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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:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Rae Shintani, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenichiro Toyoshima, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 ;
Abstract
In a television signal receiver having two or more tuners, initial channel mapping can be expedited by simultaneously using all tuners in parallel to map the receivable channels. A processor controls the application of television signals from one or more sources to the two or more tuners and controls the channel mapping function of both tuners simultaneously.