Granted Patent B2

US 8,285,237 · App. 12/772,674 · Granted Oct 9, 2012

Abstract

Claims (29)

1. A receiving apparatus comprising:

a frequency fluctuation detection unit configured to detect a frequency difference between a frequency of a received signal and a frequency of a desired signal to be received;

a first undesired level detection unit including first and second band-pass filters having passbands whose band widths are different from each other and whose centers are the frequency of the desired signal, the first undesired level detection unit configured to output as a first undesired level a difference in amplitude level between the signals having passed through the first and second band-pass filters in the received signals;

one or a plurality of second undesired level detection units including third and fourth band-pass filters having passbands whose centers are the frequencies lower and higher by a predetermined frequency than the frequency of the desired signal, respectively, the one or the plurality of second undesired level detection units configured to output amplitude levels of signals having passed through the third and fourth band-pass filters in the received signals as second and third undesired levels, respectively, and output a sum of the second and third undesired levels as a fourth undesired level; and

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a state is an undesired state where an adjacent undesired signal is present according to the fourth undesired level if an absolute value of the frequency difference is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value, the determination unit further configured to select any one of the first to third undesired levels to be outputted according to at least one of the frequency difference and the fourth undesired level if determining that the state is the undesired state.

2. A receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the determination unit

determines that a state is the undesired state if the absolute value of the frequency difference is equal to or greater than the reference value and if the fourth undesired level is higher than a first reference level, as well as

outputs the first undesired level if the fourth undesired level is higher than a second reference level that is higher than the first reference level;

outputs the second undesired level if the fourth undesired level is equal to or smaller than the second reference level and if the frequency of the received signal is lower than the frequency of the desired signal; and

outputs the third undesired level if the fourth undesired level is equal to or smaller than the second reference level and if the frequency of the received signal is higher than the frequency of the desired signal.

3. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

if the absolute value of the frequency difference is lower than the reference value or the fourth undesired level is equal to or lower than the first reference level, the determination unit determines that a state is not the undesired state and select the minimum level in the first to third undesired levels, to be outputted.

4. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

the plurality of second undesired level detection units, wherein

the predetermined frequency varies with the plurality of second undesired level detection units, wherein

the fourth undesired level is the maximum level in the sums of the second and third undesired levels outputted from the plurality of second undesired level detection units, respectively, wherein

the determination unit

determines that a state is the undesired state, if the absolute value of the frequency difference is equal to or greater than the reference value and if the fourth undesired level is higher than a first reference level, as well as

outputs the first undesired level if the fourth undesired level is higher than a second reference level that is higher than the first reference level;

outputs the maximum level in the second undesired levels outputted from the plurality of second undesired level detection units, respectively, if the fourth undesired level is equal to or lower than the second reference level and if the frequency of the received signal is lower than the frequency of the desired signal; and

outputs the maximum level in the third undesired levels outputted from the plurality of second undesired level detection units, respectively, if the fourth undesired level is equal to or lower than the second reference level and if the frequency of the received signal is higher than the frequency of the desired signal.

5. The receiving apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

if the determination unit outputs the maximum level in the second or third undesired levels outputted from the plurality of second undesired level detection units, respectively,

the determination unit multiplies the maximum level by a coefficient corresponding to the predetermined frequency of the second undesired level detection unit outputting the second or third undesired level that is the maximum level, and outputs the maximum level multiplied by the coefficient.

6. The receiving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

if the absolute value of the frequency difference is lower than the reference value or the fourth undesired level is equal to or lower than the first reference level, the determination unit determines that a state is not the undesired state and select the minimum level in the first to third undesired levels, to be outputted.

7. The receiving apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

if the absolute value of the frequency difference is lower than the reference value or the fourth undesired level is equal to or lower than the first reference level, the determination unit determines that a state is not the undesired state and select the minimum level in the first to third undesired levels, to be outputted.

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