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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2000
Yoshiaki Minami, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A digital broadcast is received by a receiving unit , and is output from a speaker . During a waiting time for changing-over of channels, or the like, a control unit causes a holding sound generating unit generate a holding sound as a waiting signal. The holding sound is an intermittent synthetic sound, whose pitch is shortened according to the remainder of the waiting time. In another embodiment, the channel selected by a user is received and output with one receiving unit, and at the same time, the channels other than the selected channel are received and stored with another receiving unit. During the waiting time due to the changing-over of channels, received signals of the selected channel are read out and output. A user can be informed of the content of a broadcast during the waiting time.
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