Abstract: A video signal processor is provided to receive a luminance signal, a color-difference signal, and a color signal. The processor comprises a circuit for calculating a low-frequency component of the luminance signal, a circuit for calculating a low-frequency component of the color-difference signal, and a circuit for extracting a high-frequency component of the color signal. The processor also comprises a division circuit, a multiplication circuit, and an addition circuit. In the division circuit, the low-frequency component of the color-difference signal is divided by the low-frequency component of the luminance signal, and in the multiplication circuit, an output signal from the division circuit is multiplied by the high-frequency component of the signal extracted, a multiplied signal being outputted as a correction signal for the color signal. In the addition circuit, the correction signal is added to the color signal.

Abstract: A display panel driving method capable of realizing a high definition gradation display while reducing power consumption. In each of a plurality of divisional display periods constituting a unit display period in a video signal, a pixel data writing stage is performed for setting each of pixel cells to either a light emitting cell or a non-light emitting cell in accordance with pixel data corresponding to the video signal, and a light emission sustain stage is performed for causing only the light emitting cells to emit light a number of light emissions allocated in correspondence to a weighting factor applied to each of the divisional display periods. A luminance distribution of the video signal is measured every display line on the display panel, and the number of divisional display periods in the unit display period is changed every display line in accordance with the luminance distribution.

Abstract: There is disclosed a VTR apparatus which can display a menu item for selecting a page and other VTR function menu items on the four corner portions in a viewfinder. These menu items have eye switch functions. When the page selection menu item is selected in the eye switch mode, a plurality of VTR function menu items are displayed on the four corner portions of the viewfinder as eye switches, and the names of these VTR functions are displayed as a list on the central field of the viewfinder.

Abstract: Whether or not an input video signal is an video signal telecine-converted is decided on the basis of correlation values between an interpolated field and fields located one-field-period before and after the interpolated field. Where the interpolated field is an editing point field of a film frame of one field, adaptive interpolating processing is executed instead of film interpolating processing.

Abstract: A display device in which a display panel is driven by converting a video signal of interlaced scanning inputted by field-to-field interpolation processing using fields of the same film frame into a video signal of line sequential scanning in the case that the video signal of the inputted video signal of interlaced scanning is a telecine-converted video signal by unit of field obtained by telecine-converting the film source of 24 frames per second, thinning out the video signal of line sequential scanning after the conversion, writing it in a memory by unit of field, repeatedly reading the video signal of line sequential scanning written into the memory by n times from the memory at a rate of n times as large as 24 Hz, and using the read video signal.

Abstract: A display panel driving method sequentially writes pixel data of every display line into pixel cells on display lines belonging to a region other than a black display region on a screen, while the method stops writing pixel data into pixel cells on display lines belonging to the black display region or simultaneously sets the pixel cells into a non-light emitting cell state. Since a time spent for each pixel data writing process in one field is reduced, a light emission period (number of times) allocated to each light emission sustain process is increased, or the number of subfields is increased by the reduction in time, thereby making it possible to improve the quality of a displayed image.

Abstract: A method for driving a plasma display panel capable of obtaining a good display quality. In a pixel data writing step in a sub-field that is weighted small, discharge cells in the plasma display panel are scanned in a unit of plurality of display lines and are set to one of a light emitting state and a non-light emitting state depending upon the pixel data.

Abstract: A plasma display device which improves the contrast of an image displayed. The plasma display device includes a plurality of row electrodes formed in pairs corresponding to each display line, a plurality of column electrodes arranged to cross the row electrodes to form a discharge cell corresponding to one pixel at each intersection with a pair of said row electrodes, and a driving controller for controlling driving of the row and column electrodes. A gradation display of input pixel data is performed by dividing one field display period into a plurality of subfields. The driving controller, when one field of input pixel data is displayed, changes the number of reset discharges for initializing all discharge cells in accordance with an average luminance value of input pixel data in the preceding field.

Abstract: Disclosed is a signal processing apparatus in which it is possible to obtain a favorable system construction in a case where the main unit of the apparatus and an external device have been connected via a digital interface in the recording standby mode. The signal processing apparatus is capable of constructing a network by being connected to a plurality of external devices. In a case where at least connection to an external device has been sensed when the apparatus is in an operation standby state, power shutdown is restricted to thereby curtail bus reset of the network.

Abstract: Disclosed is a signal processing apparatus in which it is possible to obtain a favorable system construction in a case where the main unit of the apparatus and an external device have been connected via a digital interface in the recording standby mode. The signal processing apparatus is capable of constructing a network by being connected to a plurality of external devices. In a case where at least connection to an external device has been sensed when the apparatus is in an operation standby state, power shutdown is restricted to thereby curtail bus reset of the network.

Abstract: A plasma display apparatus is configured to display excellent tone by estimating the impedance of the plasma display panel based on picture element data corresponding to a video signal and by changing driving pulse width in accordance with such estimated impedance.

Abstract: For an upper real scan signal that is above and adjacent to an interpolation scan line, a lower interpolation element Sd is generated based on the upper real scan signal and a plurality of real scan signals that are vertically continuous. For a lower real scan signal that is below and adjacent to an interpolation scan line, an upper interpolation element Su is generated based on the lower real scan signal and a plurality of real scan signals that are vertically continuous. Inclination information CNT for an image is detected based on at least two real scan signals, including the upper and lower real scan signals. The levels of the upper interpolation element Su and the lower interpolation element Sd are adjusted in accordance with the inclination information CNT, and the obtained first interpolation element and second interpolation element are added together.

Abstract: A display device in which a display panel is driven by converting a video signal of interlaced scanning inputted by field-to-field interpolation processing using fields of the same film frame into a video signal of line sequential scanning in the case that the video signal of the inputted video signal of interlaced scanning is a telecine-converted video signal by unit of field obtained by telecine-converting the film source of 24 frames per second, thinning out the video signal of line sequential scanning after the conversion, writing it in a memory by unit of field, repeatedly reading the video signal of line sequential scanning written into the memory by n times from the memory at a rate of n times as large as 24 Hz, and using the read video signal.

Abstract: A luminance level compensating apparatus passes only the luminance signal of a pixel in a first detection range in the vertical direction of an image indicated by an input luminance signal, detects and stores a first frequency for each luminance level of the passed luminance signal for each predetermined period, passes only a luminance signal of a pixel in a second detection range including the first detection range in the vertical direction of the image, detects and stores a second frequency for each luminance level of the passed luminance signal for each predetermined period; generates a mixed frequency data based on the first and second frequencies stored.

Abstract: A display panel driving method capable of realizing a high definition gradation display while reducing power consumption. In each of a plurality of divisional display periods constituting a unit display period in a video signal, a pixel data writing stage is performed for setting each of pixel cells to either a light emitting cell or a non-light emitting cell in accordance with pixel data corresponding to the video signal, and a light emission sustain stage is performed for causing only the light emitting cells to emit light a number of light emissions allocated in correspondence to a weighting factor applied to each of the divisional display periods. A luminance distribution of the video signal is measured every display line on the display panel, and the number of divisional display periods in the unit display period is changed every display line in accordance with the luminance distribution.

Abstract: A display panel driving method sequentially writes pixel data of every display line into pixel cells on display lines belonging to a region other than a black display region on a screen, while the method stops writing pixel data into pixel cells on display lines belonging to the black display region or simultaneously sets the pixel cells into a non-light emitting cell state. Since a time spent for each pixel data writing process in one field is reduced, a light emission period (number of times) allocated to each light emission sustain process is increased, or the number of subfields is increased by the reduction in time, thereby making it possible to improve the quality of a displayed image.

Abstract: A plasma display device capable of providing high luminance display. In each subfield, a non-selected line on which all the discharge cells are not subjected to selective discharge is detected, and pixel data writing scanning is performed only to display lines excluding such non-selected lines.

Abstract: A plasma display panel driving method capable of improving the contrast while preventing spurious borders. Only in the first subfield, a writing discharge is selectively produced only in discharge cells except for those serving to display a luminance level “0” to initialize these discharge cells to a light emitting cell state. Then, only in one of the remaining subfields except for the first subfield, an erasure discharge is selectively produced in the discharge cells remaining in the light emitting cell state in accordance with pixel data, causing the discharge cells to transition to a non-light emitting cell state. Only the discharge cells remaining in the light emitting cell state are driven to emit light the number of light emissions allocated thereto corresponding to a weighting factor applied to the subfield.

Abstract: A plasma display device which improves the contrast of an image displayed. The plasma display device includes a plurality of row electrodes formed in pairs corresponding to each display line, a plurality of column electrodes arranged to cross the row electrodes to form a discharge cell corresponding to one pixel at each intersection with a pair of said row electrodes, and a driving controller for controlling driving of the row and column electrodes. A gradation display of input pixel data is performed by dividing one field display period into a plurality of subfields. The driving controller, when one field of input pixel data is displayed, changes the number of reset discharges for initializing all discharge cells in accordance with an average luminance value of input pixel data in the preceding field.

Abstract: An infrared remote control device used for a plasma display device in which a light-reception signal is obtained by reception of infrared rays, the light-reception signal is demodulated, a signal component during an emission sustaining period is removed from the modulated output signal by a gate circuit, the output signal is output, the output signal of the gate circuit is delayed by a delaying circuit in the field, the logical sum of the output signal of the gate circuit and the output signal of the delaying circuit is calculated, and the contents of the remote control signal that controls the operation of the plasma display device are judged in accordance with a signal obtained by the calculation of the logical sum.