Patent ID: 6980223

Claim:
An apparatus for converting a color space of an OSD for displaying received image data the apparatus comprising: a browser for analyzing information on the received image data and determining a mode of color space of the received image data from a plurality of modes of color space based on the analyzed information; a selective switch for selecting one of a plurality of modes of the color space of an output OSD according to a selection by a user; a converter for checking the mode of the color space of the output OSD selected by the user, setting a property of the color space of the output OSD according to the selected mode, comparing the determined mode of color space of the received image data to the selected mode of the color space of the output OSD, and converting a bitmap image of the received image data to accord with the selected mode of the color space of the output OSD if the determined mode does not match the selected mode; and a display part for displaying the set and converted color space on the OSD.