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CS broadcast receiving system providing increased tuning accuracy when reciving a CS sound broadcast signal

Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1992-07-28
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Granted: 1994-02-22
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Expires: 2012-07-28
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Abstract

Abstract In a CS broadcast receiving system, when a station is to be selected, an AFC process is first performed with the frequency in the tuning circuit adjusted in units of a coarse frequency adjustment value for reception of a CS television broadcast signal. When a receive signal to be selected by the tuning circuit is not the CS television broadcast signal, the AFC process is performed with the frequency in the turning circuit adjusted in units of a fine frequency adjustment value for reception of a CS. With this arrangement, it is made possible to increase the tuning accuracy when tuning in to the CS sound broadcast signal, while the time required for tuning is shortened and the waiting time reduced when tuning in to the CS television broadcast signal and, thereby, both the requirements for reception of the CS sound broadcast signal and for reception of the CS television signal can be satisfied.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoshikazu Kotaka
  • 👤 Toru Minematsu

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 10:14
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/44; H04N5/60; H04N5/602; H03; H03J; H03J7/00; H03J7/02; H03J7/04; H03J7/045; H04N5/50; H04N7/00; H04N7/20

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 206 words
A CS broadcast receiving system, comprising: a tuning circuit for selecting a receive signal at a frequency corresponding to a control signal input thereto; a CS television broadcast signal demodulating circuit for processing, a received signal when that received signal selected by said tuning circuit is a CS television broadcast signal, to reproduce a video signal and a first sound signal; a CS sound broadcast signal demodulating circuit for processing a received signal, when that received signal selected by said tuning circuit is a CS sound broadcast signal, to reproduce a second sound signal; a control circuit, when a station is to be selected, for causing said tuning circuit to firstly perform a tuning operation with a frequency adjusted in units of a coarse frequency adjustment value for reception of the CS television broadcast signal, and when the received signal to be selected by said tuning circuit is not the CS television broadcast signal, causing said tuning circuit to secondly perform a tuning operation with a frequency adjusted in units of a fine frequency adjustment value for reception of the CS sound broadcast signal; and said control circuit being connected to receive indication signals from said CS sound broadcast circuit and said CS television broadcast circuit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 206 words
A CS broadcast receiving system, comprising: a tuning circuit for selecting a receive signal at a frequency corresponding to a control signal input thereto; a CS television broadcast signal demodulating circuit for processing, a received signal when that received signal selected by said tuning circuit is a CS television broadcast signal, to reproduce a video signal and a first sound signal; a CS sound broadcast signal demodulating circuit for processing a received signal, when that received signal selected by said tuning circuit is a CS sound broadcast signal, to reproduce a second sound signal; a control circuit, when a station is to be selected, for causing said tuning circuit to firstly perform a tuning operation with a frequency adjusted in units of a coarse frequency adjustment value for reception of the CS television broadcast signal, and when the received signal to be selected by said tuning circuit is not the CS television broadcast signal, causing said tuning circuit to secondly perform a tuning operation with a frequency adjusted in units of a fine frequency adjustment value for reception of the CS sound broadcast signal; and said control circuit being connected to receive indication signals from said CS sound broadcast circuit and said CS television broadcast circuit.

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