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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2009
Yuuka Fujinaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Shuntaro Aratani, Machida, JP;
Kazuna Maruyama, Fuchu, JP;
Eito Sakakima, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Ukawa, Komae, JP;
Satoshi Hanamitsu, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Mito, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuuka Fujinaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Shuntaro Aratani, Machida, JP;
Kazuna Maruyama, Fuchu, JP;
Eito Sakakima, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Ukawa, Komae, JP;
Satoshi Hanamitsu, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Mito, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A television apparatus includes a plurality of receiving units. The television apparatus includes a first receiving unit configured to receive a channel which broadcasts a program whose video image is displayed on a display unit, a second receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of channels while the video image is being displayed, a program information management unit configured to store genre information about programs broadcasted on the plurality of channels, and a control unit configured to determine a periodic check order of receiving the plurality of channels based on the genre information about the programs read by the program information management unit and to control the second receiving unit to periodically check and receive the plurality of channels according to the periodic check order.