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Receiving equipment and method of using the same

US6084643A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 21, 1997
Grant dateJul 4, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/42676
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A receiving method in the receiving equipment in, first, a service table composed of channel numbers currently on air is made and, if the channel key is judged to be pressed, a channel number searched from the service table is displayed on the screen. If the channel key is judged to be pressed continuously, only the channel numbers are changed and if the channel key is judged to be released, a channel selection is started. There is thus provideded a receiving equipment capable of swiftly selecting a desired channel of the television broadcasting.

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