System to multiplex and blend graphics OSD and motion video pictures for digital television

摘要

A system is provided to multiplex graphic and Motion video pictures for digital TV set-top box. The motion picture is generated by an MPEG Video decoder and the graphic windows are generated by an OSD Co-Processor. Each graphic window is characterized by a set of attributes that define the display mode, position on the screen, priority and blend factor. When a window is blended, the motion video and OSD color components are added together with a proportion of each defined by the window attributes. Decimated motion video picture can be also displayed within an OSD window; the OSD Co-processor generates an empty window that is filled by the video decoder with the decimated motion video.