IP Library Granted Patent US 9,479,722
Granted Patent B2
US 9,479,722 · App. 14/650,163 · Granted Oct 25, 2016

Television receiver, television broadcast receiving method and mobile terminal

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Patent No.
US 9,479,722
App. No.
14/650,163
Granted
Oct 25, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an apparatus comprising a plurality of antenna terminals, a first switch configured to select an antenna terminal of the plurality of antenna terminals, a second switch configured to receive an output of the antenna terminal from the first switch and divide the output of the antenna terminal into a first output and a second output, a surface acoustic wave filter configured to receive the first output from the second switch, and a tuner/decoder configured to receive an output of the surface acoustic wave filter and the second output.

Claims (29)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a plurality of antenna terminals;

a first switch configured to select an antenna terminal of the plurality of antenna terminals;

a second switch configured to receive an output of the antenna terminal from the first switch and divide the output of the antenna terminal into a first output and a second output;

a surface acoustic wave filter configured to receive the first output from the second switch;

a tuner/decoder configured to receive an output of the surface acoustic wave filter and the second output;

a high pass filter; and

a low pass filter,

wherein the high pass filter and the low pass filter are configured to filter the output of the surface acoustic wave filter.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is a television receiver.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is a mobile terminal.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of antenna terminals are configured to connect to at least one of a rod antenna, an earphone antenna, a micro USB antenna, and an F-type connector.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of antenna terminals include at least two F-type connectors.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of antenna terminals include at least a first connector for a terrestrial digital broadcast and a second connector for a multimedia broadcast for a mobile terminal.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tuner/decoder is configured to generate control signals that control switching of the first switch and the second switch.

8. A method comprising:

determining control signals based on a broadcast from a first antenna terminal of a plurality of antenna terminals;

in an unlocked state, transmitting the control signals from a tuner/decoder to a first switch and a second switch to transition to a locked state, wherein the control signals control the first switch to select a second antenna terminal of the plurality of antenna terminals and control the second switch to output the broadcast to at least one of a surface acoustic wave filter and the tuner/decoder;

in the locked state, receiving the broadcast at the tuner/decoder from at least one of the second antenna terminal and the surface acoustic wave filter;

detecting an error in the locked state; and

transitioning to an interrupt state.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

transitioning from the interrupt state to the unlocked state.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

transitioning from the unlocked state to the locked state, wherein the control signals control the first switch to select a third antenna terminal of the plurality of antenna terminals, and in the locked state, receiving the broadcast at the tuner/decoder from at least one of the third antenna terminal and the surface acoustic wave filter.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein in the interrupt state, a number of errors during a predetermined period are counted, and the number of errors is compared with a threshold value to determine whether to transition to one of the locked state and the unlocked state.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the control signals are determined based on an error rate of the broadcast.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second antenna terminal is an F-type connector.

14. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second antenna terminal is at least one of a first connector for a terrestrial digital broadcast and a second connector for a multimedia broadcast for a mobile terminal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2016
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039386/0277 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2015
From: TSUKAHARA, KOUKI; NOZAWA, HIDEKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035848/0236 →