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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8160524 | Signal receiving apparatus and control method thereof A signal receiving apparatus includes: a receiver which receives at least two types of broadcasting signals included in a plurality of channels; and a controller which controls the receiver to search a current channel according to one type of a broadcasting signal u... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8116706 | Method and apparatus for calibrating a bandpass filter To calibrate a bandpass filter, a received signal strength corresponding to a received communication channel is determined. A variable element of the bandpass filter is adjusted based on the received signal strength of the received communication channel to calibrate... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8095097 | Increasing the robustness of channel estimates derived through sounding for WLAN A plurality of training signal sets are transmitted. Each training signal set includes information sufficient to determine a channel estimate corresponding to a communication channel from a first station to a second station. A refined channel estimate is determined ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086197 | Multi-channel receiver architecture and reception method A multi-channel receiver comprising an ADC and a multi-band, multi-channel selector. The ADC converts a broad-band multi-channel signal into a digital signal. The digital signal is then broken into sub-bands each containing a plurality of channels. A channel selecto... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086198 | Radio broadcasting receiver and method for seeking radio broadcasting A broadcasting receiver suitable for receiving a broadcasting signal transmitted in an IBOC signal format, comprises: a channel seek directing means for directing to start a channel seeking operation that selects selectable channel in an order of frequency; a channe... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8073413 | Systems and methods for receiving and processing multiple carrier communications and navigation signals Methods and systems for signal analysis in multiple radio carrier environments are provided. In one embodiment, a radio receiver comprises: an adaptive pass band filter that operates over a pass band of frequencies, the adaptive pass band filter subdividing the pass... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8019300 | Multi-channel tuning receiver and multi-channel tuning method thereof Provided are a multi-channel tuning receiver, including: a broadband radio frequency (RF) tuner to receive a broadband signal, divide the broadband signal into a plurality of signals, tune the divided signals, combine the tuned signals into a single signal, and outp... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7917111 | Method and system for monitoring broadcast audio programs from the beginning of the programs A method and system for monitoring broadcast programs from the beginning of the programs is provided. The system includes a tuner configured to receive and decode broadcast signals and provide programming as an output. The system also includes a buffer coupled to th... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7813707 | High-performance bipolar tuner solution systems and methods A system for processing signals comprises a tuner and an input/output (IO) bus bridge, wherein the tuner and the IO bus bridge are formed at least in part on same semiconductor chip, and wherein at least a portion of logic on the chip is implemented in Complementary... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7756496 | Oscillation controlling apparatus, recording medium having program recorded thereon, and channel selecting apparatus An oscillation controlling apparatus for controlling an oscillation frequency of an oscillation circuit to be a target frequency comprises a variable range dividing unit configured to dividing a variable range of a control signal into a plurality of portions, the co... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7643807 | Methods for using broadcast media content information and related broadcast media receivers/playback devices Methods of displaying broadcast media content information to a user include receiving at a first receiver first content from a first channel of a multi-channel broadcast media system while receiving at a second receiver information regarding the content on a second ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7599673 | Receiver architectures utilizing coarse analog tuning and associated methods A technique includes receiving a signal spectrum that includes a plurality of channels within a first frequency range. The technique includes receiving a selection signal that identifies at least one desired channel to be tuned. The technique includes providing an o... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7447488 | Broadcast signal reception enhancing A method for receiving broadcast signals includes selecting a broadcast signal, and receiving selected broadcast signal. Determine parameters about the selected broadcast signal wherein the parameters are based on supplemental broadcast data. Choose a scan interval ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7424278 | Low IF mixer with improved selectivity performance A low IF mixer and method for down-converting a signal at a desired frequency are disclosed with improved selectivity performance. The energy of sidebands on each side of the desired frequency is evaluated; and a local oscillator frequency is selected based on the e... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7403755 | Searching receiver A monitoring receiver accepts program preferences from an operator. When active, the receiver automatically monitors alternate frequencies for programming that matches the program preferences, alerts the operator when a match is found, and may switch to a preferred ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7376446 | Mobile communications network with expanded carrier capacity and method of expanding base station carrier capacity A base station for a mobile communications system, a mobile communications system including the base station and a method of increasing base station capacity. Each base station antenna is coupled to a transmission line that may be connected to a triplexer. The tripl... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373123 | Multiple tuners in a single radio receiver A radio receiver having multiple AM/FM tuners. A first tuner and a second tuner may be connected with an antenna for generating a first and second composite audio output signal. A dual input digital signal processor may be connected with the first tuner and the seco... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369744 | Signal receiving apparatus and signal recording method A signal receiving apparatus includes a tuner (102) for selecting a broadcasting station or a program, which becomes a reception subject, a program recording/playing circuit (202) for recording a received signal of the reception subject, and a control ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369823 | Reception apparatus A comparison circuit 13x compares signals from demodulator circuits 11a and 11b and thereby compares the reception condition of the antennas 1a and 1b. The tuner circuit corresponding to the anten... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369826 | Method for monitoring broadcast signals at alternative frequencies and gain control unit Many broadcast stations transmit their programs via a variety of different frequencies. The invention relates to monitoring alternative frequencies during the reception of a broadcast signal at a present frequency. Whenever the broadcast signal at an alternative fre... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359691 | High frequency interference-cut filter circuit Disclosed is a high frequency apparatus which eliminates an influence of interfering signals. An interference-cut filter (24) for eliminating interfering signals is disposed between an input terminal (22) and a mixer (27). The interference-cut f... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359687 | System and method for obtaining comprehensive vehicle radio listener statistics A system, apparatus, method and computer program product to obtain comprehensive vehicle radio listener statistics based on parameters such as radio status (e.g., on/off status and CD/Tape/AM/FM setting), radio volume, station preset information, current frequency s... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359678 | Signal processing semiconductor integrated circuit device and wireless communication system The invention provides a signal processing semiconductor integrated circuit of the direct conversion system, which includes a dummy amplifier having the same circuit configuration as a low noise amplifier being the first stage amplifier, in which the DC offset calib... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356321 | Radio frequency tuner A radio frequency tuner is provided for selecting channels from a cable distribution network or other reception system. The tuner has one or more stages whose performance, such as signal to noise plus intermodulation, and gain are functions of the stage power consum... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352733 | Implementing location awareness in WLAN devices An ambient country identifier (ACI) signal can be used to automatically provide location awareness for a WLAN device. If an ACI signal is detected, then the WLAN device can configure itself to comply with channel and power settings for the country having the detecte... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349034 | Television tuner using integrated circuit An integrated circuit is provided with a power supply terminal and an external circuit connecting terminal which is DC insulated from an internal high-frequency circuit and is connected to an external circuit. An interface is provided with an address identifying cir... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346319 | Method and apparatus for audio recall A system for use in a radio receiver that provides quick access to previously selected audio includes processor logic that evaluates at least a first user-selected audio that has been previously enabled and a second user-selected audio that is currently enabled. An ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337918 | Test strip dispenser A strip dispenser has a strip magazine, a magazine spring, a strip vial component, and a cover. The strip magazine has a magazine open end and an outer magazine casing surrounding the strip magazine adjacent the open end for a predefined distance along the strip mag... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336939 | Integrated tracking filters for direct conversion and low-IF single conversion broadband filters A radio frequency (RF) tuner includes a programmable tracking filter bank receiving an RF input and outputting a filtered RF signal. A mixer stage receives the filtered RF signal and outputs a first quadrature component of the filtered RF signal and a second quadrat... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324793 | Wireless transmission device capable of transmitting media from multiple channels A wireless transmission device capable of transmitting media from different channels concurrently. The transmitter of the device places the inputted TV signals and an audio/video signal on different segments of a frequency spectrum, combines the signals of all segme... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310496 | Broadcast receiver In digital broadcast systems, it is common to broadcast besides main services additional services like news services. Typically, these additional services are regularly updated and broadcasted by a service provider (3) several times a day. In order to keep se... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308235 | Audio broadcast receiver and automatic broadcasting-station selecting method While a plurality of seek object frequencies decided in advance is being set as a receiving frequency in order, seek object frequencies meeting at least the following conditions are selected. The electric field strength of a seek object frequency being currently rec... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7308236 | Broadcast receiver and channel scanning method A channel scanning method in a multi-channel digital broadcast is provided for enabling a user to identify the broadcast contents of a channel being currently received with accuracy during the channel scan, even though the broadcast contents may change within a chan... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7283796 | Electronic tuning system An electronic tuning system includes an electronic tuner for adjusting the predetermined control voltage of a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) to tune the local frequency signal to radio waves on an arbitrary channel in accordance with channel selection informati... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274918 | Apparatus for automatically finding an am radio program The invention relates to a method for automatically finding an AM radio program, by which an AM radio receiver is tuned through in discrete steps, such that, for each set AM frequency, the reception quality at the currently set AM frequency is determined, the field ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274410 | 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... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269396 | Method and device for suppressing multipath interference in a receiver for electromagnetic waves A method and a device for a receiver for electromagnetic waves having at least two antennas are described; using this method and this device it is possible to effectively suppress multipath interference, while a portion of the antenna signals may also be utilized fo... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7243104 | Personalizing content using an intermediary bridge A user's access to content may be managed by determining a mood originating point for a present track for a user, with the mood originating point being related to a mood indicator for the present track, identifying a mood destination for a user playlist, the mood de... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236212 | System and method for providing a low power receiver design An integrated receiver with channel selection and image rejection substantially implemented on a single CMOS integrated circuit is described. A receiver front end provides programable attenuation and a programable gain low noise amplifier. Frequency conversion circu... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233772 | Adaptive radio transceiver with filtering An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a transceiver with a receiver, a transmitter, a local oscillator (LO) generator, a controller, and a self-testing unit. All of these components can be packaged ... | 06/19/2007 |
