# US 9,521,447 B2 · Vehicular video processing device and vehicular video processing system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,521,447 B2 - Document ID: US9521447B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/646,042 - Filed: 2013-11-21 - Published: 2015-10-22 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Assignees: Denso Corporation - Applicants: Denso Corporation - Inventors: Takashi Hashizume - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9521447B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/41422: {located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle (arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62)} - G09G 3/3406: {Control of illumination source (illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336)} - G09G 5/00: Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators (image data processing or generation, in general G06T) - G09G 5/006: {Details of the interface to the display terminal (specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04)} - G09G 5/008: {Clock recovery} - G09G 5/363: {Graphics controllers} - G09G 5/391: Resolution modifying circuits, e.g. variable screen formats - H04N 5/04: Synchronising (for television systems using pulse code modulation H04N7/56) - H04N 5/268: Signal distribution or switching - H04N 7/01: Conversion of standards {, e.g. involving analogue television standards or digital television standards processed at pixel level} - H04N 21/440218: {by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 (conversion of standards in analogue television systems H04N7/01)} - G09G 2340/0407: Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas - G09G 2340/0442: Handling or displaying different aspect ratios, or changing the aspect ratio - G09G 2340/06: Colour space transformation - G09G 2370/20: Details of the management of multiple sources of image data - G09G 2380/10: Automotive applications - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A vehicular video processing device includes a clock output unit and an output unit. A video signal output from an external video device via a video signal receiving unit and having predetermined format and first bit width is inputted to the vehicular video processing device together with a first clock signal. The clock output unit outputs a second clock signal having a frequency acquired by multiplying first clock signal frequency by a predetermined multiplier factor. The output unit converts the video signal having the first bit width to a video signal having a second bit width smaller than the first bit width according to the multiplier factor, and outputs the converted video signal together with the second clock signal. With above-described device, image processing can be properly performed to a video signal having a format difficult to be directly input or output. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicular video processing device receiving a plurality of video signals output from respective external video devices via respective channels of a video signal receiving unit, the plurality of video signals having respective video formats and respective bit widths, the respective bit widths being different from one another, each of the plurality of video signals being transmitted together with a first clock signal, the vehicular video processing device comprising: a clock output unit outputting a second clock signal having a frequency acquired by multiplying a frequency of the first clock signal by a predetermined integer multiplier factor; an input switch unit successively selecting, in accordance with a video selection signal, one of the plurality of video signals that are inputted, and setting a bit width of the selected video signal to a first bit width; and an output unit successively converting, in accordance with a clock selection signal and the integer multiplier factor, the video signal that is selected by the input switch to a video signal having a second bit width and outputting, to an output destination, the video signal that is converted to have the second bit width together with the second clock signal, the second bit width being smaller than the first bit width, wherein the video selection signal and the clock selection signal are transmitted from the output destination. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicular video processing device according to claim 1, wherein when the output unit converts the video signal that is selected by the input switch unit and having the first bit width to the video signal having the second bit width, the output unit removes at least one lower bit from the first bit width. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicular video processing device according to claim 1, further comprising: a zero inserting unit, wherein one of the plurality of video signals which has a largest bit width is referred to as a specific video signal, the zero inserting unit inserts zero to at least one lower bit of each of the plurality of video signals other than the specific video signal until a bit width of each of the plurality of video signals becomes equal to the bit width of the specific video signal, the input switch unit successively selects and outputs one of the plurality of video signals having an equal bit width with the bit width of the specific video signal, and the output unit converts the video signal output from the input switch unit to the video signal having the second bit width and outputs, to the output destination, the video signal that is converted to have the second bit width. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The vehicular video processing device according to claim 3, wherein the external video devices include a navigation device and a digital video signal output device that operates under a predetermined standard. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vehicular video processing device according to claim 1, wherein the external video devices include a navigation device, the video signal having the first bit width is a video signal in an RGB666 format, the video signal having the second bit width is a video signal in an RGB565 format, and the output unit converts the video signal in the RGB666 format, which is input from the navigation device via the video signal receiving unit, to the video signal in the RGB565 format, and outputs the video signal in the RGB565 format. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicular video processing device according to claim 1, wherein the clock output unit generates a clock signal having a frequency equal to the frequency of the first clock signal or generates a clock signal having a frequency acquired by multiplying the frequency of the first clock signal using a clock stabilizing circuit, and the clock output unit outputs the clock signal that is generated instead of the first clock signal inputted from each of the external video devices via the video signal receiving unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A vehicular video processing system comprising: the vehicular video processing device according to claim 1; a video signal receiving unit connected to the vehicular video processing device, wherein the video signal receiving unit receives a plurality of video signals from respective external video devices, converts each of the plurality of video signals which are received to a video signal having a predetermined video format and a first bit width, and outputs the video signal that is converted to the vehicular video processing device; and a main central processing unit receiving, from the vehicular video processing device, a video signal having a second bit width. ### Claim 8 A vehicular video processing device receiving a video signal output from an external video device via a video signal receiving unit, the video signal having a predetermined video format and a first bit width and being transmitted together with a first clock signal, the vehicular video processing device comprising: a clock output unit outputting a second clock signal having a frequency acquired by multiplying a frequency of the first clock signal by a predetermined multiplier factor; an output unit converting the video signal having the first bit width to a video signal having a second bit width in accordance with the multiplier factor and outputting the video signal that is converted to have the second bit width together with the second clock signal, and the second bit width being smaller than the first bit width; a zero inserting unit; and an input switch unit, wherein the video signal receiving unit includes a plurality of channels and the external video device includes a plurality of sub devices, the channels of the video signal receiving unit are connected to the sub devices of the external video device, respectively, and the sub devices transmit a plurality of video signals having different predetermined video formats to the respective channels, one of the video signals which has a largest bit width is referred to as a specific video signal, the zero inserting unit inserts zero to at least one lower bit of each of the video signals other than the specific video signal until a bit width of each of the video signals becomes equal to the bit width of the specific video signal, the input switch unit selects and outputs one of the video signals each having an equal bit width with the bit width of the specific video signal, the output unit converts the video signal output from the input switch unit to the video signal having the second bit width and outputs the video signal that is converted to have the second bit width, and the second bit width is equal to a bit width used in an output destination or a multiple number of the bit width used in the output destination. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The vehicular video processing device according to claim 8, wherein when the output unit converts the video signal having the first bit width to the video signal having the second bit width, the output unit removes at least one lower bit from the first bit width. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The vehicular video processing device according to claim 8, wherein the sub devices include a navigation device and a digital video signal output device that operates under a predetermined standard. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The vehicular video processing device according to claim 8, wherein the external video device includes a navigation device, the video signal having the first bit width is a video signal in an RGB666 format, the video signal having the second bit width is a video signal in an RGB565 format, and the output unit converts the video signal in the RGB666 format, which is input from the navigation device via the video signal receiving unit, to the video signal in the RGB565 format, and outputs the video signal in the RGB565 format. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The vehicular video processing device according to claim 8, wherein the clock output unit generates a clock signal having a frequency equal to the frequency of the first clock signal or generates a clock signal having a frequency acquired by multiplying the frequency of the first clock signal using a clock stabilizing circuit, and the clock output unit outputs the clock signal that is generated instead of the first clock signal inputted from the external video device via the video signal receiving unit. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The vehicular video processing device according to claim 8, wherein the input switch unit selects, in accordance with a video selection signal, one video signal from the plurality of video signals, the output unit converts, in accordance with a clock selection signal, the selected one video signal to the video signal having the second bit width and outputs the video signal that is converted to have the second bit width to an output destination, and the video selection signal and the clock selection signal are transmitted from the output destination.