US 2003/0227569 A1 · Automatic control apparatus and method for adaptively optimizing television viewing conditions

Abstract

There is provided a TV automatic control apparatus and method for adaptively optimizing TV viewing conditions in accordance with a type of TV program. The automatic control apparatus includes a memory storing information on a TV viewing condition in a corresponding area of a control mode table, categorized by programs; a TV signal receiving unit receiving TV signals; a demultiplexer separating video signals, audio signals, and additional information signals from the received TV signals; a controller determining the type of the current program, reading the information on TV viewing conditions, which corresponds to the type of the current program from the memory, and setting up TV viewing conditions according to the information read from the memory; and a signal processor processing the video signals and the audio signals output from the demultiplexer in accordance with the TV viewing conditions.

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Dependent claims

An automatic control apparatus for adaptively optimizing television (TV) viewing conditions in a TV signal processing device, comprising:

a memory that stores information indicative of a viewing condition in a corresponding area of a control mode table, wherein said information is categorized according to at least program;
a signal receiving unit that receives a signal;
a demultiplexer that separates a video signal, an audio signal, and an additional information signal from the received signal;
a controller that determines a type of a current program, reads the information on the viewing condition, which corresponds to the type of the current program, from the memory, and sets up the viewing condition according to the information read from the memory;
and
a signal processor that processes the video signal and the audio signal output from the demultiplexer in accordance with the viewing condition.

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