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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2005
Takehiro Onomatsu, Osaka, JP;
Shusuke Narita, Osaka, JP;
Takehiro Onomatsu, Osaka, JP;
Shusuke Narita, Osaka, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A broadcast receiver for receiving a broadcasting of a prescribed channel transmitted from a broadcasting station by a directivity switching antenna capable of switching directivity to a plurality of preset directions, includes a control unit for controlling the directivity switching antenna to switch a directive direction, a memory for storing channel information showing the prescribed channel and direction information showing the directive direction of the directivity switching antenna, and an instructing unit for allowing a user to instruct the prescribed channel to be set as a receiving channel. When the instructing unit instructs the user to set the prescribed channel as the receiving channel, the control unit stores only the channel information of the prescribed channel in the memory.