IBOC broadcast receiver
AssigneeClarion Co., Ltd.
InventorsNaoki Nakajima, Kazuyoshi Inako, Masanori Ishida, Kazuo Koyama
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Abstract
A broadcast receiver suitable for receiving broadcast signals transferred by use of signal format of IBOC system. The broadcast receiver comprises a receiving means that holds information related to channels that can be acquired by a digital signal decoding process. If information related to a channel is to be used and is held by the information holding means, then it is used.
Claims14
A broadcast receiver suitable for receiving a broadcast signal transmitted in IBOC signal format, the broadcast received comprising:
- a display unit;
- a receiving unit that receives the broadcast signal;
- and
- an information holding unit that holds information corresponding to a channel that is acquirable by means of a decoding process of a digital signal, the information including station name information and a frequency band corresponding to the channel;
- wherein:
- if the information corresponding to the IBOC signal channel is held in the information holding unit, when the IBOC signal channel to which the information pertains is subsequently selected, the information corresponding to that IBOC signal channel is utilized to perform a tuning process according to the frequency band of the information corresponding to that IBOC signal channel to which the information pertains and the station name information of the information corresponding to that IBOC signal channel is displayed on the display unit.
A method of receiving a broadcast signal transmitted in IBOC signal format, the method comprising:
- a receiving step for receiving the broadcast signal;
- and
- an information holding step for holding information corresponding to an IBOC signal channel that is acquirable by means of a decoding process of a digital signal, the information corresponding to the IBOC signal channel includes station name information corresponding to the IBOC signal channel:
- characterized in that:
- the information corresponding to the IBOC signal channel held in said information holding step is processed when the IBOC signal channel to which the information pertains is subsequently selected;
- and
- the information corresponding to the IBOC signal channel is displayed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.