US Patent 7196732 Television broadcast reception device

Provided is a television broadcast receiver which is further enhanced in the independency of the user application software from the hardware and can increase the development efficiency. The television broadcast receiver includes; a digital channel-selecting means; an analog channel-selecting means; a video signal processing means for processing a video signal from the digital channel-selecting means and a video signal from the analog channel-selecting means; a graphics OSD creating means for creating a graphics OSD signal; a text OSD creating means for creating a text OSD signal; and an RGB processing means for mixing an output of the video signal processing means, the graphics OSD signal, and the text OSD signal.