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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2008
Jiro Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Jiro Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a digital broadcast receiving apparatus configured to receive terrestrial digital television broadcasting and satellite digital broadcasting, including: a terrestrial digital tuner; a satellite digital tuner; a demodulating block configured to demodulate a reception signal of the terrestrial digital television broadcasting with an output supplied from the terrestrial digital tuner, and, at the same time, demodulate a reception signal of the satellite digital broadcasting with an output supplied from the satellite digital tuner; a terrestrial digital tuner control block; a satellite digital tuner control block; and a switching block configured to switch output terminals of the demodulating block in accordance with a positional arrangement of the terrestrial digital tuner and the satellite digital tuner relative to the demodulating block.