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Apparatus and method for accurate setting of time of day clock in a video receiver

US5561461A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 1994
Grant dateOct 1, 1996
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/478
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A television receiver includes a decoder for decoding a data component of a television signal, such as extended data services (EDS) data. The data component includes data representative of time of day information. A controller in the receiver processes the time of day information to set the time of day stored in the television receiver to a time value that is accurate to seconds.

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