Patent ID: 7355654

Claim:
A character display control circuit for generating RGB signals to display characters on screen on a display device, the circuit comprising, for each of an R signal, a G signal, and a B signal that comprise the RGB signals: resistors connected in series to output a first voltage, a second voltage lower than the first voltage, and a third voltage existing between the first and second voltages; a selection control circuit to output selection signals based on a first data for adjusting the voltage level of one color signal of the RGB signals, a second data indicating the logic level of the color signal, and a third data indicating whether the voltage level of the color signal should be adjusted based on the first data, wherein the selection signals are signals for making the voltage level of the color signal one of: the first voltage when the second data is at a first logic level and the third data is at a second logic level, irrespective of the first data, the second voltage when the second data is at a third logic level and the third data is at the second logic level, irrespective of the first data, or when the second data is at the third logic level and the third data is at a fourth logic level, and the third voltage in response to the first data when the second data is at the first logic level and the third data is at the fourth logic level; and a selection circuit to select and output, as the color signal, one of the first, second, and third voltages based on the selection signals output from the selection control circuit.