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Sony Corporation

Sony Electronics Inc

David L McNamara

Damien Kessler

Melvin A Behring

A digital television autoprogramming and tuning method and apparatus. In a digital television which can tune both MPEG 2 and PSIP format signals, a method of tuning uses one or more tables of information populated during an autoprogramming process. For MPEG 2 channels, the physical channel equals the major channel number and can be directly tuned. For PSIP channels, the major channel indexes a TSID which is used to determine a physical channel. If the TSID does not correspond to the correct program, the correct TSID is determined from the Program Specific Information in the data transport streamand the system re-tunes to the correct physical channel. The autoprogramming process sequentially steps through each physical channel and populates the autoprogramming tables with information about each channel it finds, saving only a single TSID for a given major PSIP channel.

Autoprogramming for digital television

A digital television autoprogramming and tuning method and apparatus. In a digital television which can tune both MPEG 2 and PSIP format signals, a method of tuning uses one or more tables of information populated during an autoprogramming process. For MPEG 2 channels, the physical channel equals the major channel number and can be directly tuned. For PSIP channels, the major channel indexes a TSID which is used to determine a physical channel. If the TSID does not correspond to the correct program, the correct TSID is determined from the Program Specific Information in the data transport stream and the system re-tunes to the correct physical channel. The autoprogramming process sequentially steps through each physical channel and populates the autoprogramming tables with information about each channel it finds, saving only a single TSID for a given major PSIP channel.

Channel control for digital television

An apparatus (10) is disclosed for completely flushing transmission fluid from a transmission in a vehicle (12). The apparatus includes a storage tank (18) which is connected to a cooler line (38, 40) extending between the transmission and a transmission cooler (radiator) so that the vehicle transmission pumps the used transmission fluid directly into the storage tank. Simultaneously, replacement fluid is supplied from a supply tank (20) and pumped into the dipstick tube (32) of the transmission by a suitable pump (22). In this manner, the used fluid is quickly and completely flushed from the transmission.

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Boise, ID, United States of America

David L McNamara