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EP0476842A2
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Television receiver with selective menu display
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1991-08-21
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-08-21
Abstract
Abstract A television receiver with a menu display function has a BS tuner (27) for producing a video signal (17) and a sound signal (24) from a received television signal that is broadcast from satellite. The television receiver has a microcomputer (20) for adding (16) a menu display signal (from 22) to the video signal (from 15) so that menu information can be displayed on a display unit (18). The menu display signal represents a plurality of menu items in each of selectable menu modes, and the menu items are selectively erasable from the display unit. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuhisa C/O Sony Corporation Maruoka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-09 17:26
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/40; H04N21/47; H04N21/482; G; G05; G05B; G05B19/00; G05B19/02; G05B19/04; G05B19/10; G05B19/106; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/30; G05B2219/36; G05B2219/36118
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
70 words
A television receiver comprising: circuit means for producing a video signal and a sound signal from a received television signal; display means for displaying an image based on said video signal; and control means for controlling said circuit means to produce said video signal, characterized in that said control means comprises means for adding, to said video signal, a menu display signal representing a plurality of selectively erasable menu items.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
23 words
A television receiver according to claim 1, wherein said selectable menu items include menu items representing a television channel and a sound mode.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A television receiver according to claim 1 or 2 wherein said circuit means includes a receiver for receiving a signal broadcast from satellite.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A television receiver according to claim 1,2 or 3 wherein said control means comprises a character generator for generating characters representing said selectively erasable menu items, and a control unit for controlling said character generator.
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