Image data conversion processing device and information processing device having the same

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a processing device executing plural programs, at least two programs of the plural programs reproducing image data to be displayed, which have different input formats with different numbers of lines, said processing device automatically reproducing the image data in the input format corresponding to an executing program;
• a parameter storage storing a plurality of parameter sets, each of which corresponds to one of the input formats;
• and
• a converter converting the image data reproduced by the processing device to an interlaced television signal having a predetermined number of lines by one of the parameter sets selected in accordance with the input format.

An information processing device, comprising:

• a processing device executing plural programs, at least two programs of the plural programs reproducing image data to be displayed, which are in different sizes, based on the respective program, said processor automatically determining an input format of the image data and reproducing the image data in the size corresponding to an executing program;
• a parameter storage storing a plurality of parameter sets, each of which corresponds to one of the sizes;
• and
• a converter changing a conversion of the image data by the input format and one of the parameter sets selected in accordance with the size and conducting the changed conversion on the image data reproduced by said processing device, wherein said converter converts a plurality of kinds of the image data to a signal which is an interlaced television signal having a predetermined number of lines.

An information processing method, comprising:

• executing plural programs having image data to be displayed and corresponding to different image modes, in which the image data have a predetermined image mode, each program having mode data for storing information corresponding to the image mode of the image data thereof and reproducing the image data to be displayed corresponding to the image mode;
• processing the mode data;
• reproducing the image data corresponding to the mode data by executing the programs to automatically determine an input format of the image data;
• selecting one of a plurality of parameter sets in accordance with the mode data of the output image data, each parameter set corresponding to one of the mode data;
• and
• conducting a predetermined conversion of the reproduced image data in accordance with the selected parameter set and the input format to convert the image data to the television signal.

An information processing method, comprising:

• executing plural programs, at least two programs of the plural programs reproducing image data to be displayed, which have different input formats with different numbers of lines;
• automatically reproducing the image data in the input format corresponding to an executing program;
• selecting one of a plurality of parameter sets in accordance with the input format of the reproduced image data, each parameter set corresponding to one of the input formats;
• and
• converting the image data reproduced by the processing device to an interlaced television signal having a predetermined number of lines in accordance with the selected parameter set and the input format.

An information processing method, comprising:

• executing plural programs, at least two programs of the plural programs reproducing image data to be displayed, which are in different sizes, based on the respective program, to automatically determine an input format of the image data;
• reproducing the image data in the size corresponding to an executing program;
• selecting one of a plurality of parameter sets in accordance with the size of the reproduced image data, each parameter set corresponding to one of the sizes;
• changing a conversion of the image data by the selected parameter set and the input format;
• and
• conducting the changed conversion to the reproduced image data, wherein the conversion converts a plurality of kinds of the image data to a signal that is an interlaced television signal having a predetermined number of lines.

A converting apparatus for an information processing device having a processing device executing plural programs corresponding to different image modes, in which image data have a predetermined image mode, each of the programs having mode data corresponding to the image mode of the image data thereof and reproducing the image data to be displayed based on an image mode of the image data thereof, the programs being executed to automatically determine an input format of the image data, said converting apparatus comprising:

• a parameter storage storing a plurality of sets of parameters, each of which corresponds to respective mode data;
• and
• a converter conducting a predetermined conversion of image data reproduced by the processing device, which processes the mode data and reproduces the image data corresponding to the mode data by executing the programs,
• wherein the converter converts the image data reproduced by the processing device by the input format and one of the parameter sets selected in accordance with the mode data to convert the image data to the television signal.

A converting apparatus for an information processing device having a processing device which executes plural programs, at least two programs of the plural programs reproducing image data to be displayed, which are in different sizes, based on the respective programs, which are executed to automatically determine an input format of the image data, said converting apparatus comprising:

• a parameter storage storing a plurality of parameter sets, each of which corresponds to one of the sizes;
• and
• a converter changing a conversion of the image data by the input format and one of the parameter sets selected in accordance with the size and conducting the changed conversion on the image data which are reproduced in the size corresponding to an executing program by said processing device,
• wherein said converter converts a plurality of kinds of the image data to a signal that is an interlaced television signal having a predetermined number of lines.