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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:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitsumasa Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348732 ; 348725 ;
Abstract
A channel selecting system for use in a television receiver arranged for receiving a television signal having digital data including digital video data and digital audio data. The broadcasting carrier of the received television signal is detected while changing a receive frequency. A check is made whether the digital data are locked in the vicinity of the receive frequency after the broadcasting carrier is detected.