Patent ID: 8493512

Claim:
A digital broadcast receiving apparatus that receives digital broadcasting to display an image on a screen of a display device, comprising: a first image generator that generates first video data for displaying a first image on said screen; a second image generator that generates second video data for displaying a graphic image as a second image on said screen; a size changer that processes the first video data generated by said first image generator to change at least one of the vertical and horizontal sizes of the first image; a synthesizer that synthesizes the first video data processed by said size changer and the second video data generated by said second image generator to display the first and second images on said screen; and a controller configured to control said second image generator, said size changer, and said synthesizer so that the second image including a display frame, having a shape that is different from a shape of said screen and has a non-rectangular shape, is displayed on said screen, the vertical and horizontal sizes of the first image are respectively changed to the maximum lengths in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction of said display frame, a portion of the changed first image corresponding to an area outside the display frame is deleted, and a portion corresponding to an area, in said display frame, of said changed first image is displayed in said display frame.