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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. 19, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shunichi Hamadate, Saitama-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348568 ; 348563 ; 348564 ; 348565 ; 348732 ;
Abstract
According to the preset mode instructions from the operating part 111, data of a plurality of channels to be included in the search screen are input from the operating part 111. These channel data are transferred to the second channel selection controlling part 109 for storage. When preparing, a search screen, these stored channel data are used for constituting a search screen, which is displayed on the displaying part 112. The channels desired or frequently watched by the user alone are searched and their images are displayed on the multiple-division screen as still pictures.