Patent ID: 8339412

Claim:
A video signal processing device comprising: a video color gamut obtaining block operable to obtain a color gamut of a video signal from the video signal; a color adjustment block operable to perform color adjustment on the video signal, based on the color gamut of the video signal that is obtained by the video color gamut obtaining block; a color adjustment information output block operable to output information on the color adjustment that is performed by the color adjustment block; and a recording medium type detection block operable to detect a medium type of a recording medium for recording the video signal, wherein the color adjustment block performs the color adjustment for compressing or expanding the color gamut, based on the color gamut of the video signal that is obtained by the video color gamut obtaining block and based on the medium type of the recording medium that is detected by the recording medium type detection block, and wherein the recording medium type detection block detects the medium type of the recording medium by determining whether or not the recording medium is compatible with an extended color space.