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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2007
Applicant:
Noriyuki Yoshigahara, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Noriyuki Yoshigahara, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A channel selection order to receive, from each channel, program data corresponding to a designated partial period is determined based on the start timing of the reception and the receiving timing of each of N program data received for each channel. A channel is selected in accordance with the determined order, and program data transmitted from the broadcast device of the selected channel is received.