(75) Inventor: Young-hoon Jeong, Suwon-si (KR)
(73) Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.,
Suwon-Si (KR)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 498 days.
(21) Appl.No.: 11/213,946
(22) Filed: Aug. 30, 2005
(65) Prior Publication Data
US 2006/0044320 Al Mar. 2, 2006
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data
Aug. 30, 2004 (KR) 10-2004-0068478
(51) Int. CI.
G09G 5/00 (2006.01)
G09G 5/36 (2006.01)
(52) U.S. CI 345/636; 345/560
(58) Field of Classification Search 345/560,
345/636
See application file for complete search history.
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Provided are a video display control apparatus and a video display control method. A video display control apparatus, including a data storage storing graphic/control integrated data including control information used to display graphic data to be combined with video data and the video data; and a controller combining the video data and the graphic data referring to the graphic/control integrated data and transmitting the combined data to more than one display device. As described above, the transmission capacity of video data, OSD data, and graphic data for a variety of display devices is reduced, thereby lowering the bus proportion. As a whole, the power consumption required by a system is reduced, thereby realizing to be suitable for a mobile device.
17 Claims, 11 Drawing Sheets
