Broadcast station selection method by language of program audio and electronic equipment including the same
AssigneeOrion Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorToshihiro Sakon
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Abstract
To select broadcast stations for broadcasting in a language desired for viewing by a user as a list out of the broadcast stations for broadcasting with multiple audios. A channel scan is performed to airwaves over the entire frequency band, language information codes included in the airwaves transmitted from the broadcast stations are identified and stored by a microcontroller 4, and the broadcast stations are classified by the language information code and displayed as a list so as to easily grasp the broadcast stations for broadcasting in the language desired for viewing by the user.
Claims7
A broadcast station selection method by a language of a program audio for an electronic equipment comprising:
- tuning means capable of receiving digital television airwaves which are transmitted in a data structure allowed to have multiple pieces of audio data and including a language information code indicating language information corresponding to the multiple pieces of audio data;
- audio/video output means for outputting an audio/video signal received by the tuning means to a display or an external display device;
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- control means for controlling the device, characterized in that:
- a channel scan is performed by the tuning means;
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- on receiving an effective broadcast, the control means stores the language information code included in the effective broadcast and classifies and lists broadcast stations by the language information code to output the list by the audio/video output means after finishing the channel scan for entire receivable frequencies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.