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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1995
Yutaro Ishikawa, Kawagoe, JP;
Toshiyuki Kimura, Kawagoe, JP;
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo-to, JP;
Abstract
An automatic station selecting and receiving apparatus mounted on a movable body is provided with: a memory unit for storing information indicating a tendency of programs and information indicating a broadcast frequency as for each of the broadcasting stations in association with a plurality of regional blocks obtained by dividing a whole region, where the broadcasting stations exist, into a plurality of blocks; an operation unit for specifying a desirable tendency of programs to be received; a current block detection unit for detecting one regional block including a position where the movable body is currently positioned; a station selection unit for selecting one of broadcasting stations, which is positioned in the detected one regional block and which has the specified tendency of programs, according to the stored information indicating the tendency of programs; and a receiving unit for receiving an electric wave of the broadcast frequency corresponding the selected one of the broadcasting stations according to the stored information indicating the broadcast frequency.