Abstract: A tuner receives broadcast data on specified channels. A channel search unit controls the tuner to search for available channels, and creates a channel map representing the available channels and a selection order thereof. A channel order setting unit changes setting about enabling/disabling of the selection and/or the selection order of the channels in the channel map. An operation input unit accepts a channel selecting operation of a user. When the user performs an operation for channel forward selection or channel reverse selection through the operation input unit, a channel switching unit changes the selection of the channel according to the channel map and causes the tuner to receive the broadcast data on the selected channel.

Abstract: A tuner receives broadcast data on specified channels. A channel search unit controls the tuner to search for available channels, and creates a channel map representing the available channels and a selection order thereof. A channel order setting unit changes setting about enabling/disabling of the selection and/or the selection order of the channels in the channel map. An operation input unit accepts a channel selecting operation of a user. When the user performs an operation for channel forward selection or channel reverse selection through the operation input unit, a channel switching unit changes the selection of the channel according to the channel map and causes the tuner to receive the broadcast data on the selected channel.

Abstract: A tuner receives broadcast data on specified channels. A channel search unit controls the tuner to search for available channels, and creates a channel map representing the available channels and a selection order thereof. A channel order setting unit changes setting about enabling/disabling of the selection and/or the selection order of the channels in the channel map. An operation input unit accepts a channel selecting operation of a user. When the user performs an operation for channel forward selection or channel reverse selection through the operation input unit, a channel switching unit changes the selection of the channel according to the channel map and causes the tuner to receive the broadcast data on the selected channel.

Abstract: A tuner receives broadcast data on specified channels. A channel search unit controls the tuner to search for available channels, and creates a channel map representing the available channels and a selection order thereof. A channel order setting unit changes setting about enabling/disabling of the selection and/or the selection order of the channels in the channel map. An operation input unit accepts a channel selecting operation of a user. When the user performs an operation for channel forward selection or channel reverse selection through the operation input unit, a channel switching unit changes the selection of the channel according to the channel map and causes the tuner to receive the broadcast data on the selected channel.

Abstract: A graphic accelerator includes an image-forming data decode unit, an image memory control unit and a screen data generation unit. The image memory control unit performs a control for writing an output of the image-forming data decode unit to a frame buffer and reading out information stored in the frame buffer. Screen data generation unit restores (interpolates) the color information based on the data read out from the frame buffer and generates screen data. In the frame buffer the information for each pixel is stored in a deleted form including two types of color information among three types of color information consisting of R, G and B. At the reading, the deleted color information is interpolated with the color information of other pixel.

Abstract: In a rendering processing system having a rendering memory for storing rendering pixel data generated by a rendering operation circuit and a display memory for storing the image data of a current frame read out from the rendering memory, the display memory stores only the pixel data read out from the rendering memory with prescribed information excluded therefrom. Thus, it is possible to decrease the storage capacity of the display memory and also reduce the time required for writing data into the display memory.

Abstract: A graphic accelerator includes a RGB/YUV conversion unit converting color information of the RGB format included in the drawing instruction into a format including luminance and color difference components, a drawing instruction execution unit compressing the color difference component converted by the RGB/YUV conversion unit and generates pixel information according to the drawing instruction, a screen data output unit expanding pixel information generated by the drawing instruction execution unit, and a YUV/RGB conversion unit converting the pixel information expanded by the screen data output unit into pixel information of the RGB format. Therefore, the amount of data of the color difference component can be reduced to improve the processing speed.

Abstract: A signal is transmitted to/from an analog circuit portion and a digital circuit portion through an interface circuit portion. Analog circuit portion, digital circuit portion and interface circuit portion are externally supplied with power from different power supplies and provided in different well regions.

Abstract: In a rendering processing system having a rendering memory for storing rendering pixel data generated by a rendering operation circuit and a display memory for storing the image data of a current frame read out from the rendering memory, the display memory stores only the pixel data read out from the rendering memory with prescribed information excluded therefrom. Thus, it is possible to decrease the storage capacity of the display memory and also reduce the time required for writing data into the display memory.

Abstract: An image display control apparatus comprising: a plurality of image data storing units, provided corresponding to the plurality of the frames, for storing image data of frames respectively; priority display data storing unit for storing priority display data indicative of displaying image data of each frame on a priority basis; first image data comparing unit for comparing image data output from image data storing means corresponding to a frame having a highest order of the hierarchical relationship among the plurality of the frames with data stored in the priority display data storing unit; and image data selecting unit for selecting and outputting image data output from image data storing unit which stores image data of a frame having priority the priority display data indicates among the plurality of image data storing unit when it is judged that the priority display data are output from the image data storing unit as a result of comparison of the first image data comparing unit.