IP Library Granted Patent US 9,344,126
Granted Patent B2
US 9,344,126 · App. 14/003,664 · Granted May 17, 2016

Receiving apparatus, receiving method, and program

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Patent No.
US 9,344,126
App. No.
14/003,664
Granted
May 17, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a receiving apparatus, a receiving method, and a program capable of reliably obtaining predetermined information. In a case where a broadband signal where the same control information is arranged in different frequency bands is received and processed, a frequency where the control information is stably received is detected, and the control information is obtained again using the detected frequency. This frequency detection is performed by detecting a frequency capable of avoiding a no-signal band in a signal array of the broadband signal determined based on the obtained control information and the like. This technology can be applied to a receiving apparatus that receives a signal conforming to a DVB-C2 standard.

Claims (24)

1. A receiving apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, the memory storing program code executable by the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a broadband signal which includes identical control information in different frequency bands; and

detecting a center frequency for receiving the control information, the center frequency being between narrowband notches in the broadband signal, the control information being received from a data slice that is devoid of a no-signal frequency band and the center frequency being distant from high and low frequency extents of the broadband signal.

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 L1 information.

3. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the broadband signal is a signal including a no-signal band which is a frequency band that does not transmit a desired signal, and

the center frequency is distant from the narrowband notches.

4. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the center frequency is detected where a total width of the narrow band existing in a receiving band set using a predetermined frequency is small.

5. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the detection unit detects another frequency if it is determined that a receiving condition is unfavorable when a signal is received using the receiving band set using the frequency detected by the detection unit.

6. The receiving apparatus, according to claim 1 , wherein the notches are in the no-signal band in a transmission signal.

7. A receiving method, comprising:

receiving a broadband signal which includes identical control information in different frequency bands; and

detecting a center frequency for receiving the control information, the center frequency being between narrowband notches in the broadband signal, the control information being received from a data slice that is devoid of a no-signal frequency band and the center frequency being distant from high and low frequency extents of the broadband signal.

8. The receiving method, according to claim 7 , wherein the notches are in the no-signal band in a transmission signal.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code for image signal processing, the program code being executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a broadband signal which includes identical control information in different frequency bands; and

detecting a center frequency for receiving the control information, the center frequency being between narrowband notches in the broadband signal, the control information being received from a data slice that is devoid of a no-signal frequency band and the center frequency being distant from high and low frequency extents of the broadband signal.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium, according to claim 9 , wherein the notches are in the no-signal band in a transmission 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 Sep 6, 2013
From: TAKAHASHI, HIROO; GOTO, YUKEN; OKAMOTO, TAKUYA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031153/0051 →