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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Applicant:
Hirokazu Suzu, Daito, JP;
Inventor:
Hirokazu Suzu, Daito, JP;
Assignee:
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Daito-shi, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A broadcast receiver is connected to a variable directional antenna qualified as an antenna capable of modifying a reception direction of a broadcast wave. When arriving at a prestored timing, the broadcast receiver executes channel search utilizing the variable directional antenna on the condition that the tuner is not currently in operation. In the channel search, determination is made whether a broadcast wave is valid for reception for all reception directions by the variable directional antenna with respect to each of all prestored frequencies.