The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2002
Applicants:
Toshihiro Takagi, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Katayama, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiko Tani, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhide Ishihara, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Toshihiro Takagi, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Katayama, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiko Tani, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhide Ishihara, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a digital/analog broadcast receiver, when an operating unitis manipulated for tuning, an MPU reads, from a received digital broadcast, a carrier frequency that corresponds to a desired virtual channel number; reads, from a ROM, a physical channel number corresponding to the carrier frequency; reads, from the ROM, a carrier frequency range corresponding to the physical channel number; and receives a digital/analog broadcast in the carrier frequency range.