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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2009
Joon-soo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hae-joo Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Young-jin Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for scanning channels of a broadcast receiver are provided. The channel scanning method includes determining whether to perform an entire channel scanning operation or a partial channel scanning operation in response to a channel scan command, if the entire channel scanning operation is determined to be performed, performing the entire channel scanning operation by scanning all channels and storing channel information regarding a channel in which a broadcast signal exists in a channel map, and if the partial channel scanning operation is determined to be performed, performing the partial channel scanning operation by scanning a channel which is not registered in a pre-created channel map, and storing channel information regarding the non-registered channel in which a broadcast signals exists in the non-registered channel map.