US5652628A
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Method and apparatus for displaying broadcast signals and station information
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1995-07-12
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Granted: 1997-07-29
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Expires: 2015-07-12
Abstract
Abstract A television signal receiving apparatus which receives, analyzes and displays an information signal which is multiplexed onto a broadcasting wave and transmitted, and through the resulting information which has been obtained by analysis of the continuously stored information signal can display the information in such a way as to be related to the image information which corresponds to an associated one of a number of broadcasting channels. In this way a television signal receiving apparatus which is convenient for a user can be realized.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenichiro Toyoshima
- 👤 Hirofumi Usui
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 12:20
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/44; H04N5/445; H04N5/45; H04N21/00; H04N21/40; H04N21/41; H04N21/422; H04N21/42204; H04N21/42226; H04N21/42227; H04N21/42228; H04N21/43; H04N21/431; H04N21/4312; H04N21/4314; H04N21/434; H04N21/4348; H04N21/44; H04N21/4402; H04N21/440209; H04N21/45; H04N21/454; H04N21/47; H04N21/475; H04N21/4755; H04N21/482; H04N21/4821; H04N5/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
187 words
A television signal receiving apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving information signals including predetermined information, said information signals being multiplexed onto a predetermined broadcast wave and transmitted; display means for displaying image information corresponding to a plurality of broadcast channels Which are transmitted as broadcast waves; analyzing means for analyzing said information signals and for extracting said predetermined information, storing means for storing said predetermined information which has been extracted by said analyzing means; and, display control means for superimposing said predetermined information stored in said storing means upon said image information displayed on said display means; wherein said predetermined information includes program content-related information indicating a program type of each of said broadcast channels, wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels of a program type selected by a user is displayed on said display means with a first brightness, wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels not of said program type selected by the user is displayed on said display means with a second brightness, and wherein said second brightness is less than said first brightness.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
187 words
A television signal receiving apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving information signals including predetermined information, said information signals being multiplexed onto a predetermined broadcast wave and transmitted; display means for displaying image information corresponding to a plurality of broadcast channels Which are transmitted as broadcast waves; analyzing means for analyzing said information signals and for extracting said predetermined information, storing means for storing said predetermined information which has been extracted by said analyzing means; and, display control means for superimposing said predetermined information stored in said storing means upon said image information displayed on said display means; wherein said predetermined information includes program content-related information indicating a program type of each of said broadcast channels, wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels of a program type selected by a user is displayed on said display means with a first brightness, wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels not of said program type selected by the user is displayed on said display means with a second brightness, and wherein said second brightness is less than said first brightness.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
163 words
A television signal receiving apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving information signals including predetermined information, said information signals being multiplexed onto a predetermined broadcast wave and transmitted; display means for displaying image information corresponding to a plurality of broadcast channels which are transmitted as broadcast waves; analyzing means for analyzing said information signals and for extracting said predetermined information; storing means for storing said predetermined information which has been extracted by said analyzing means; and, display control means for superimposing said predetermined information stored in said storing means upon said image information displayed on said display means; wherein each of said broadcast channels has a broadcast channel number, and said storing means stores said broadcast channel numbers at a specified time for a predetermined duration and collects statistics with respect to it, and wherein said display control means displays said image information which corresponds to said broadcast channel having a high usage frequency on said display means on the basis of said statistics.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
163 words
A television signal receiving apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving information signals including predetermined information, said information signals being multiplexed onto a predetermined broadcast wave and transmitted; display means for displaying image information corresponding to a plurality of broadcast channels which are transmitted as broadcast waves; analyzing means for analyzing said information signals and for extracting said predetermined information; storing means for storing said predetermined information which has been extracted by said analyzing means; and, display control means for superimposing said predetermined information stored in said storing means upon said image information displayed on said display means; wherein each of said broadcast channels has a broadcast channel number, and said storing means stores said broadcast channel numbers at a specified time for a predetermined duration and collects statistics with respect to it, and wherein said display control means displays said image information which corresponds to said broadcast channel having a high usage frequency on said display means on the basis of said statistics.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
172 words
An information displaying method in a television signal receiving apparatus comprising the steps of: receiving information signals including predetermined information, said information signals being multiplexed onto a predetermined broadcast wave and transmitted; displaying image information corresponding to a plurality of broadcast channels which are transmitted as broadcast waves; analyzing said information signals and extracting said predetermined information; storing said predetermined information which has been extracted in said analyzing step; and, superimposing said predetermined information upon said image information displayed on a display; wherein said predetermined information includes program content-related information indicating a program type of each of said broadcast channels, wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels of a program type selected by a user is displayed on said display means with a first brightness, wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels not of said program type selected by the user is displayed on said display means with a second brightness, and wherein said second brightness is less than said first brightness.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
172 words
An information displaying method in a television signal receiving apparatus comprising the steps of: receiving information signals including predetermined information, said information signals being multiplexed onto a predetermined broadcast wave and transmitted; displaying image information corresponding to a plurality of broadcast channels which are transmitted as broadcast waves; analyzing said information signals and extracting said predetermined information; storing said predetermined information which has been extracted in said analyzing step; and, superimposing said predetermined information upon said image information displayed on a display; wherein said predetermined information includes program content-related information indicating a program type of each of said broadcast channels, wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels of a program type selected by a user is displayed on said display means with a first brightness, wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels not of said program type selected by the user is displayed on said display means with a second brightness, and wherein said second brightness is less than said first brightness.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
147 words
An information displaying method in the television signal receiving apparatus comprising the steps of: receiving information signals including predetermined information, said information signals being multiplexed onto a predetermined broadcast wave and transmitted; displaying image information corresponding to a plurality of broadcast channels which are transmitted as broadcast waves; analyzing said information signals and extracting said predetermined information; storing said predetermined information which has been extracted in said analyzing step; and, superimposing said predetermined information upon said image information displayed on a display; wherein each of said broadcast channels has a broadcast channel number, and said storing step stores said broadcast channel numbers at a specified time for a predetermined duration and collects statistics with regard to it, and wherein said superimposing step further includes displaying said image information corresponding to the broadcast channel having a high usage frequency on said display on the basis of said statistics.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
147 words
An information displaying method in the television signal receiving apparatus comprising the steps of: receiving information signals including predetermined information, said information signals being multiplexed onto a predetermined broadcast wave and transmitted; displaying image information corresponding to a plurality of broadcast channels which are transmitted as broadcast waves; analyzing said information signals and extracting said predetermined information; storing said predetermined information which has been extracted in said analyzing step; and, superimposing said predetermined information upon said image information displayed on a display; wherein each of said broadcast channels has a broadcast channel number, and said storing step stores said broadcast channel numbers at a specified time for a predetermined duration and collects statistics with regard to it, and wherein said superimposing step further includes displaying said image information corresponding to the broadcast channel having a high usage frequency on said display on the basis of said statistics.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
180 words
A television signal receiving apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving information signals including predetermined information, said information signals being multiplexed onto a predetermined broadcast wave and transmitted; display means for displaying image information corresponding to a plurality of broadcast channels which are transmitted as broadcast waves; analyzing means for analyzing said information signals and for extracting said predetermined information; storing means for storing said predetermined information which has been extracted by said analyzing means; and, display control means for superimposing said predetermined information stored in said storing means upon said image information displayed on said display means; wherein said predetermined information includes program content-related information indicating a program type of each of said broadcast channels, wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels of a program type selected by a user is displayed with a first brightness, and wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels not of said program type selected by the user is displayed with a second brightness and wherein said second brightness is different from said first brightness.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
180 words
A television signal receiving apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving information signals including predetermined information, said information signals being multiplexed onto a predetermined broadcast wave and transmitted; display means for displaying image information corresponding to a plurality of broadcast channels which are transmitted as broadcast waves; analyzing means for analyzing said information signals and for extracting said predetermined information; storing means for storing said predetermined information which has been extracted by said analyzing means; and, display control means for superimposing said predetermined information stored in said storing means upon said image information displayed on said display means; wherein said predetermined information includes program content-related information indicating a program type of each of said broadcast channels, wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels of a program type selected by a user is displayed with a first brightness, and wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels not of said program type selected by the user is displayed with a second brightness and wherein said second brightness is different from said first brightness.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
165 words
An information displaying method in a television signal receiving apparatus comprising the steps of: receiving information signals including predetermined information, said information signals being multiplexed onto a predetermined broadcast wave and transmitted; displaying image information corresponding to a plurality of broadcast channels which are transmitted as broadcast waves; analyzing said information signals and extracting said predetermined information; storing said predetermined information which has been extracted in said analyzing step; and, superimposing said predetermined information upon said image information displayed on a display; wherein said predetermined information includes program content-related information indicating a program type of each of said broadcast channels, wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels of a program type selected by a user is displayed with a first brightness, and wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels not of said program type selected by the user is displayed with a second brightness and wherein said second brightness is different from said first brightness.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
165 words
An information displaying method in a television signal receiving apparatus comprising the steps of: receiving information signals including predetermined information, said information signals being multiplexed onto a predetermined broadcast wave and transmitted; displaying image information corresponding to a plurality of broadcast channels which are transmitted as broadcast waves; analyzing said information signals and extracting said predetermined information; storing said predetermined information which has been extracted in said analyzing step; and, superimposing said predetermined information upon said image information displayed on a display; wherein said predetermined information includes program content-related information indicating a program type of each of said broadcast channels, wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels of a program type selected by a user is displayed with a first brightness, and wherein said image information which corresponds to those of said broadcast channels not of said program type selected by the user is displayed with a second brightness and wherein said second brightness is different from said first brightness.
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