Emergency alert signaling method and digital television receiver
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJin Pil Kim
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Abstract
A digital television receiver includes a tuner receiving a digital television signal including a DCCT, a demodulator demodulating the digital television signal, and a demultiplexer demultiplexing the DCCT from the demodulated signal. The receiver further includes a decoder parsing channel ID information and a priority code from the DCCT, where the channel ID information specifies an emergency alert channel associated with an emergency alert event and the priority code specifies an alert priority of the emergency alert event. The receiver further includes a controller that controls operation of the tuner to automatically tune to the emergency alert channel based upon the alert priority.
Claims10
An emergency alert signaling method for use by a terrestrial digital television (DTV) receiver, the method comprising:
- receiving a digital television signal including a direct channel change table (DCCT) from a broadcast transmitter, wherein the DCCT contains a priority code, a dcc selection type field of the DCCT and channel ID information;
- parsing the channel ID information and the priority code from the DCCT, wherein the channel ID information specifies an emergency alert channel associated with an emergency alert event and the priority code specifies an alert priority of the emergency alert event;
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- automatically tuning to the emergency alert channel based upon the alert priority.
A digital television receiver, comprising:
- a tuner arranged to receive a digital television signal including a direct channel change table (DCCT) from a broadcast transmitter, wherein the DCCT contains a priority code, a dcc selection type field of the DCCT and channel ID information;
- a demodulator arranged to demodulate the digital television signal;
- a demultiplexer arranged to demultiplex the DCCT from the demodulated television signal;
- a decoder arranged to parse the channel ID information and the priority code from the DCCT, wherein the channel ID information specifies an emergency alert channel associated with an emergency alert event and the priority code specifies an alert priority of the emergency alert event;
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- a controller arranged to control operation of the tuner to automatically tune to the emergency alert channel based upon the alert priority.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.