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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1995
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A television receiver includes a broadcasting wave receiving section, image displaying and sound producing sections which operatively and respectively treat video and audio signals issued from the broadcasting wave receiving section, and a control section which controls the broadcasting wave receiving section, the image displaying section and the sound producing section. There are also provided a TV-game terminal for receiving video and audio signals issued from a TV-game playing device; a game mode selection switch for producing a given information signal when reception of the video and audio signals into the image displaying and sound producing sections is required; a power terminal for feeding the TV-game playing device with a direct current electric power thereby to energize the playing device; and an input mode switching circuit which, upon receiving the given information signal from the game mode selection switch, switches to a game mode in which the signals fed to the TV-game terminal are operatively input into the image displaying and sound producing sections.