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Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2006
Applicants:

Toshihiro Takagi, Daito, JP;

Kazuhiko Tani, Daito, JP;

Yasunori Matsuda, Daito, JP;

Inventors:

Toshihiro Takagi, Daito, JP;

Kazuhiko Tani, Daito, JP;

Yasunori Matsuda, Daito, JP;

Assignee:

Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Daito-shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed is a television broadcast receiver including: a reception member to receive a television broadcast signal with added time information; an acquirement member to acquire broadcast program information; program information storage member to store the broadcast program information; a time information storage member to store the time information; judgment member to judge whether a time period from interception of a power supply to re-activation is longer than a predetermined time or not, based on time information stored just before the interception and time information received just after the re-activation, the judgment being performed when the power supply of the television broadcast receiver is activated; and acquirement control member to make the acquirement member acquire new broadcast program information when the judgment member judges that the time period is longer than the predetermined time.


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