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Television broadcast signal receiving apparatus

US7496276B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 6, 2004
Grant dateFeb 24, 2009
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/47214
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is directed to an apparatus in which recording reservation is registered by using a VPS/PDC signal and at the same time, a television broadcast program can be viewed even within the time window. Consequently, in a television broadcast signal receiving apparatus in which a television broadcast signal superimposed with broadcast start time as teletext data (VPS/PDC signal) is made possible to be recorded by reservation, a reservation recording which uses the VPS/PDC signal is registered and at the same time, channel scan off means 2a for turning off the channel scan when the state is in the time window is provided.

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