IP Library Granted Patent US 8,856,857
Granted Patent B2
US 8,856,857 · App. 14/002,013 · Granted Oct 7, 2014

Receiving device, receiving method, and program

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Patent No.
US 8,856,857
App. No.
14/002,013
Granted
Oct 7, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

This technique relates to a receiving device, a receiving method, and a program that can demodulate transmitted signals with high accuracy. A receiving device of this disclosure includes: an amplifying unit that amplifies a received signal; an adjusting unit that adjusts gain of the amplifying unit in accordance with power of the signal; a demodulating unit that demodulates the amplified signal; and a detecting unit that detects an interval from the signal, information having the same content continuously appearing in the interval. The adjusting unit restricts the process of adjusting the gain of the amplifying unit in accordance with a result of the detection of the interval. This disclosure can be applied to receiving devices that receive broadcast signals compliant with DVB-C2 via a CATV network.

Claims (21)

1. A receiving device comprising:

an amplifying unit configured to amplify a received signal;

an adjusting unit configured to adjust gain of the amplifying unit in accordance with power of the signal;

a demodulating unit configured to demodulate the amplified signal; and

a detecting unit configured to detect an interval from the signal, information having the same content continuously appearing in the interval,

wherein the adjusting unit restricts a process of adjusting the gain of the amplifying unit in accordance with a result of the detection of the interval.

2. The receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting unit suspends the process of adjusting the gain of the amplifying unit in the interval.

3. The receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting unit lowers the following rate of the gain of the amplifying unit when the gain is adjusted in accordance with the amplified power of the signal in the interval.

4. The receiving device according to claim 2 , wherein the adjusting unit is of at least one of a feedback type that has the amplified signal as an input, and a feedforward type that has the pre-amplification signal as an input.

5. A receiving method for a receiving device that includes:

an amplifying unit configured to amplify a received signal; an adjusting unit configured to adjust gain of the amplifying unit in accordance with power of the signal; and

a demodulating unit configured to demodulate the amplified signal,

the receiving method comprising:

a detecting step of detecting an interval from the signal, information having the same content continuously appearing in the interval; and

a restricting step of restricting the process of adjusting the gain of the amplifying unit in accordance with a result of the detection of the interval.

6. A program for control in a receiving device that includes:

an amplifying unit configured to amplify a received signal;

an adjusting unit configured to adjust gain of the amplifying unit in accordance with power of the signal; and

a demodulating unit configured to demodulate the amplified signal, the program causing a computer of the receiving device to perform an operation that includes:

a detecting step of detecting an interval from the signal, information having the same content continuously appearing in the interval; and

a restricting step of restricting the process of adjusting the gain of the amplifying unit in accordance with a result of the detection of the interval.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 043177/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2013
From: KOBAYASHI, KENICHI; YOSHIMOCHI, NAOKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031102/0268 →