Remote controller for broadcasting receiver, broadcasting receiver, information recorded medium, and channel setting method
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorToru Shibusawa
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Abstract
A paper medium having a bar code printed thereon is distributed to a viewer as a leaflet or the like. The bar code has channel setting information related to a certain area recorded thereon. The channel setting information is stored in a nonvolatile memory by reading the bar code using a reader in a broadcasting receiver. If a button corresponding to a preset number in a remote controller is pressed, the receiver acquires a physical channel number using the channel setting information, to perform channel selection processing.
Claims26
A broadcasting receiver comprising:
- a reader for reading from a medium having channel setting information recorded thereon the channel setting information;
- a rewritable nonvolatile memory storing the read channel setting information;
- and
- means for judging a channel to be selected on the basis of a remote control signal for channel selection transmitted from a remote controller and said channel setting information.
In a remote controller for a broadcasting receiver that carries out channel selection control of the broadcasting receiver, a remote controller for a broadcasting receiver comprising:
- a reader for reading from a medium having channel setting information recorded thereon the channel setting information;
- and
- transmission means for transmitting to the broadcasting receiver the whole or a part of the read channel setting information.
In a remote controller for a broadcasting receiver that carries out channel selection control of the broadcasting receiver, a remote controller for a broadcasting receiver comprising:
- a reader for reading from a medium having channel setting information recorded thereon the channel setting information;
- a rewritable nonvolatile memory storing the read channel setting information;
- and
- means for generating a remote control signal on the basis of the contents of an operation and the channel setting information.
A broadcasting receiver comprising:
- means for storing in a rewritable nonvolatile memory channel setting information transmitted from a remote controller for the broadcasting receiver;
- and
- means for judging a channel to be selected on the basis of a remote control signal for channel selection transmitted from said remote controller for the broadcasting receiver and said channel setting information.
A broadcasting receiver comprising:
- means for storing in a rewritable nonvolatile memory channel setting information transmitted from a remote controller for the broadcasting receiver;
- and
- means for setting a channel to be received after release of a stand-by state on the basis of priority channel information included in said channel setting information.
An information recorded medium, wherein
- the information recorded medium has a distributable form, and
- channel setting information is recorded in a readable state by any one of reading utilizing light, reading utilizing magnetism, and reading utilizing weak radio waves.
A channel setting method comprising:
- the step of transmitting channel setting information to a communication device by communication such that the channel setting information can be read utilizing light by being printed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.