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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2007
Broadcast reception device and method for renewing channel information in broadcast reception device
Senichi Furutani, Daito, JP;
Senichi Furutani, Daito, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Daito-shi, JP;
Abstract
A broadcast receiving device comprising: a memory unit for storing a receivable channel information; a determination-information acquiring unit for acquiring determination information to identify a predetermined transmission condition of the transmission path; a determining unit for determining whether the transmission condition has varied, based on the determination information acquired by the determination-information acquiring unit; a detecting unit for detecting a channel of broadcasting signals which are receivable, by conducting an automatic scanning when the determining unit determines that the transmission condition of the transmission path has varied; and a renewing unit for renewing the channel information stored in the channel memory unit, based on a detected result obtained by the detecting unit.