Television – Image signal processing circuitry specific to television – Special effects
Patent
1997-11-26
2000-05-16
Faile, Andrew I.
Television
Image signal processing circuitry specific to television
Special effects
348556, H04N 974, H04N 546
Patent
active
060644451
ABSTRACT:
An automatic picture size control method for a semiwide-screen television receiver. According to the method, levels of left and right edge portions in all active period of one horizontal scanning line of a received television signal are sampled, and how many times a sampled level becomes a black level for a predetermined time is detected and counted. Thereafter, a size of a displayed picture is designated as a plus picture size or a normal picture if a counted value is larger than a predetermined first value, or smaller than a predetermined second value, respectively.
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Kim Dong-Gyun
Suh Sang-Won
Faile Andrew I.
Le Uyen
Samsung Electronics Co,. Ltd.
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