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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2003
Applicant:
Jens Wildhagen, Weinstadt, DE;
Inventor:
Jens Wildhagen, Weinstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Sony Deutschland GmbH, Cologne, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Many broadcast stations transmit their programs via a variety of different frequencies. The invention relates to monitoring alternative frequencies during the reception of a broadcast signal at a present frequency. Whenever the broadcast signal at an alternative frequency is checked, the receiver's gain is instantaneously switched from a present gain value corresponding to the present frequency to a second gain value corresponding to the alternative frequency. The second gain value is adapted to the supposed signal strength of the broadcast signal at the alternative frequency.