Television receiver apparatus and method for selectively displaying character information in a plurality of display modes

A character information display method for a television receiver comprising a character broadcasting decoder for decoding a character broadcasting signal;

• and a display for displaying a picture based upon a television signal on which said character broadcasting signal has been superimposed in a plurality of incremental display modes, said display method comprising the steps of:
• designating said incremental display mode via a user input;
• instructing said character information of said character broadcasting signal to be displayed;
• and,
• setting a display position of said character information instructed by said display instructing step based on said incremental display mode designated in said mode designating step.

A television receiver for displaying character information superimposed on a television signal, comprising:

• character information decoder means for detecting said character information;
• a display for displaying a picture in response to said television signal, said picture including said superimposed character information;
• a scanning-line-number changing unit for changing the number of scanning lines used to display said picture on said display;
• a scanning-line-position moving unit for moving a scanning line position through a user selectable range of positions where said character information is to be displayed, wherein said scanning line position is determined according to the number of scanning lines changed by said scanning-line-number changing unit.

A television receiver adapted to display character information superimposed on a television signal in multiple user selectable formats, comprising:

• a data slicer for detecting said superimposed character information and for providing a character broadcasting signal;
• a microcomputer for decoding said character broadcasting signal;
• a display for displaying a picture in response to said television signal, said picture including said superimposed character information;
• a user input device for selecting among a range of numbers of scanning lines used to display said picture on said display;
• a video signal amplifier for changing the number of scanning lines used to display said picture on said display;
• and,
• a data storage RAM for moving a scanning line position where said character information is to be displayed, wherein said scanning line position is determined according to the number of scanning lines changed by said video signal amplifier.

A method of displaying character information superimposed on a television signal received in a television receiver, wherein said character information is superimposed on said television signal in a plurality of display modes including a zooming display mode, and wherein said television receiver includes a character information detector for detecting said character information and for providing a character broadcasting signal, a character broadcasting decoder for decoding said character broadcasting signal, a scanning-line-position moving unit and a display for displaying a picture based upon said television signal, the method comprising the steps of:

• selecting one of said plurality of said display modes;
• determining whether character information has been detected by said character information detector when said zooming display mode has been selected;
• and,
• controlling said scanning-line position moving unit to move a scanning line position where said character information is to be displayed, when said character information detector detects said character information.