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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189119 | Channel control techniques Techniques involving the reception of content are disclosed. For example, an apparatus may include a tuning detection module, a channel selection module, and a remote tuning module. The tuning detection module determines a local tuning of a user device. This determi... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8179480 | Systems and methods for automated channel updating A method for automated channel updating is provided. In step (a), a frequency carrying channel data is detected. In step (b), it is determined whether a channel list comprises the frequency by retrieving a frequency table, where the frequency table stores informatio... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8149339 | Broadcast receiving apparatus and reproduction processing method In switching a channel or in switching an external input, a reduction in a psychological strain on a user is offered. An image generating unit 22 generates image data indicating a lapse of time on the basis of time information received from a control unit ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139161 | Broadband integrated tuner A broadband integrated receiver for receiving input signals and outputting composite video and audio signals is disclosed. The receiver employs an up-conversion mixer and a down-conversion mixer in series to produce an intermediate signal. An intermediate filter bet... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139160 | Television tuner with double quadrature mixing architecture A television tuner employs a double quadrature mixing architecture to frequency-translate VHF/UHF TV signals to various standard IF frequencies. In the television tuner, a quadrature mixer converts the input television signal into a first in-phase signal and a first... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139159 | Single down-conversion television tuner A television tuner employs a single down-conversion architecture to translate VHF/UHF TV signals to various standard IF frequencies. The television tuner includes a harmonic rejection and quadrature mixer and a quadrature mixer. The harmonic rejection and quadrature... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139158 | Television broadcast signal receiving apparatus Disclosed is a television broadcast signal receiving apparatus including: a selection section to select any one of the first antenna and the second antenna according to a frequency; a detection section to detect a reception level; a channel setting section to set a ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8130327 | Channel changer in a video processing apparatus and method thereof A video processing apparatus, comprises a signal receiving part receiving a video signal through one of a plurality of channels, a user inputting part in which the channel is selected and inputted by a user, a video processing part processing the video signal receiv... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125573 | Information processing apparatus and method, and program used therewith An information processing apparatus may include a channel list generating unit that performs primary selection of channels as primary candidate channels for switching candidate channels from channels in a predetermined order, secondary selection of channels as secon... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120712 | Channel selection in a receiver for terrestrial digital television broadcasting Disclosed is a receiver for terrestrial digital television broadcasting including: a receiving circuit for receiving terrestrial digital television broadcasting to output a video signal and an audio signal of a predetermined channel and an information signal of info... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8107016 | Display apparatus and driving method thereof A display apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a channel setting storage unit which stores mode selection information about a plurality of channel designation modes each of which designates a way of setting an initial c... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102474 | Systems and methods for channel scanning Methods for channel scanning are provided. An embodiment of a method for channel scanning comprises scan progress information stored when interrupting a channel scanning process. A carrier RF subsequent to the most recently processed carrier RF is locked onto with r... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8089566 | Television tuner integrated circuit and television tuner for attenuating interference signal A tuner integrated circuit is connected, in a preceding stage thereof, to an RF amplifier including a UHF dual gate FET and a VHF dual gate FET. In the reception of a signal of the UHF band, a television signal output from the UHF dual gate FET is input to a UHF RF ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8063997 | 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... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059211 | System and method for changing television channels in a video signal processor A system and/or method that reduces the blanking time between changing from one video channel to another video channel, particularly from a digital video channel. The system provides as much video of the old video channel as possible for display until video from the... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059212 | Television receiver and television receiving method A television receiver includes at least two tuner units that respectively connect to multidirectional antennas respectively capable of electrically switching a directivity of a receiving radio wave and that select a television broadcast signal corresponding to a cha... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8049821 | Video buffer management In one embodiment a video system comprises a first tuner, a first memory buffer coupled to the first tuner to receive a first video signal from the first tuner, a second tuner, a second memory buffer coupled to the second tuner to receive a second video signal from ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8040438 | Method for channel change in digital broadcasting The present invention offers a method for channel change in digital broadcasting consisting of: a step 1 for recognizing a command for a channel change while the currently connected channel is being decoded at the digital broadcasting terminal; a step 2 for completi... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8004618 | Digital broadcast receiver A broadcast channel detection system enabling search of channels providing a digital television broadcast from among a large number of channels at a high speed. This is configured by a periodic signal detecting function unit 21 receiving as input a sel... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990480 | Broadcast receiving apparatus, and a tuner and a distributor for the same Within a broadcast receiving apparatus, mounting therein two (2) pieces of tuner units, each being receivable at least three (3) kinds of broadcasting signals, and being receivable plural numbers of broadcasting signals, simultaneously, the tuner units, each capable... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7973861 | Universal tuner for mobile TV A tuner for use in mobile television devices comprises at least one RF front end component comprising a LNA adapted to amplify mobile television signals; a PLL circuit to generate signals; and a pair of mixers to receive the signals from the LNA and the PLL circuit ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7952648 | Broadcast reception module and broadcast device using the same A broadcast module includes a receiver for selecting the signal of a specific channel from the signals of a plurality of channels under control of a controller; a demodulator connected to the output of the receiver; a detector for detecting the signal-to-noise ratio... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7944512 | Receiver and receiving method A receiver selecting a channel to be received based on a channel list enumerating receivable channels includes: a memory capable of storing the channel list; a first tuner configured to perform a quick scan to scan a partial frequency band out of a predetermined fre... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7936402 | Method for setting digital broadcasting channel Provided is a method for setting a digital broadcasting channel in a digital broadcasting receiver having a tuner and a demodulator. According to the method, when an automatic channel setting command is input by a user, a channel is selected using a tuner, and wheth... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7929061 | Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method An apparatus and a method for allowing a digital broadcast receiver smoothly to switch from one broadcast channel to another. In response to a reproduction output request, encoded data that are requested to be reproduced and output are selected and decoded according... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924348 | Method and apparatus for distributing multiple signal inputs to multiple integrated circuits An integrated circuit (IC) structure and method of distributing multiple broadband signal inputs to multiple integrated circuits, where each IC receives at least one original signal and outputs a replica of the original signals to other ICs and receives at least one... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7907221 | Television device A television device includes a reception device, a first decision unit, and a second decision unit. The reception device receives, from a broadcast signal of a system set, a channel which is tuned. The second decision unit, when it has been decided by the first deci... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907220 | Television broadcasting system A receiver for detecting a predetermined SD broadcast program transmitted at a high speed using an HD broadcast channel, storing the detected predetermined program in a storage, and reproducing a broadcast signal of the predetermined program stored in the storage at... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7884886 | Integrated channel filter and method of operation A system includes a filter and a tuner formed on an integrated circuit. The filter receives an input signal comprising a first number of channels and communicates an intermediate output signal comprising a second number of channels less than the first number of chan... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7872692 | Structure for switching system for signal monitoring and switch-back control A design structure for systems for switching a displayed signal for a display between a plurality of signals are disclosed. In one embodiment, the design structure is embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing an integrated circui... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7872691 | Program restart and commercial ending notification method and system A method and system are provided for allowing channel surfing during the presentation of a commercial broadcast by returning the viewer to the desired program channel after the commercial broadcast has concluded. When a commercial broadcast is received that interrup... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7872690 | Apparatus and method for improving channel change speed in digital broadcasting reception terminal Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for decreasing a channel change time in a digital broadcasting reception terminal. Starting time information of at least one non-reference channel is selected. When the user selects a non-reference channel, broadcast data ther... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7847866 | Method and apparatus for isolating IIC bus noise from a tuner in a television receiver A method and apparatus for isolating a noise intolerant device, e.g., a phase-lock loop of a tuner within a television receiver, from source of noise. In one embodiment, the apparatus isolates a phase-lock loop integrated circuit (IC) from the bus, by providing an i... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7830458 | Method and system for scanning video carrier channels of a television In a television having a memory storing a plurality of central frequencies of channels, a method for scanning a single video carrier channel includes: (A) entering a channel; (B) providing a frequency correction, which is set to zero in initialization; (C) reading a... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7830457 | Multiple video source management Systems and techniques for managing multiple video sources are described. Video data for a first channel may be displayed and buffered, while video data for a second channel that is not being displayed or recorded is also being buffered. The second channel may be a ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7817211 | Apparatuses and methods for resolving channel information inconsistencies A host includes a controller configured to receive service information (SI) and retrieve defined channel map (DCM) information and virtual channel map (VCM) information from the SI information. The controller further configured to resolve inconsistencies between the... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7800701 | Sub-program avoidance redirection for broadcast receivers A primary broadcast receiver is automatically tuned by a secondary broadcast receiver receiving a first broadcast signal corresponding to a source of an origin program by program transition detectors detecting monochrome interprogram dead frame or closed captioning ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7796197 | Electronic component allowing the decoding of digital terrestrial or cable television signals An integrated circuit includes a dual-conversion tuner, firstly upconverting so as to place a signal outside the reception band, then downconverting with zero intermediate frequency. A bulk acoustic wave type filter is calibrated in such a way as to accurately deter... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7787061 | Receiving apparatus When, for any channel registered in a channel table, a detecting means detects that no program is being broadcast, a broadcast suspension setting means turns on a flag associated with that channel that indicates broadcast suspension. Also, a tuning reception prohibi... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7782406 | Receiving apparatus and receiving method for channel switching in both digital and analog TV reception In a digital broadcasting receiving apparatus, channel selection that switches a physical channel requires a longer period of time than analog. To solve the above problem, for example, there are provided two systems each including a digital tuner and a decoder, wher... | 08/24/2010 |
