Man Yung Lee

US Patent:

20100007788, Jan 14, 2010

Filed:

Jul 9, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/170360

Inventors:

Man Kit Lee - Temple City CA, US
Kenneth Lowe - San Juan Capistrano CA, US

Assignee:

VIZIO, INC. - Irvine CA

International Classification:

H04N 7/01

US Classification:

348445, 348E07003

Abstract:

A system that intelligently manages the empty spaces on a digital television screen when video images other than the native aspect ratio of the screen are being displayed. These spaces are typically presented as black bars on either side and/or above and below a video image that is not the same aspect ratio as the aspect ratio that is native to the display screen. The invention allows for non-contrasting bars to minimize burning of the bar image onto screens that are susceptible to retention of a high contrast image. The invention also allows for the display of metadata such as current program related information and other data that may be of interest to the viewer.