Television receiver

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE:To select a desired channel with simple operation in a short time by a category menu display means displaying all lists of plural categories on the screen, a sequential channel selection display means and a channel selection means to a television receiver whose channels are registered in advance. CONSTITUTION:A channel selection control section 7 controls an on-screen display section 8 as required according to a channel selection signal and a category menu required for the channel selection is displayed on the screen of a picture display section 5 via a video circuit section 4. Moreover, a tuner and channel section section 2 is controlled to select channels corresponding to all broadcast stations belonging to a category selected by the user according toe the category menu circulatingly in time division for a prescribed time. Then a newest picture of each broadcast station is displayed sequentially on the screen together with indication of its broadcast station name. A desired channel is selected by depressing an enter key when a picture of the desired broadcast station is displayed on the screen and the signal is extracted.

Inventors

• 👤 Yoshihisa Mishima
• 👤 由久 三島

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