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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Takahiro Kurose, Daito, JP;
Toshihiro Takagi, Daito, JP;
Inventors:
Takahiro Kurose, Daito, JP;
Toshihiro Takagi, Daito, JP;
Assignee:
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When, for any channel registered in a channel table, a detecting means detects that no program is being broadcast, a broadcast suspension setting means turns on a flag associated with that channel that indicates broadcast suspension. Also, a tuning reception prohibiting means prohibits a tuning receiving means from receiving tuning of a channel whose associated flag that indicates broadcast suspension is turned on.