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US 2010/0169925 A1Published application
Broadcast receiver and output control method thereof
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorMasatoshi Takegoshi
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AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorMasatoshi Takegoshi
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According to one embodiment, a broadcast receiver is configured to receive a broadcast signal and output the broadcast signal to an external device. The broadcast receiver includes a program information obtaining module, a storage module, and a channel selection detector. The program information obtaining module obtains program information from the broadcast signal. The storage module stores the program information obtained by the program information obtaining module. The channel selection detector detects an operation of selecting a channel. When the channel selection detector detects that a channel is selected, the broadcast receiver controls the external device to mute audio output. The channel selection detector also reads program information corresponding to the selected channel from the storage module and output the program information.
A broadcast receiver configured to receive a broadcast signal and output the broadcast signal to an external device, the broadcast receiver comprising:
A broadcast receiver configured to receive a broadcast signal and to output the broadcast signal to an external device, the broadcast receiver comprising a category information obtaining module configured to obtain first category information indicating category of a first program currently being displayed from the broadcast signal, wherein
An output control method applied to a broadcast receiver configured to receive a broadcast signal and to output the broadcast signal to an external device, the output control method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.