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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2002
Toshihiro Takagi, Takatsuki, JP;
Manabu Yamamoto, Mukou, JP;
Yasuhiro Inui, Yao, JP;
Yusuke Nishida, Ikoma, JP;
Toshihiro Takagi, Takatsuki, JP;
Manabu Yamamoto, Mukou, JP;
Yasuhiro Inui, Yao, JP;
Yusuke Nishida, Ikoma, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Daito-shi, JP;
Abstract
A channel selection device of the invention used in a digital/analog broadcasting receiver, upon reception of a channel changing instruction sent from input device, tries to select a desired channel by referencing its VCT if it can find channel information in a memory and, if it could not find the desired channel and failed in channel selection, obtains the latest VCT to thereby select such a channel in the VCT that has the smallest sub-channel number in the same main channel or select such a channel that has the smallest sub-channel number in the same physical channel. Thus, if a channel specified in the channel changing instruction sent from the user has no broadcast therethrough and failed to be selected, an appropriate channel is selected automatically, thus avoiding a state that nothing is displayed on the display.