Broadcast receiving apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJongman Heo, Byoungwhan Kim
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Abstract
A broadcast receiving apparatus includes a plurality of tuners configured to be tuned for a broadcast signal; and a processor configured to: make a plurality of operations be assigned to and performed in the plurality of tuners, the plurality of operations being different from one another and being performed in sequence to receive content involved in the broadcast signal, make the assignment of the plurality of operations to the plurality of tuners be varied depending on progress with the plurality of operations, and perform control to receive the content from the broadcast signal.
Claims20
A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of tuners, each tuner of the plurality of tuners configured to be tuned to receive a broadcast signal;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- assign a plurality of operations to be performed in the plurality of tuners, the plurality of operations being different from one another and being performed in sequence to receive content from the broadcast signal,
- vary the assignment of the plurality of operations to be performed in the plurality of tuners depending on a progress of the plurality of operations, and
- receive the content from the broadcast signal.
A method of controlling a broadcast receiving apparatus with a plurality of tuners, each tuner of the plurality of tuners configured to be tuned to receive a broadcast signal, the method comprising:
- performing, by at least one processor of the broadcast receiving apparatus, operations including:
- assigning a plurality of operations, which are different from one another and performed in sequence to receive content from the broadcast signal, to the plurality of tuners;
- varying the assignment of the plurality of operations to the plurality of tuners depending on a progress of the plurality of operations;
- and
- receiving the content from the broadcast signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.