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7624420 Digital television broadcast signal receiver  
A digital television broadcast signal receiver connected to a multi-directional antenna carries out in advance automatic scanning for each channel to determine and store the strength of a signal...
7624413 Digital broadcasting receiver  
There is provided a digital broadcasting receiver capable of making channel selection without making a user conscious of the difference between a physical channel number and a virtual channel...
7603694 Virtual channel table data structure, transport stream discrimination method, and digital broadcast receiver  
The present invention provides a virtual channel table (VCT) data structure, transport stream discrimination method, and digital broadcast receiver, by which streams transferred within a channel...
7589789 Video converting device and method for digital TV  
A video converting device and method for a digital TV is disclosed. The present invention is capable of detecting whether a conversion is being processed and displaying a previous video or a...
7564503 Television tuner for controlling directivity of an antenna  
Disclosed is a television tuner for receiving television broadcast signals with a smart antenna, which is equipped with an auto-scan unit that causes a channel storing section to automatically...
7561213 Television broadcast receiver  
For determining connection of a TV broadcast receiver for receiving terrestrial broadcasts to a smart antenna with multiple receiving directions having a current active receiving direction, the...
7535518 Method and apparatus for displaying digital broadcasting  
A digital broadcasting method and apparatus providing digital broadcast signals based on different broadcasting standards to the audiences. The digital broadcasting apparatus includes a plurality...
7508458 Digital television broadcast signal receiver  
A digital TV broadcast signal receiver determines, as the best receiving direction, a receiving direction in which a digital TV broadcast signal can be accurately received. The digital TV broadcast...
7505082 Broadcasting receiver using a directivity-switching antenna  
An antenna direction allocation screen is displayed on a television connected to a broadcasting receiver. On this screen, a user allocates direction numbers “ 0 to 15 ” indicating each...
7460184 Digital television broadcast signal receiver  
In a digital TV broadcast signal receiver connected to a multi-directional antenna called smart antenna, when a TV broadcast signal of an optional channel becomes unreceivable for any reason, it...
7436459 Digital broadcast receiving apparatus and method for receiving digital broadcast  
A digital broadcast receiving apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast, includes a freeze determining section and a display control section. The freeze determining section determines whether or...
7408593 Digital television broadcast signal receiver  
In a digital TV broadcast signal receiver connected to a multi-directional antenna called smart antenna, even when a user reshuffles a channel frequently, it is aimed to shorten a time delay...
7405772 Broadcasting receiver  
Single processing of the first channel search using the analog broadcasting tuner enables not only analog broadcasting channel to be detected but also the existence of digital broadcasting channel...
7286190 Real-time signal strength measurement and display of digital television signals  
An HDTV receiver coupled to a terrestrial antenna displays real-time signal strength of terrestrial digital television signals. A graphical user interface preferably displays various data relating...
7260824 System and method for facilitating TV channel programming  
To facilitate programming a TV channel list, only digital channels are presented on an edit list so that the user need not parse through analog channels but only the digital channels to edit the...
7242438 Image displayer with facilitated channel setting process  
An image displayer with a facilitated channel setting process, in which the channels are set based on a pre-stored channel information. The image displayer includes a channel information storing...
7227583 Digital TV method for switching channel automatically  
A digital TV and a method of switching a channel automatically thereof provides a viewer with advance notice of an automatic channel switch using linkage descriptor information on HD broadcasting....
7215382 Method and apparatus for providing status in digital television channels  
A method for displaying a status to a television viewer provides detailed information to a viewer. According to the method, signal strength of a received RF signal is evaluated, and an RF signal...
7202913 Controlling on-screen displays  
An apparatus for controlling synchronization of on-screen display information in an auto-search mode of a radio-frequency receiver ( 2 ) connected to scan an incoming signal for valid channel...
7196732 Television broadcast reception device  
Provided is a television broadcast receiver which is further enhanced in the independency of the user application software from the hardware and can increase the development efficiency. The...
7136113 Digital television receiver and method of controlling antenna of the same  
Disclosed is an antenna controller of a digital television receiver and a controlling method thereof including an antenna receiving channel signals of digital television broadcasting and having a...
7092044 Digital broadcasting receiver  
A digital broadcasting receiver that uses a channel map containing broadcast information such as channel numbers and virtual channel numbers is described. When a user selects a certain digital...
7084930 Digital receiver  
In a receiver, immediately after the channel-up key or channel-down key is operated, the receiver 1 starts a tuning motion of tuning in to a program which is being broadcast by the virtual...
7053957 Demonstrating an effect of a signal-processing operation by a signal-processing device  
The invention relates to a device for demonstrating an effect of a selected signal-processing operation. The device comprises signal-processing means ( 3 ) for processing incoming signals to supply...
7046303 Digital broadcasting receiver operative for displaying picture characters in a non-central portion of a screen  
A CPU carries out such control as to display a received image on the whole of a screen even when a command to acquire program information is issued by a user. In the display of the received image...
7030933 Broadcast receiving system with function of on-screen displaying channel information  
In a broadcast receiving system for receiving the digital broadcast, when the selection of “channel selection menu” is inputted by the user, the channel information stored in a memory is read...
6985190 Real-time signal strength display of terrestrial digital television signals  
An HDTV receiver coupled to a terrestrial antenna displays real-time signal strength of terrestrial digital television signals. A graphical user interface preferably displays various data relating...
6982745 Antenna level display device and method, and receiving apparatus  
An antenna level display device capable of faithfully reflecting any deterioration of a picture quality in receiving a satellite broadcast. In this display device, orthogonal detection of an input...
6918136 Control of interconnected audio/video devices  
A local communication system comprises a plurality of devices interconnected for data communication. One of the devices is a display device arranged to display data from one or more other devices...
6888581 Digital broadcast receiver and control method thereof  
In a digital broadcast receiver 10 , an MPU 26 has a configuration for detecting the number of subchannels and the numbers of the subchannels which a received main channel has from control data...
6771318 Digital broadcasting demodulation apparatus with a direction adjustment indicator for the receiving antenna  
A signal of a desired channel is selected by a tuner from digital broadcasting is received by an antenna. The condition of the radio wave received by the antenna, which is judged from an AGC signal...
6727960 Television channel selection method and apparatus  
A channel selection method for simultaneously displaying video data of a plurality of virtual channels of one channel in the form of still images, in SD format broadcasting according to an ATV...
6708336 Method of and apparatus for generating and searching a database  
A method and apparatus for generating a database in a memory. Program identifying information is received from a service provider, the program identifying information comprising at least one...
6707508 Channel entry for selection of a channel  
A system and method for processing a channel entry is presented. In one embodiment, the receiving mode of an apparatus is first determined. A first channel entry format is then displayed, if it is...
6650376 Controller of tuner apparatus and method for controlling power supply to tuner of tuner apparatus  
It is determined, in accordance with a signal supplied by a tuner and indicating a signal reception state of the tuner, whether or not signal reception has been performed normally. Then, power...
6646685 Method for controlling on-screen display operation of display apparatus with auxiliary input/output terminal  
A method for controlling an on-screen display operation of a display apparatus with an auxiliary input/output terminal. If a key control signal is input through a self key input unit or if an...
6597408 Fine tuning method for digital television  
The present invention relates to a fine tuning method for a digital television set. In an automatic fine tuning method, when a channel switching command is inputted to a microprocessor on user's...
6580452 Satellite signal loss on-screen notification  
An apparatus for displaying a received signal strength includes means for detecting a received signal strength of a signal received at an antenna. Coupled to the detecting means are means for...
6529246 Station selector  
A station selector having a function of displaying a channel number on a screen. In the station selector, while channels are being switched through a remote control unit or the like, an OSD IC...
6525779 Television receiver for receiving two different broadcast forms  
A television receiver, in which if a tuner can receive a signal of the television broadcast form of either television wave broadcasting or CATV broadcasting, a microcomputer executes channel preset...
6509934 Directing an antenna to receive digital television signals  
An antenna is directed to optimally receive an advanced television signal. First, the strength of the signal is measured as a function of the azimuth angle of the antenna, and second the flatness...
6507951 System for time-shifting events in a multi-channel convergence system  
An architecture for convergence systems is disclosed. The architecture includes a hardware component providing a convergence environment. A channel map services component includes a listing of...
6426779 Method and apparatus for providing favorite station and programming information in a multiple station broadcast system  
An innovative but easy line guide is provided to provide the user of a multiple channel television broadcast system a wealth of programming information in a simple format that is easy to...
6411337 Function presentation and selection using a rotatable function menu  
Function representation and selection in a multi-function system that supports user selection of system function by means of a menu-driven graphical user interface includes displaying a rotatable...
6405371 Navigating through television programs  
A method of navigating through television programs is disclosed. A television receiver displays a mosaic image with sub-images representing the available programs. The receiver further receives an...
6392716 Television receiver  
An arrangement is provided whereby after purchasing a television receiver, when a power cord is plugged in an outlet and the power is turned on, the television receiver is automatically set on an...
6388715 Television receiver  
A television receiver with an electronic program guide (EPG) is disclosed, which allows a user to navigate through an overview of scheduled television programs each belonging to one of a plurality...
6384869 Channel scan function and method of displaying scanned channels  
A method and structure is capable of scanning through available programs on a display screen and selectively displaying the most recently scanned programs in a spiral formation on the display...
6359657 Simultaneously displaying a graphic image and video image  
A method and arrangement for simultaneously displaying a graphic image ( 23 ) (e.g., a control menu of a television receiver or video recorder) and a video image ( 22 ). In order to achieve optimal...
6337718 TV controlling method having adjust mode reset function  
A TV controlling method having an adjust mode reset function for adjusting a user control on an adjust mode menu screen, the method including selecting a predetermined mode to be changed on the...
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