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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7633561 | Integrated circuit television receiver arrangement According to one or more aspects of the present invention, a receiver arrangement is disclosed that is configured to receive digital television signals. The receiver arrangement has at least one first frequency conversion device with the signal input, a local oscill... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7626640 | Digital broadcast receiver and method of controlling reception of digital broadcasts A digital broadcast receiver includes: first reception means for receiving a certain channel of program from a multichannel digital broadcast under a state of normal viewing; first decoding means for decoding an encoded signal of the digital broadcast received by th... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7602448 | Apparatus and method for providing an AGC function using multiple feedback sources An apparatus (20) such as a television signal receiver provides an AGC function by using multiple feedback sources which provide both narrow band and wide band AGC signals in an adaptive manner. According to an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus (20) ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7567302 | Receiving device for digital broadcasting A receiving device for digital broadcasting is provided. The receiving device is provided with a receiving system that receives a digital broadcast wave and obtains digital data based on the received digital broadcast wave, a memory that is used to store channel inf... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7567304 | Method of sharing preference channel in digital broadcasting reception terminal A method of sharing a preference channel in a digital broadcasting reception terminal includes registering a phone book group to which at least one preference channel and information on the preference channel are transmitted; if digital broadcasting data of the regi... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7567303 | Television broadcast receiver If a channel determined by a new all-directional omni-directional scanning process is absent in a channel information table created previously, a TV broadcast receiver registers a channel number (by making register flag on) and a best receiving direction of such cha... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7561212 | Digital broadcast receiving apparatus and receiving method A factor in deterioration of receiving characteristics of an antenna is automatically determined and automatically improved. In an apparatus for receiving digital broadcast signal, when receiving the signal, a received signal sent from the antenna 1 is orthogonally ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 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 receiver sends, to the connected antenna, a control signal to change the... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7554613 | Analog television broadcast signal receiver An analog TV broadcast receiver connected to a multi-directional antenna has a receiving direction counter for a channel which is set at an initial receiving direction to measure intensity of a TV broadcast signal in the initial receiving direction, when a channel r... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7551236 | Communication system in digital television Disclosed is a digital communication system. A transmission system includes an error correction encoder part carrying out an error correction encoding for additional data inputted through a first path, a multiplexer (MUX) part, a control part, a channel coding part ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7538825 | Wireless redistribution system for terrestrial digital television broadcasting A transmitter includes: frequency conversion means for collectively frequency-converting terrestrial digital TV broadcast signals inputted such that the frequency of terrestrial digital TV broadcast signals of a viewing desired channel inputted by viewing desired ch... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7525602 | Liquid crystal television apparatus A liquid crystal television apparatus includes a tuner, a signal processor, a liquid crystal cell, a light source for backlight, an inverter, and a power supply, includes a first circuit board including a single-sided board, a second circuit board including a multil... | 04/28/2009 |
| 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 signal receiver continuously scans all the receiving directions of a... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505086 | Video receiver with DC offset cancellation An analog video receiver implemented in an integrated circuit device. The analog video receiver includes a mixing circuit to mix an analog video signal with a sinusoid to generate a frequency-shifted analog video signal, and an offset cancellation circuit to obtain ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7477325 | Audio/video separator An audio/video separator provides a high-performance and cost-effective solution to analog TV reception with only one A/D converter and a minimum of analog IF components. The apparatus may operate on a digitized TV signal and, when integrated with a digital video pr... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7468761 | Frequency converter for a television signal A frequency converter for converting an intermediate-frequency television signal (s2) to a low frequency by means of a mixer (4) which is fed at its radio-frequency signal input (4.1) with the intermediate-frequency television signal (s2)... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7460183 | Digital television broadcast signal receiver In a digital TV broadcast signal receiver connected to a multi-directional antenna called smart antenna, having a first number, for example, sixteen of signal receiving directions defined in a technical standard such as EIA-909, a simplified multi-directional antenn... | 12/02/2008 |
| 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 makes possible to restart displaying an image on a screen of a monitor ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7453526 | Integrated analog video receiver An analog video receiver implemented in an integrated circuit device. The analog video receiver includes an amplifier to amplify an analog video signal having a desired carrier frequency, and a mixing circuit to mix the amplified analog video signal with a complex s... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450185 | Fully integrated tuner circuit architecture for a television system A television tuner system includes a low noise amplifier (LNA) for receiving and amplifying television signals, a quadrature mixer coupled to receive the amplified television signals and generate first intermediate frequency (IF1) quadrature signals, a comple... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444126 | Signal-to-noise optimized fully monolithic video receiver IF channel In a video IF channel the gain of the circuit is achieved ahead of the IF filter and the output of the filter, including its noise, need only be amplified a relatively small amount, thus preserving an acceptable signal to noise ratio. In one embodiment, a variable g... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443452 | Method for simultaneously delivering ATSC/MPEG source material to dual modulated RF television outputs A single electronic device is disclosed that splits a transport stream in order to simultaneously produce NTSC and ATSC standard outputs with the same video and audio content so that the same content can be viewed side-by-side on a standard definition NTSC televisio... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440702 | Method for transmitting digital image signal, digital image transmitting device, digital image sending device and digital image receiver A multiplexer of a transmission section generates a clock signal by multiplying a reference clock signal of a digital image signal by a predetermined number âKâ. A parallel digital image signal is converted into a serial digital signal on the basis of the clock ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432990 | Open aquos remote control unique buttons/features The current invention describes novel remote control features operative with a television system, including hotkey buttons assignable to certain applications operating and/or displayed on the television system, one touch record and image capture to a removable stora... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432989 | Television tuner in which unnecessary radiation is reduced A television tuner includes a first high-frequency circuit for receiving VHF-band television signals, a second high-frequency circuit for receiving UHF-band television signals, and an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a first mixer, a second mixer,... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430019 | Apparatus to improve image sharpness adaptively according to multi-video formats and method thereof An apparatus to improve an image sharpness and a method thereof which can improve the image sharpness of an image through an adaptive operation of the apparatus according to resolutions of input/output video signals and an emphasis of edge portions of the image. The... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428022 | Multipath video reception system A system is presented for the multipath reception of video signals, including sound an/or image signals. The system includes at least two receivers and a diversity unit. At least one receiver receives and processes analog video signals, while the one or more remaini... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425995 | Tuner using a direct digital frequency synthesizer, television receiver using such a tuner, and method therefor A television tuner (920) is adapted for use in a television receiver (900) that receives a radio frequency (RF) signal from an input device (910) and outputs audio and video information from a selected channel in response thereto. The television... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7420627 | Digital television broadcast signal receiver In a multi-directional antenna that is connected to a digital TV broadcast signal receiver, an RF amplifier in which its transmission gains are controlled is installed on the front of a tuner, a BER (BIT ERROR RATE) threshold is set as a reception determination stan... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415088 | Multi-standard baseband receiver Techniques for processing incoming signals conforming to a plurality of standards or communication formats with a single baseband receive section are disclosed. In one aspect, a plurality of analog processing components are adjusted in response to a format select si... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414676 | Integrated programmable tuner An integrated tuner is programmable to optimize its components for either analog signal reception or digital signal reception. Power to the components is increased for analog operation and decreased for digital operation. The tuner also includes a selectable and int... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 between channel choice by the user and switching operation of the multi-dir... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408594 | Electronic switch for TV signal booster A method of automatically switching on/off a low noise amplifier that serves to boost weak video signals in a TV tuner (2). The method involves determining whether there is a signal present in the reception, and if so, whether the signal requires boosting. Th... | 08/05/2008 |
| 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 to be estimated. Furthermore, the acquisition of information transmit... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400364 | Sub-program avoidance redirection for broadcast receivers A system for automatically tuning a primary broadcast receiver using a secondary broadcast receiver to receive a first broadcast signal corresponding to a source of an origin program, one or more program transition detectors to monitor first broadcast signal tuned b... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397514 | Multimedia presentation system and method therefor A multimedia presentation system includes: a display unit (120) for displaying multimedia information and an On Screen Display (OSD) menu; a control unit (110) including the multifunctional button for receiving a user operation, generating a control si... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397516 | Television broadcast receiver A TV receiver comprises: a tuner connected to a unidirectional antenna or a smart antenna; a reception control unit for outputting, to the tuner, a channel control signal to command a channel, and outputting, to the smart antenna, a receiving direction control signa... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394500 | World wide analog television signal receiver A TV signal reception system is configured to include adjustable components and a controller to provide instructions to adjust the adjustable components. By pre-arranging configurations corresponding to multiple variants of world wide TV standards, the TV signal rec... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394505 | High linearity, low noise figure tuner front end circuit A cable tuner front end circuit is disclosed for receiving a radio frequency television input signal and for selectively amplifying the signal in dependence upon a predetermined level of the tuner circuit output signal. The tuner front end circuit having first and s... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391823 | Digital broadcasting receiver A demodulation circuit generates information related to the frequency of error correction, and feeds the information to a CPU. The CPU acquires noise intensity data on the basis of the information related to the frequency of error correction from the demodulation ci... | 06/24/2008 |
