Image data display control device

Abstract

A memory access switchover circuit relays a data access to the image memory by a writing control circuit and a data access to the image memory by the display control circuit. A blanking period change control circuit extends the blanking period in a display frame at timing of reception of start of the writing operation upon receiving the start of the writing operation to the image memory by the wiring control circuit. The writing control circuit outputs a request for writing the image data to the memory access switchover circuit upon receiving the input of the image data. The memory access switchover circuit switches from the data access by the display control circuit to the data access by the writing control circuit when the request for writing is received.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other objects as well as advantages of the invention will become clear by the following description of preferred embodiments of the invention. A number of benefits not recited in this specification will come to the attention of those skilled in the art upon the implementation of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a constitution of an image data display control device according to a preferred embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a timing chart illustrating an operation of the image data display control device according to the preferred embodiment 1.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a constitution of an image data display control device according to a preferred embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a timing chart illustrating an operation of the image data display control device according to the preferred embodiment 2.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a constitution of an image data display control device according to a preferred embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a timing chart illustrating an operation of the image data display control device according to the preferred embodiment 3.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a constitution of an image data display control device according to a preferred embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a timing chart illustrating an operation of the image data display control device according to the preferred embodiment 4.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a constitution of an image data display control device according to a preferred embodiment 5 of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a timing chart illustrating an operation of the image data display control device according to the preferred embodiment 5.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a constitution of a conventional image data display control device.

FIGS. 12A and 12B are timing charts illustrating an operation of the conventional image data display control device.

Claims

1. An image data display control device comprising: an image memory for memorizing an image data temporarily;a writing control circuit for writing the image data in the image memory during a blanking period when an image is displayed upon receiving an input of the image data thereto;a display control circuit for reading the image data from the image memory during a display period when the image is displayed;a memory access switchover circuit for relaying a data access to the image memory by the writing control circuit and a data access to the image memory by the display control circuit anda blanking period change control circuit for extending the blanking period in a display frame at a timing of reception of start of the writing operation with respect to the image memory by the wiring control circuit when the start of the writing operation is received, whereinthe writing control circuit outputs a request for writing the image data to the memory access switchover circuit upon receiving the input of the image data, andthe memory access switchover circuit switches over from the data access by the display control circuit to the data access by the writing control circuit upon receiving the writing request.

2. The image data display control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the blanking period change control circuit extends the blanking period of the display frame at the timing of reception of start of the writing operation upon receiving a start of writing to the image memory by the wiring control circuit, and returns the blanking period of the next frame or a few frame from that to a normal time length thereof.

3. The image data display control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the blanking period change control circuit sets the extended blanking period so as to have an enough time for the writing control circuit to write the image data in the image memory.

4. The image data display control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the blanking period change control circuit returns the extended blanking period to the original period upon receiving termination of the writing operation to the image memory by the writing control circuit.

5. The image data display control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display control circuit sets a data reading frequency in the extended blanking period to be higher than a data reading frequency in the blanking period which is not extended.

6. The image data display control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the blanking period change control circuit reduces the blanking period in on and after the relevant frame based on the frame in which the blanking period is extended.

7. The image data display control device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the blanking period change control circuit makes the shortened blanking period to be shorter than the unextended blanking period.

8. The image data display control device as claimed in claim 5, further comprising an output drivability adjusting circuit for adjusting a signal level of the image data outputted by the display control circuit, wherein the output drivability adjusting circuit adjusts the signal level in the extended blanking period in accordance with the reading frequency in the relevant blanking period.

9. An image data display control method comprising: a writing step for writing an image data in an image memory during a blanking period at the time of displaying an image when the image data is inputted;a reading step for reading the image data from the image memory during a display period at the time of displaying an image; anda blanking period changing step for instructing extension of the blanking period in response to start of the writing operation to the image memory in the writing step, whereinthe writing step and the reading step are switched over mutually depending on whether or not the image data is inputted.

10. The image data display control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein in the blanking period changing step, the blanking period of the display frame is extended at the timing of reception of start of the writing operation upon receiving a start of the writing operation to the image memory by the writing step, and the blanking period of the next frame or a few frame from that is returned to a normal time length thereof.

11. The image data display control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the extended blanking period is set so as to have an enough time for the image data to be written in the image memory in the writing step in the blanking period changing step.

12. The image data display control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the extended blanking period is returned to the original period upon receiving termination of the writing operation to the image memory in the writing step in the blanking period changing step.

13. The image data display control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein a data reading frequency is set in the extended blanking period to be higher than the data reading frequency in the blanking period which is not extended in the reading step.

14. The image data display control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the blanking period is shortened in on and after the relevant frame based on the frame in which the blanking period is extended in the blanking period changing step.

15. The image data display control method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the reduced blanking period is shortened to be shorter than the unextended blanking period in the blanking period changing step.

16. The image data display control method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an output drivability adjusting step for adjusting a signal level of the image data outputted in the reading step, wherein the signal level is adjusted in the extended blanking period in accordance with the reading frequency in the relevant blanking period in the output drivability adjusting step.