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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2007
Masami Aizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Tokoro, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Aizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Tokoro, Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A receiver includes a receiving section configured to receive digital broadcasts; a demodulating section configured to demodulate a signal received by the receiving section and output a frame-based signal including a plurality of symbols; a detecting section configured to detect a symbol position in a frame-based signal provided from the demodulating section; a decoding section configured to decode a frame-based signal from the demodulating section in accordance with a symbol position; a symbol counter configured to output a count output specifying a symbol position in a signal decoded in the decoding section; and a control section configured to control counting of the symbol counter on the basis of a symbol position detected by the detecting section and on a count value of the symbol counter.