Television start speed enhancement
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorPeter Rae Shintani
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Abstract
A television receives a command to power up from a standby mode. This causes the TV to start a boot process, and while the boot process proceeds. At a point in the boot process when the tuner input switch is operative, the process simultaneously determines a current time from a real time clock and retrieves a channel and a switch setting from a usage pattern database corresponding to the current time. The tuner is tuned to the channel and the input switch is set. At completion of the boot process the tuner is already tuned to the channel and the input switch is set to the switch setting corresponding the current time so that time to viewing a desired channel is often minimized. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
Claims25
A method of starting a television, comprising:
- receiving a command to power down the television to a standby mode;
- prior to fully entering the standby mode:
- determining a next time of operation of the television from a usage pattern database with reference to a real time clock;
- retrieving a channel and a switch setting from a usage pattern database corresponding to the next time of operation of the television;
- pre-tuning the tuner to the channel and selecting the switch setting at an input switch;
- and
- completing entry of the television to the standby mode.
A tangible non-transitory computer readable electronic storage medium storing instructions which, when executed on one or more programmed processors, carry out a method comprising:
- starting a power down process to power the television to a standby mode;
- prior to fully entering the standby mode:
- determining a next time of operation of the television from a usage pattern database;
- retrieving a channel and a switch setting from a usage pattern database corresponding to the next time of operation of the television;
- pre-tuning the tuner to the channel and selecting the switch setting at an input switch;
- and
- completing entry of the television to the standby mode.
A television receiver device, comprising:
- a remote command receiver configured to receive a command to power down the television receiver device to a standby mode;
- a memory storing a usage pattern database;
- a real time clock;
- a television tuner device;
- an input switch;
- a programmed processor programmed to:
- receive a command to power down the television to a standby mode;
- prior to fully entering the standby mode:
- determine a next time of operation of the television from a usage pattern database;
- retrieve a channel and a switch setting from a usage pattern database corresponding to the next time of operation of the television;
- pre-tune the tuner to the channel and selecting the switch setting at an input switch;
- and
- complete entry of the television to the standby mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.