Apparatus and method for switching radio channel
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJun-Hyo Park, Hye-Jung Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for switching to a channel including good receiving sensitivity among a plurality of channels for the same broadcast service are provided. The apparatus includes a radio broadcast receiving unit for receiving a radio broadcast, a display unit for indicating an existence of another frequency channel, through which it is possible to listen to a current broadcast, and a control unit for notifying a user of the existence of the other frequency channel if the other frequency channel exists for listening to the current broadcast service, and for switching a current channel to the other frequency channel to listen to the broadcast service through the other frequency channel if the other frequency channel is selected.
Claims11
An apparatus for radio channel switching, the apparatus comprising:
- a radio broadcast receiving unit for receiving a radio broadcast;
- a display unit for indicating an existence of another frequency channel for listening to a current broadcast service;
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- a control unit for notifying the existence of the other frequency channel by activating a Switch Frequency (SF) icon displayed on the display unit, if the other frequency channel exists for listening to the current broadcast service, and for switching a current channel to the other frequency channel to listen to the broadcast service through the other frequency channel if the activated Switch Frequency (SF) icon is selected.
A method for radio channel switching, the method comprising:
- determining whether another frequency channel exists for listening to a current broadcast service, in a radio listening mode;
- notifying of an existence of the other frequency channel for listening to the current broadcast service by activating a Switch Frequency (SF) icon on the display unit, if it is determined that the other frequency channel exists;
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- switching a current channel to the other frequency channel to listen to the broadcast service through the other frequency channel if the activated Switch Frequency (SF) icon is selected.
A method for radio channel switching, the method comprising:
- determining whether at least one other frequency channel exists for listening to a current broadcast service while in a radio listening mode;
- displaying a Switch Frequency (SF) icon if it is determined that at least one other frequency channel exists;
- determining if the SF icon is selected by a user;
- upon determination that the SF icon has been selected by the user, determining whether a multiple of frequency channels besides the at least one other frequency channel exists for listening to the current broadcast service;
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- if it is determined that the multiple of frequency channels exist, switching the current channel to one of the multiple of frequency channels and the at least one other frequency channel having at least one of the highest Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) and the highest Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR).
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