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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2002
Laurent Chatelier, Geveze, FR;
Stéphane Allie, St Armel, FR;
Pierre Mauclair, Cesson Sévigné, FR;
Nicolas Marce, Bruz, FR;
Jean-luc Jumpertz, Rennes, FR;
René Gauthier, Arzon, FR;
Laurent Chatelier, Geveze, FR;
Stéphane Allie, St Armel, FR;
Pierre Mauclair, Cesson Sévigné, FR;
Nicolas Marce, Bruz, FR;
Jean-Luc Jumpertz, Rennes, FR;
René Gauthier, Arzon, FR;
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The invention reduces the time required for automatically searching for channels on a device receiving channels of various widths. The invention proposes a channel detection process which carries out successive passes with frequency spacings corresponding to channels of a specific width. During each pass, only the channels corresponding to the specific width are searched for. The invention also pertains to a multichannel reception device comprising the means required for the operation of the process.