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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2005
Takehiro Onomatsu, Osaka, JP;
Shusuke Narita, Osaka, JP;
Takehiro Onomatsu, Osaka, JP;
Shusuke Narita, Osaka, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
When setting reception channels, channel information and the direction information of a smart antenna are erased from a memory, and thereafter, the broadcast of a predetermined channel is automatically received while the direction of the directivity of the smart antenna is being switched in all directions. From among all the directions of the directionalities, the direction of the directivity as is capable of receiving and reproducing the broadcast of the predetermined channel best is determined, whereupon the channel information of the predetermined channel and the direction information of the determined direction of the directivity are automatically stored in the memory in association with each other.