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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2011
Applicants:

Tadashi Imai, Chiba, JP;

Takayuki Kaida, Tokyo, JP;

Kunihiko Morozumi, Tokyo, JP;

Katsuki Hirabayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Hitoshi Masumura, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Tadashi Imai, Chiba, JP;

Takayuki Kaida, Tokyo, JP;

Kunihiko Morozumi, Tokyo, JP;

Katsuki Hirabayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Hitoshi Masumura, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/20 (2006.01); H04N 5/50 (2006.01); H03J 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/20 (2013.01); H03J 1/0083 (2013.01);
Abstract

A reception device includes a first input terminal receiving a first television broadcast signal of a first frequency band or a mixed wave of the first television broadcast signal and a second television broadcast signal of a second frequency band; a second input terminal receiving the second television broadcast signal; first and second tuner; a matching unit extracting a second broadcast signal from a broadcast signal received from a first circuit terminal and outputting the extracted second broadcast signal from a second circuit terminal; a first connection portion selectively performing a connection between the first input terminal and the first circuit terminal of the matching unit; and a second connection portion setting an input path of the second television broadcast signal to the second tuner to a path from the second input terminal or a path from the second circuit terminal of the matching unit.


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