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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2010
Keiichi Shirasuka, Tokyo, JP;
Daiki Matsuura, Tokyo, JP;
Soichiro Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a digital broadcast reception device that includes a plurality of tuner/demodulator units; a tuning control unit; a current position detection unit for detecting a current position; a channel scan control unit that has one of the plurality of tuner/demodulator units perform tuning for program viewing or listening, and has another one of the plurality of tuner/demodulator units perform a channel scan by tuning to the physical channels sequentially and detecting receivable physical channels; a broadcast area map generation unit for generating broadcast area maps including the receivable physical channels when the channel scan is executed, broadcast service information regarding broadcast content of the physical channels, and receivable position information; and a broadcast area map storage unit for storing the generated broadcast area maps.