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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
May. 27, 2005
Applicant:
Michiaki Hiraoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Michiaki Hiraoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tuner partfor receiving broadcast waves of a channel specified, a key operation partincluding plural channel selection buttons B corresponding to channels, and a control partfor performing control so as to be able to visually distinguish a channel selection button B corresponding to a channel capable of being received by the tuner partfrom other channel selection buttons B among the plurality of channel selection buttons B are provided, so that notification of a receivable channel can be provided surely.