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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1996
Yasuo Tanishima, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A cable television network for transmitting video signals to subscribers through cables, comprising a video channel selection type radio transmission apparatus on a cable branch side in the network and a video channel selection type radio reception apparatus on a subscriber side. The video channel selection type radio transmission apparatus includes a channel selector for selecting a video signal for a channel designated by a channel selection signal which is transmitted from the subscriber. Also included are a frequency converter for converting the frequency of the selected video signal to a predetermined radio frequency and transmitting the video signal, and a receiver for the channel selection signal transmitted from the subscriber, and a controller of the video signal selecting operation of the channel selector. The radio reception apparatus includes a receiver for a video signal transmitted from the radio transmission apparatus, converting the received video signal to a predetermined frequency and transmitting the video signal to a television receiver of the subscriber, and a radio wave transmitter for transmitting the channel selection signal for designating the channel selected by the subscriber.