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Receiving equipment and method of using the same
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1997-07-21
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Granted: 2000-07-04
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Expires: 2017-07-21
Abstract
Abstract A receiving method in the receiving equipment in, first, a service table composed of channel numbers currently on air is made and, if the channel key is judged to be pressed, a channel number searched from the service table is displayed on the screen. If the channel key is judged to be pressed continuously, only the channel numbers are changed and if the channel key is judged to be released, a channel selection is started. There is thus provideded a receiving equipment capable of swiftly selecting a desired channel of the television broadcasting.
Inventors
- 👤 Yuriko Kishtaka
- 👤 Tetsuya Kohno
- 👤 Naoki Kigawa
- 👤 Toshiro Ozawa
- 👤 Mika Ito
- 👤 Kazuhiro Akaike
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 11:18
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/40; H04N21/41; H04N21/422; H04N21/42204; H04N21/42206; H04N21/42221; H04N21/47; H04N21/482; H04N21/426; H04N21/43; H04N21/434; H04N21/4345; H04N21/438; H04N21/4383; H04N21/418; H04N21/4181; H04N21/42676
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
170 words
A receiving equipment comprising: transmission signal receiving means for receiving transmission signals including a plurality of channels; command receiving means for receiving a command from a channel selection key operated by a user; channel number display control means operative in accordance with the command received by the command receiving means commanding to switch the channels in a predetermined order for switching channel numbers being displayed in the predetermined order; control means for controlling the transmission signal receiving means to receive the transmission signal of a channel indicated by the channel number being displayed when the command received by the command receiving means is broken, wherein the channel numbers being switched are displayed without displaying a channel selection until operation of the channel selection key is discontinued by the user; and storage means for storing a plurality of the channel numbers representing channels of transmission signals actually received, wherein the channel number display control means switches the channel numbers being displayed based on the channel numbers stored in the storage means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
170 words
A receiving equipment comprising: transmission signal receiving means for receiving transmission signals including a plurality of channels; command receiving means for receiving a command from a channel selection key operated by a user; channel number display control means operative in accordance with the command received by the command receiving means commanding to switch the channels in a predetermined order for switching channel numbers being displayed in the predetermined order; control means for controlling the transmission signal receiving means to receive the transmission signal of a channel indicated by the channel number being displayed when the command received by the command receiving means is broken, wherein the channel numbers being switched are displayed without displaying a channel selection until operation of the channel selection key is discontinued by the user; and storage means for storing a plurality of the channel numbers representing channels of transmission signals actually received, wherein the channel number display control means switches the channel numbers being displayed based on the channel numbers stored in the storage means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The receiving equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the channel number display control means switches the channels in the order of magnitude of the channel numbers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The receiving equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the channel number display control means switches the channel number in a shorter time than a time required for the channel selection by the transmission signal receiving means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The receiving equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission signals of the channels are each compressed digital signals.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
201 words
An apparatus comprising: transmission signal receiving means for receiving transmission signals including a plurality of channels; command receiving means for receiving a command from a channel selection key operated by a user; channel number display control means operative in accordance with the command received by the command receiving means commanding to switch the channels in a predetermined order for switching channel numbers in the predetermined order; television receiver means for displaying the channel numbers switched by the channel number display control means and pictures based on the transmission signals received by the transmission signal receiving means; control means for controlling the transmission signal receiving means to receive the transmission signal of a channel indicated by the channel number displayed on the television receiver means, when the command received by the command receiving means is broken, wherein the channel numbers being switched are displayed without displaying a channel selection until operation of the channel selection key is discontinued by the user; and storage means for storing a plurality of the channel numbers representing channels of transmission signals actually received, wherein the channel number display control means switches the channel numbers being displayed based on the channel numbers stored in the storage means.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
201 words
An apparatus comprising: transmission signal receiving means for receiving transmission signals including a plurality of channels; command receiving means for receiving a command from a channel selection key operated by a user; channel number display control means operative in accordance with the command received by the command receiving means commanding to switch the channels in a predetermined order for switching channel numbers in the predetermined order; television receiver means for displaying the channel numbers switched by the channel number display control means and pictures based on the transmission signals received by the transmission signal receiving means; control means for controlling the transmission signal receiving means to receive the transmission signal of a channel indicated by the channel number displayed on the television receiver means, when the command received by the command receiving means is broken, wherein the channel numbers being switched are displayed without displaying a channel selection until operation of the channel selection key is discontinued by the user; and storage means for storing a plurality of the channel numbers representing channels of transmission signals actually received, wherein the channel number display control means switches the channel numbers being displayed based on the channel numbers stored in the storage means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the channel number display control means switches the channels in the order of magnitude of the channel numbers.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the channel number display control means switches the channel numbers in a shorter time than a time required for the channel selection by the transmission signal receiving means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the transmission signals of the channels are each compressed digital signals.
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