Program viewing regulation device and television receiver equipped with the device
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorTakahiro Miyakoshi
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Abstract
The invention provides a television receiver which comprises a setting key to be manipulated for setting RATING information, a decoder 4 for extracting RATING information from V-chip signal, a memory 5 for storing RATING information, and a control circuit 1 for reading RATING information from the decoder 4 when the user depresses the setting key and storing the read RATING information in the memory 5. This construction assures a facilitated procedure for setting RATING information and enables the user to set desired RATING information even if the user fails to understand the meanings of the symbols representing the RATING information, further enabling the user to reliably prohibit viewing of programs of a level contemplated by the user.
Claims6
A program viewing regulation device which comprises:
- a manual key to be manipulated for setting viewing prohibiting information,
- memory means for storing viewing prohibiting information,
- information processing means for extracting viewing prohibiting information from the video signal of a program being viewed when the manual key is manipulated and storing the extracted viewing prohibiting information in the memory means, and
- control means operable when the viewing prohibiting information is stored in the memory means to check whether a prohibition is laid against viewing a program based on the stored viewing prohibiting information and viewing prohibiting information contained in the video signal of the program and to make it impossible to view the program upon finding the prohibition.
A television receiver equipped with a program viewing regulation device which comprises:
- a manual key to be manipulated for setting viewing prohibiting information,
- memory means for storing viewing prohibiting information,
- information processing means for extracting viewing prohibiting information from the video signal of a program being viewed when the manual key is manipulated and storing the extracted viewing prohibiting information in the memory means, and
- control means operable when the viewing prohibiting information is stored in the memory means to check whether a prohibition is laid against viewing a program based on the stored viewing prohibiting information and viewing prohibiting information contained in the video signal of the program and to make it impossible to view the program upon finding the prohibition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.