IP Library Granted Patent US 8,964,900
Granted Patent B2
US 8,964,900 · App. 14/002,310 · Granted Feb 24, 2015

Receiving apparatus, receiving method, and program

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Patent No.
US 8,964,900
App. No.
14/002,310
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a receiving apparatus, a receiving method, and a program capable of shortening time taken in tuning. A broadband signal where a plurality of signals is arranged is received. Control information used to extract a predetermined signal from the broadband signal is obtained from the broadband signal. The obtained control information is stored. After the control information is stored, the stored control information is read when a predetermined signal is extracted from the broadband signal. The predetermined signal is extracted from the broadband signal based on the read control information. This technology is applicable to a receiving apparatus that receives a signal according to a DVB-C2 standard.

Claims (21)

1. A receiving apparatus comprising:

a memory unit configured to obtain, from a broadband signal, control information used to extract a predetermined signal from the broadband signal where a plurality of signals are arranged and stores the control information; and

an extraction unit configured to read the control information stored in the memory unit to extract the predetermined signal and extracts the predetermined signal from the broadband signal based on the control information, wherein

when a no-signal band is included in the predetermined signal, the control information is obtained from the broadband signal using a frequency set in a transmit side of the broadband signal, and the extraction unit extracts the predetermined signal based on the obtained control information.

2. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the broadband signal is a signal conforming to a DVB-C2 standard, and

the control information is information on a frequency used to extract the predetermined signal.

3. A receiving method comprising:

obtaining, from a broadband signal, control information used to extract a predetermined signal from the broadband signal where a plurality of signals are arranged and store the control information in a memory unit; and

reading the control information stored in the memory unit to extract the predetermined signal and extracting the predetermined signal from the broadband signal based on the control information, wherein

when a no-signal band is included in the predetermined signal, the control information is obtained from the broadband signal using a frequency set in a transmit side of the broadband signal, and the extraction unit extracts the predetermined signal based on the obtained control information.

4. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code being executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:

obtaining, from a broadband signal, control information used to extract a predetermined signal from the broadband signal where a plurality of signals are arranged and store the control information in a memory unit; and

reading the control information stored in the memory unit to extract the predetermined signal and extracting the predetermined signal from the broadband signal based on the control information, wherein

when a no-signal band is included in the predetermined signal, the control information is obtained from the broadband signal using a frequency set in a transmit side of the broadband signal, and the extraction unit extracts the predetermined signal based on the obtained control information.

5. The receiving method according to claim 3 , wherein

the broadband signal is a signal conforming to a DVB-C2 standard, and

the control information is information on a frequency used to extract the predetermined signal.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 4 , wherein

the broadband signal is a signal conforming to a DVB-C2 standard, and

the control information is information on a frequency used to extract the predetermined signal.

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 29, 2013
From: GOTO, YUKEN
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031112/0973 →