Digital broadcast receiver
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorKazuhiro Ieda
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Abstract
[Object] To provide a digital broadcast receiver capable of performing a channel scan in a relatively short time. [Means for Solution] The digital broadcast receiver is designed for installation in an automobile for example, and identifies a current location using a GPS function. The receiver has a channel list per region containing physical channel information of broadcast stations which potentially exist in each region, and performs a channel scan based on broadcast data obtained from receiving means for physical channels listed on the channel list in a region identified.
Claims14
A digital broadcast receiver for receiving of terrestrial digital broadcast from broadcast stations whose availability depends on regions, the digital broadcast receiver comprising:
- receiving means for receiving of a plurality of broadcasts by means of a tuner which receives terrestrial digital broadcasts;
- current region identification means for obtaining information which indicates a current region;
- a channel list which provides physical channel information of broadcast stations potentially existing per region;
- and channel scan means for making a channel scan for physical channels registered on a regional channel list obtained by the current region identification means, based on broadcast data obtained from the receiving means.
A digital broadcast receiver for receiving of terrestrial digital broadcast from broadcast stations whose availability depends on regions, the digital broadcast receiver comprising:
- a tuner which receives terrestrial digital broadcasts;
- current region identification unit for obtaining information which indicates a current region;
- a memory for storing a channel list which provides physical channel information of broadcast stations potentially existing per region;
- and a control unit for making a scanning process for physical channels registered on a regional channel list obtained by the current region identification unit, based on broadcast data obtained from the tuner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.