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Broadcast receiver with selective scanning and signal retrieval

US7689161B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 2005
Grant dateMar 30, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q3/24
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A broadcast receiver for receiving airwaves by a directional switching antenna capable of switching directivity in a plurality of directions, includes a control unit for performing signal return processing for making a return to a normal reception state when it becomes impossible to receive the airwaves by the antenna. The signal return processing includes a plurality of signal return processings of different kinds. When impossibility of reception occurs, the control unit selects optimum signal return processing from among the plurality of signal return processings according to predetermined conditions and executes the selected signal return processing.

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