摘要:
A television receiver is connected to a smart antenna, and comprises: a tuner for receiving, and measuring signal intensity of, a television signal; an OSD superimposer for superimposing, on the television signal, an image indicating an active receiving direction of the antenna; and a microprocessor for outputting, to the antenna and respective elements of the television receiver, various signals including a receiving direction control signal. Based on the signal intensity, the microprocessor determines the active receiving direction of the antenna, and outputs a receiving direction control signal to the antenna, and further outputs a signal indicating the active receiving direction of the antenna to the OSD superimposer which is connected to a monitor for image display. The antenna comprises: a control unit for making active one receiving direction commanded by the receiving direction control signal; and a display for displaying the commanded receiving direction. A user can easily recognize the receiving direction of the antenna, either at the television receiver site or the antenna site.
摘要:
A digital/analog broadcast receiving device has either in a first setting mode (proficient mode) in which whole of setting items can be changed without any limitation and a second setting mode (beginner mode) in which the setting items can be changed with some limitation. The receiving device is set in the second setting mode at the time of shipment from a factory. On the screen displaying thereon a setting menu including setting items for a various operations, such a setting item that cannot be changed is not displayed or prevented from being selected. Thus, the menu items that are desired not to be touched by a beginner user etc. can be prevented from being displayed or selected, so as to improve the operability and also protect the settings.
摘要:
A TV broadcast receiver measures, at least two times, a signal intensity in a maximum receiving direction and a signal intensity in the 180 degree opposite receiving direction among 16 receiving directions of a smart antenna. If the signal intensity in the maximum receiving direction is significantly different from that in the opposite receiving direction, it determines that the smart antenna is connected. If the signal intensity in the maximum receiving direction is substantially the same as that in the opposite receiving direction, it determines that the smart antenna is disconnected. It displays messages of the connection and disconnection of the smart antenna on a monitor.This makes it possible to quickly determine whether the antenna connected to the TV broadcast receiver is a smart antenna or a stationary unidirectional antenna.
摘要:
In a broadcasting system including a broadcasting transmitter (10) for transmitting image and audio data and a broadcasting receiver (20) equipped with a recording medium (11), the broadcasting transmitter adds reuse information to a data to be reused and transmits the data, and the broadcasting transmitter transmits reuse instruct information when it instructs to reuse, and the broadcasting receiver records the data with the reuse information on the recording medium, and the broadcasting receiver reads out the data with the designated reuse information from the recording medium and reproduces the data when the reuse instruct information is issued.
摘要:
A TV broadcast receiver measures, at least two times, a signal intensity in a maximum receiving direction and a signal intensity in the 180 degree opposite receiving direction among 16 receiving directions of a smart antenna. If the signal intensity in the maximum receiving direction is significantly different from that in the opposite receiving direction, it determines that the smart antenna is connected. If the signal intensity in the maximum receiving direction is substantially the same as that in the opposite receiving direction, it determines that the smart antenna is disconnected. It displays messages of the connection and disconnection of the smart antenna on a monitor. This makes it possible to quickly determine whether the antenna connected to the TV broadcast receiver is a smart antenna or a stationary unidirectional antenna.
摘要:
A multi-directional antenna connected with a digital television broadcast signal receiver is arranged not to move one full turn instantaneously in response to an abrupt drop down in the intensity of a received signal thus to avoid any downward overshooting of the intensity of the received signal and eliminate any useless direction searching time while remains favorably controlled to face in the direction where the intensity of the received signal is at optimum. More specifically, the maximum of the intensity of a received signal at each channel is measured and the threshold is set to a level lower than the maximum. When the intensity of a received signal has dropped down from the threshold, the antenna remains not turned within a predetermined period of marginal time. The antenna is moved one full turn only when the intensity drops down from the threshold and stays continuously over the predetermined period of marginal time. Then, the maximum of the intensity of the received signal is modified and stored for future use.
摘要:
A broadcast receiving apparatus includes an NIM having a digital terrestrial wave processing unit for processing a received broadcast signal as required for digital terrestrial broadcast and a digital cable processing unit for processing a received broadcast signal as required for digital cable broadcast, and a signal acquisition determining circuit for determining whether a received broadcast signal is for digital terrestrial broadcast or digital cable broadcast, based on waveform characteristic of the received broadcast signal. A CPU causes selected one of the digital terrestrial processing unit and the digital cable processing unit of the NIM to execute the signal processing, based on acquisition result information of the signal acquisition determining circuit.
摘要:
A picture and audio recording apparatus that manages record positions of contents by using a management table, saves only one contents among overlapping contents recorded on a recording medium and erases other overlapping contents; stores information about which one of saved contents is the same as the erased contents in a management table; and looks up the management table for reproducing the same contents that are recorded when reproduction of the erased contents is instructed.
摘要:
A TV receiver preliminarily measures and stores, in a memory, data of best receiving directions, each giving maximum signal intensity, of a multi-directional antenna for receivable channels. When the antenna rotationally shifts physically for some reason, one channel is selected and subjected to measurements by an omni-directional scanning again to determine a new best receiving direction. A receiving direction number difference between the stored best receiving direction and the new best receiving direction of the same channel is determined. Using the receiving direction number difference for the one channel, all data stored in the memory are renewed at one time, the data being the best receiving direction numbers and the signal intensities therefor for all the channels. The antenna direction can be quickly adjusted to the rotational shift by new measurements for one channel, without requiring time to make unnecessary measurements for all channels, achieving a best receiving condition steadily.
摘要:
A multi-directional antenna connected with a digital television broadcast signal receiver is arranged not to move one full turn instantaneously in response to an abrupt drop down in the intensity of a received signal thus to avoid any downward overshooting of the intensity of the received signal and eliminate any useless direction searching time while remains favorably controlled to face in the direction where the intensity of the received signal is at optimum. More specifically, the maximum of the intensity of a received signal at each channel is measured and the threshold is set to a level lower than the maximum. When the intensity of a received signal has dropped down from the threshold, the antenna remains not turned within a predetermined period of marginal time. The antenna is moved one full turn only when the intensity drops down from the threshold and stays continuously over the predetermined period of marginal time. Then, the maximum of the intensity of the received signal is modified and stored for future use.