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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Takaki, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Sirasuka, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A digital broadcast receiving device () includes: a same broadcast station determination unit () that determines that a broadcast station broadcasting programs with the same broadcast times as the broadcast times of programs broadcast by a selected broadcast station in a predetermined interval in program schedules included in broadcast station information stored in a broadcast station information storage unit () is the same broadcast station as the selected broadcast station, generates same broadcast station information associating the selected broadcast station with the broadcast station determined to be the same broadcast station, and stores the same broadcast station information in the broadcast station information storage unit (); and a station selection control unit () that, when reception deterioration is detected, controls the broadcast receiving unit () so as to switch the broadcast station selection over to a same broadcast station as determined by the same broadcast station determination unit () or to a broadcast station indicated by the same broadcast station information stored in the broadcast station information storage unit ().