Toshiba Unveils Dual-Picture Video Processor for High-Res Display Panels

Just recently, Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC), a devoted leader collaborating with technology firms to create cutting-edge designs, has unveiled a new dual-picture video processor for high-resolution automotive displays.

With the increasing number of customers using in-vehicle driver support information displays, demand for bigger panels with higher resolution is also escalating. Toshiba’s all-new TC90195XBG video processor supports high-resolution widescreen (1920×720 pixels) panels, enhancing on the support for wide VGA (800×480) offered by the company’s existing product. Moreover, the TC90195XBG can also simultaneously output two digital video signals to two panels, instead of only one.

In a statement, Deepak Mithani, senior director, Mixed Signal Business Unit, System LSI Group at TAEC, said that IHS Automotive forecasts the annual market for vehicle display systems to reach approximately $19 billion by 2021. He added that these bigger displays will need reliable video processor chips to ensure their ability to reliably display, infotainment, safety, and other driver information with high picture quality. “Toshiba designed the TC90195XBG to accommodate these needs, including its ability to output images to two in-vehicle displays – another key trend. We will continue expanding our automotive video processor line-up to meet growing demand.”

The Japanese company’s new video processor boasts two-picture composition mode and picture-separation mode with internal frame memory. The input stage is compliant with LVDS3 (OpenLDI), LVTTL4 and analog video signal. A single image is also composed from these signals and transmitted to the primary display. The beauty of the device is that it can separate the signals and output them independently to two panels, with resolutions of 1280×720 (LVDS output) and 800×480 (LVTTL output).

Featuring a built-in three-channel picture-improver circuit, the TC90195XBG enhances low-resolution images for display on high-resolution panels. It boasts dynamic YC gamma, HVD enhancement and color management. Included in the processor is a 10-bit AD converter, multi-color decoder to accommodate major video formats such as SECAM, PAL, NTSC, as well as supply voltage of 1.2V / 3.3V.

TC90195XBG dual-picture video processor samples are now available, with mass production slated to kick off in June.