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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/251 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/4516 (2013.01); H04N 21/4524 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention includes (i) a tuner () for preferentially receiving broadcast waves () for carrying television programs () list-displayed near a television program () carried by a broadcast wave () rather than a broadcast wave for carrying television programs which are list-displayed away from the television program () and (ii) an information obtaining section () for obtaining thumbnails () representing the television programs () from the broadcast waves () received by the tuner ().