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AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshifumi Muramoto
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A television receiver includes a closed-caption signal demodulator, an existence-of-closed-caption-signal discriminator located upstream of the demodulator, and a character memory for supplying a simple character, meaning that a closed-caption signal exists in an image signal, onto the screen of the television receiver. This simple character is supplied to the screen upon receipt of a discrimination signal, indicating that a closed-caption signal, exists in an image signal from the existence-of-closed-caption-signal discriminator. With this television receiver, the user can recognize, at a time prior to actual selection of closed-caption signal demodulation, whether or not a closed-caption signal exists, in an image signal.
A television receiver for closed-caption broadcast in which an image signal and a closed-caption signal are to be displayed on a viewable screen of the receiver, comprising:
A decoder, for closed-caption broadcast, which receives an input image signal of television broadcast, samples a closed-caption signal for closed-caption broadcast and mixes the closed-caption signal with the image signal, said decoder comprising:
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