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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Pioneer Electronic Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348 10 ; 348 12 ; 455-51 ; 455-62 ;
Abstract
A terminal device for a CATV system is described which includes a microcomputer for controlling the operation of the terminal device. The type of module which is connected to an input/output port of the microcomputer is recognized by a recognizing element and information identifying the recognized kind of module is displayed on a display in response to a predetermined operation of a keyboard.