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6876402 Television tuner intermediate-frequency circuit that hardly suffers disturbance of adjacent channel  
1. The object of the invention is to configure so that a video intermediate-frequency signal and a voice intermediate-frequency signal respectively included in an adjacent channel can be damped...
6870579 Smart-channel: learning-capable television channel changing apparatus, system and method  
System and method for learning the optimal channel change instruction recognition speed for an entertainment system. A memory stores information relating to: time increments between channel change...
6867819 Digital television receiver and antenna control method therein  
A digital television receiver and antenna control method in the digital television receiver are disclosed. The digital television receiver includes and antenna having directivity according to a...
6864925 Television tuner having less distortion  
A television tuner includes an input tuning circuit and an interstage tuning circuit. Each of the tuning circuits comprises a band-switching tuning circuit having a tuning inductor and a switching...
6864926 Channel tuning apparatus  
A channel tuning apparatus which improves operability by eliminating a need for a user to select a CATV mode and allows reliable channel tuning without misjudging the presence or absence of signals...
6864924 Television tuner input circuit having satisfactory selection properties at high band reception  
The present invention provides a television tuner input circuit having satisfactory selection properties free from influence by half of signal frequencies to be received. The television tuner input...
6847407 Digital television receiver  
A digital television receiver that can perform analog/digital and main/sub picture functions only using an analog tuner and an analog/digital-combined tuner is disclosed. The digital television...
6842198 TV signal receiving tuner capable of outputting oscillation signal having wide frequency band by means of single local oscillator  
A TV signal receiving tuner which is small in size and inexpensive due to a reduced number of local oscillators. In the TV signal receiving tuner, a local oscillation signal output from a local...
6833878 Channel selection device for use in broadcasting receiver and broadcasting receiver equipped with the same  
In a channel selection device used in a broadcasting receiver, each time a channel UP/DOWN key is pressed for changing a channel, the channel number is changed upward/downward by one immediately...
6831705 Television tuner and television receiver  
The television tuner 15a has a reference frequency for each channel number of television radio wave, and can be tuned to a television radio wave of a channel number on the basis of a reference...
6825874 Monitoring the degree of action in video transmissions  
A system enables the user to monitor a number of channels to determine the degree of action occurring on each of those channels which are not currently tuned for reception. The system may develop a...
6822697 Television tuner that generates no interfering signal  
Needless signal that causes interference is prevented from entering to eliminate the generation of interfering signal. A television tuner is provided with a band switching circuit to which...
6822693 Television tuner that changes the rendering of a digital television broadcast according to information displayed on a scoreboard during a sporting event  
A television tuner and method monitor a scoreboard during a television sporting event and affect the viewing and/or recording of the sporting event according to information on the scoreboard. For...
6816203 Method and apparatus for isolating noise from a tuner in a television signal receiver  
An apparatus (100) for isolating a noise intolerant device (110) from a source of noise includes a digital bus (104/105). A processor (101) outputs clock signals and first data signals and receives...
6813643 Multimedia system with selectable protocol module including MPEG logic and docsis logic sharing a single tuner  
A multimedia apparatus is described comprising: a tuner for tuning to a carrier frequency and down-converting a frequency-modulated multimedia signal to a baseband multimedia signal; a selectable...
6807677 TV program usage information setting method and apparatus using the same  
A TV program usage information setting method and apparatus using the same which simply reserve information of a specific TV program which is periodically broadcasted on certain day and time and...
6801262 Variable delay channel scan  
Channel changing apparatus for automatically scanning or incrementing the channel on a radio, television or other receiver and pausing for a set period of time on each channel to allow a user to...
6791626 Input switching circuit for a television tuner immune to interference due to FM broadcasting signal  
An input switching circuit for a television tuner includes first and second switching circuits provided between first and second input terminals to which a television signal and an FM broadcasting...
6784945 System and method for providing fast acquire time tuning of multiple signals to present multiple simultaneous images  
A multiple information decoding system and method are provided in which multiple information content is decoded sequentially and provided to a viewer such that the viewer perceives the information...
6782549 Programme retrieval system and method, and storage in which programme retrieval program is stored  
A programme retrieval system and method wherein a desired broadcast programme can be retrieved without fail by setting up a proper relationship between a time length of pre-registered video/audio...
6765626 Digital television signal receiving unit with simplified structure and lowered influence to unit generated noise  
The cost of a receiving unit is reduced by simplifying its structure and the receiving unit structure further reduces the unit from being influenced by noises and the like generated by the main...
6765628 Method and apparatus for searching channels  
A method for searching a predetermined satellite channel by making use of information available from the satellite. The method comprises three steps. The first step is searching for a service...
6760079 TV tuner unit having a resonance network  
A TV tuner unit uses a frequency-selective element before or after the resonance stage of either a UHF or VHF tuner for separation of UHF signals from VHF signals. Thus, performance is preserved...
6757029 Television receiving apparatus  
A television receiving apparatus for receiving an analog television broadcast and a digital television broadcast is disclosed, that comprises a tuner means for receiving both an analog television...
6757028 Television tuner for reducing power consumption and video device using the television tuner  
When a television signal is not received, supply of a power supply voltage to the inner circuits is stopped to save the electric current consumed. A television tuner comprises at least a mixer...
6750734 Methods and apparatus for tuning an LC filter  
A receiver, such as a television receiver, tunes an inductive (“L”) and capacitive (“C”) filter based on a desired frequency. The LC filter includes a plurality of inductors, configured in at leas...
6744477 Updating transmitter data stored in a preset channel memory  
A system for updating transmitter data stored in a preset channel memory, includes a processing unit, a tuner controlled by the processing unit, and a control unit for a user to control the...
6741293 Digital and analog broadcast receiver, and digital and analog broadcast reception and output method  
A digital TV receiver 2 receives digital TV broadcasts and an analog TV receiver 1 receives analog TV broadcasts. A switching control 6 switches between either digital or analog signals to a...
6734804 Automatic channel memory and selection method for a television set  
An automatic channel memory and selection method for a TV set for automatically memorizing each channel having a broadcast signal with a single input of an automatic channel set-up key regardless...
6731349 Tuner with at least a first and a second frequency band  
The invention relates to a tuner with at least a first and a second frequency band and with means for effecting a switch-over between the frequency bands, which tuner comprises a signal input...
6731348 Television tuner having simple layout and capable of receiving FM broadcast signals without interference  
A television tuner includes a mixer circuit for receiving a television signal or an FM signal, and a local oscillator circuit for generating an oscillation signal received by the mixer circuit....
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...
6724440 Tuning apparatus for a frequency synthesizer tuner  
A tuner for receiving a video broadcast signal comprises commendable circuits (6, 7, 8, 17) to select a tuned frequency, the tuner comprising a bus interface (21) receiving data bytes and among...
6724441 Tuning system and method in broadcast signal receiver  
A tuning system and a tuning method in a broadcast signal receiver, in which a radio frequency (RF) spectrum signal adopting an inverting method is filtered by an asymmetric bandpass filter of a...
6721017 Television tuner's intermediate frequency tuning circuit capable of receiving FM broadcast signals  
The present invention realizes a small-size and inexpensive television tuner's intermediate frequency tuning circuit that can be used for both television intermediate frequency signals and FM...
6721018 Method and apparatus for decreasing the time required to generate a channel map in a television signal receiver  
In a television signal receiver having two or more tuners, initial channel mapping can be expedited by simultaneously using all tuners in parallel to map the receivable channels. A processor...
6714262 Channel selection device for receiving digital TV broadcasting, receiving device and channel selection method  
A tuner unit generates a local oscillation signal which is multiplied by a received first IF signal to change the frequency of the received first IF signal, and converts the frequency-changed first...
6714261 CATV tuner for high speed data communication utilizing a different frequency band  
A tuner has a receiving unit receiving a signal input from a CATV station to an HPF. In the receiving unit, the signal is attenuated by a PIN attenuator circuit with the gain based on the signal...
6714263 Multiple conversion tuner  
A multiple conversion tuner comprises a plurality of cascade-connected frequency changers, each of which comprises a mixer and a local oscillator. The tuner also comprises a local oscillator...
6710816 Digital broadcast receiver and method for receiving and outputting digital broadcasts  
A digital broadcast is received by a receiving unit 5, and is output from a speaker 9. During a waiting time for changing-over of channels, or the like, a control unit 11 causes a holding sound...
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...
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...
6704062 Method for channel selection without confirmation operation by user  
In a television set that displays images of a specified broadcast channel out of broadcast waves received by a receiving unit (3), a channel selection number corresponding to a broadcast channel to...
6700629 Video intermediate frequency processing apparatus  
When adjusting a free-running frequency of a voltage controlled oscillator, the video intermediate frequency processing apparatus receives a VIF-DEFEAT signal to a VIF-AMP to minimize gain of the...
6697607 Automatic receiver control upon initialization  
A broadcast receiver such as a radio, television, or web browser, which automatically tunes to a preselected signal source upon initialization for a predetermined period of time. During this period...
6697128 Video frequency response  
For optimum videotex data coding, for error-free functioning of so-called descramblers and—not least—for the impression of improved detail resolution on the screen of a television set of dis...
6686972 VSB reset to minimize data loss  
A receiver for VSB signals includes tuner channel changing circuitry. AGC circuitry, an IF FPLL and confidence counters, for indicating when signal acquisition or loss occurs. When a loss of signal...
6678012 LNB drift search system for DBS products  
The present invention concerns a digital signal tuning apparatus which includes an offset frequency correction system. In the offset frequency correction system, searching for an offset signal...
6678013 Intermediate frequency circuit of digital television tuner having flat transmission characteristic in intermediate frequency band  
Disclosed is an intermediate frequency circuit of a digital television tuner having a flat transmission characteristic in an intermediate frequency band and in which a transistor is prevented from...
6675388 Data distribution system using coordinated analog and digital streams  
The present invention uses multiple broadcast television channels to distribute high volume of data to a client device from a server. Multiple analog channels are broadcast, at least one of which...