said user data; a second memory storing said television video signal sequentially on a frame basis; a third memory storing a previous frame of said frames stored in said second memory; and memory controlling means that stores a current frame of said received video signal into said second memory, outputs a video signal of a previous frame stored in said third memory, and then outputs user data stored in said first memory upon completing the output of said video signal of said previous frame; wherein said memory controlling means stores a new current frame into said second memory, and at the same time, prior to a corresponding new frame being stored into a second memory, stores into said third memory a frame stored in said second memory as a previous frame.