Patent · US Expired

Television signal receiving system

US4518993A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
11References
20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 23, 1981
Grant dateMay 21, 1985
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/16
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A television receiver for receiving standard television channel signals and a scrambled television channel signal includes a channel selector which selects one of the television channel signals, a tuner which tunes the selected television channel signal, and a converting circuit which converts the scrambled television channel signal to a vacant standard television channel signal for tuning by the tuner.

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