Funai Electric Company Ltd.

The University of Electro-communications

Dx Antenna Company, Limited

Takehiro Onomatsu

Shusuke Narita

Eiji Shibuya

Nobuo Nakajima

Hideto Yoshimura

Koichi Gyoda

Yoshihisa Nagamura

Kazuhiko Yamamoto

Toshihiro Takagi

Yoshihiro Yamanishi

Kentaro Eto

A printer includes a communication circuit that communicates with an external device, a printing instruction receiver that receives a printing instruction, a controller that determines a printing amount based on a state of the communication with the external device, and a printing unit that executes printing based on the printing instruction and the printing amount.

Printer and printing system

Disclosed is a television broadcast receiving/recording device that receives a digital broadcast signal or an analogue broadcast signal, and outputs and records a video/audio signal of a selected channel, including a recording section to record predetermined type digital data including video data and audio data generated based on a received broadcast signal; a program information obtaining section to obtain program information through a predetermined path; a program information analyzing section to analyze the program information obtained by the program information obtaining section; a program recording control section which makes the program information analyzing section analyze the program information including a program which is being watched, thereby setting reservation to record a program when a recording command is input while watching the program; and an input section to input the recording command to the program recording control section by a single input operation to execute the reservation setting of recording.

Television broadcast receiving/recording device

The present invention discloses a television that includes: a power circuit; a tuner for receiving television broadcasting signals; a display for displaying an image according to image signals based on the television broadcasting signals; a speaker for outputting a sound according to audio signals based on the television broadcasting signals; a connecting terminal for connecting to a player device that is capable of playing a media file; a connection detecting unit for detecting that the player device is connected to the connecting terminal; a charging unit for charging a battery of the player device in case the player device is connected to the connecting terminal; and a charge preventing unit for preventing the charging unit from charging the battery according to a user's operation.

Television

A digital tuner equipped with a recording media reproduction device outputs digital content to an externally connected monitor device. The digital content includes digital content obtained by receiving a digital broadcast signal via a tuner and digital content previously recorded in a HD device and read therefrom. Whenever a user operates a remote controller to performs a common operation via a key to select and switch digital content to be output to the monitor device, digital content provided by a digital broadcast signal or that recorded in the HD device is sequentially selected. The selected digital content is obtained by the tuner or the HD device and provided to a decoder. The decoder receives and decodes the digital content and outputs it to the monitor device.

Digital broadcast reception apparatus with an improved function to switch content output and method of switching content output

The present invention discloses a television receiving system comprising: a smart antenna having a receiving unit that electrically switches directions of receiving television broadcasting signals and a connecting portion that is detachably connected to the receiving unit; and a television receiver couple with the receiving unit though the connecting portion and having a holding portion that holds the receiving unit detached from the connecting portion on a rear surface of the television receiver where is opposite to a front surface displaying videos.

Television receiving system

Disclosed is a broadcast receiving apparatus including an analog time information extracting member to extract time information included in an analog broadcast signal; a digital time information extracting member to extract time information included in a digital broadcast signal; a time setting member to automatically set time of the clock in accordance with time information; a display control member to output and display a setting screen to set a channel for time setting, the setting screen being used to set which broadcast channel is selected, the channel including time information which is used by the time setting member to set time of the clock; and an operation input unit to input operation command from external.

Broadcast receiving apparatus

Disclosed is a television broadcast signal receiving apparatus including: a selection section to select any one of the first antenna and the second antenna according to a frequency; a detection section to detect a reception level; a channel setting section to set a channel as a receivable channel when the reception level of a broadcast signal at the channel is a predetermined level or more; a control section; and an operation section, wherein the channel setting section includes: a frequency band setting section, wherein the frequency band setting section sets the frequency band of the broadcast signal within the channel is set, and the control section allows the selection section to select the first antenna for the broadcast signal of the first frequency band and to select the second antenna for the broadcast signal of the second frequency band, based on the set frequency band.

Television broadcast signal receiving apparatus

A television broadcast signal receiving system including an antenna apparatus including a first antenna which can receive a broadcast signal in a first frequency band and a second antenna which can receive a broadcast signal in a second frequency band and a television broadcast signal receiving apparatus including a selection unit for selecting the first antenna or the second antenna according to a frequency of a broadcast signal which is to be received, a detecting unit for detecting a receiving level of a received signal which is received by the first antenna or the second antenna, a channel setting unit for setting a channel of the broadcast signal in which the receiving level detected by the detecting unit is not less than a predetermined value as a receivable channel, and a control unit for controlling each operation of the selection unit, the detecting unit, and the channel setting unit.

Television broadcast signal receiving system, television broadcast signal receiving apparatus, and antenna apparatus

With a power supply provided for a smart antenna, whether the antenna is connected is determined according to whether the power supply is connected. When it is determined that the smart antenna is not connected, power supply to units related only to controlling of the smart antenna is stopped, whereby power saving is realized. Further, user's setting for discriminating kinds of antennas becomes unnecessary and, when a smart antenna is not connected, power supply for the same can be prevented.

The present invention discloses a television that includes a speaker; a display; a tuner for receiving television broadcasting signals and generates first sound signals and first image signals based on the television broadcasting signals; a connecting terminal for connecting to a player device having an operation panel generating operation commands according to user's operations; an operation macro outputting unit for outputting an operation macro same as a plurality of the operation commands to the player device in order to make the player device perform consecutive operations, through the connecting terminal.

Television having a connecting terminal for connecting a player device

The present invention discloses a television includes a power circuit; a power circuit; a speaker; a display; a tuner for receiving television broadcasting signals and for generating first audio signals and first image signals based on the television broadcasting signals; a connecting terminal for connecting the television and a player device, a signal accepting unit for accepting second audio signals and second image signals generated by the player device; and a switching unit for switching the television to a first player device mode where each of the speaker and the display outputs each of the second audio signals and the second image signals in case both of the second audio signals and second image signals are accepted by the signal accepting unit, and switching the television to a second player device mode where the speaker outputs the second audio signals and the display displays a dummy image in case only the second audio signals are accepted by the signal accepting unit.

The present invention discloses a smart antenna that includes: a switch unit that switches a direction for receiving radio waves; and an outer covering unit that covers the smart antenna and is made of an insulating material.

Smart antenna

A television receiving apparatusincludes a television receiver, and a smart antennahaving directivity capable of being electrically changed so as to match radio waves to be received. A handleis provided with a mechanism holding the smart antennatherein, fixed to the television receiverand capable of changing the distance between the smart antennaand the television receiveras an antenna holding box. The antenna having directivity capable of being electrically changed so as to match with radio waves to be received is disposed so that the aesthetic appearance can be improved and the signal receiving sensitivity of the antenna can be enhanced.

Television receiving apparatus

When a channel of a digital TV broadcasting is selected, a direction information of the channel, which is stored in a channel setting table, is set in a smart antenna and then, in a case of a signal absence state of a broadcasting signal or when a reduction of receiving signal intensity is detected, an optimal directivity direction, in which the broadcasting signal is reproducible and the receiving state of the wave is optimal, is determined by switching (scanning) the directivity direction of the smart antenna. And, the determined directivity direction is stored in the channel setting table as the direction information of a current channel and the directivity direction is set in the smart antenna.

Broadcast receiver

A holding partfixedly holds a shaftincluded in a smart antennaon a television receiver. The smart antennais held fixedly by the holding part. The shaftof the smart antennais provided with an openingin a part thereof distant from a part thereof held by the holding part. A wiringis extended outside from the shaftthrough the openingand is connected to the television receiver

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Osaka, Japan

Takehiro Onomatsu