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Granted Patent B2
US 9,554,172 · App. 14/775,498 · Granted Jan 24, 2017

Rebroadcasting system

Inventors: Satoshi Sakata (Tokyo, JP); Nobuo Hirose (Tokyo, JP); Jun Abe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
H04N21/262G11B27/10H02J7/35H02S40/38H04H20/40H04H20/63H04N21/222H04N21/231H04N21/234H04N21/2365H04N21/26241H04N21/42676H04N21/4344H04N21/6143H04N21/8456
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Patent No.
US 9,554,172
App. No.
14/775,498
Granted
Jan 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rebroadcasting system for retransmitting a television broadcast, which was received from a satellite, in a segment broadcasting, such as one-segment broadcasting and three-segment broadcasting, comprises: charging a solar battery during the daytime; recording broadcasts during the retransmission halt time; retransmitting television broadcasts, which are received from the satellite, in real time by use of central (one or three) segments and the charged power during any time when the output of the solar battery is low, for example, during the night, before sunset, after sunrise, or a rainy day; reproducing the recorded broadcasts; and retransmitting the reproduced recorded programs by use of any remaining segments, for example, segments adjacent to the central segments.

Claims (26)

1. A rebroadcasting system for retransmitting a television broadcast received from a satellite, in a segment broadcast such as one-segment broadcast and three-segment broadcast, comprising:

a charging unit configured to charge a solar battery during daytime;

a television broadcast recorder and reproducer configured to record the broadcast during a retransmission halt time;

a retransmitter configured to retransmit the television broadcast received from the satellite in real time by use of central (one or three) segments, with power charged in the solar battery during any time when an output of the solar battery is low;

the television broadcast recorder and reproducer configured to reproduce the recorded broadcast; and

the retransmitter configured to retransmit the reproduced recorded program by use of any remaining segments such as segments adjacent to the central segments.

2. A rebroadcasting system for retransmitting a television broadcast received from a satellite, in a segment broadcasting such as one-segment broadcasting and three-segment broadcasting, comprising:

a charging unit configured to charge a solar battery during daytime;

a television broadcast recorder and reproducer configured to record the broadcast during plural time zones;

a retransmitter configured to retransmit the television broadcast received from the satellite in real time by use of central (one or three) segments, with power charged in the solar battery during any time when an output of the solar battery is low;

the television broadcast recorder and reproducer configured to reproduce simultaneously programs recorded during plural time zones; and

the retransmitter configured to retransmit the plural simultaneously reproduced recorded programs by use of any remaining plural segments such as segments adjacent to the central segments.

3. A rebroadcasting system for retransmitting a television broadcast received from a satellite, in a segment broadcast such as one-segment broadcast and three-segment broadcast, comprising:

means for charging a solar battery during daytime, and means for recording broadcasts during a retransmission halt time; and

means for reproducing the recorded broadcast with power charged in the solar battery during any time when an output of the solar battery is low, and means for retransmitting the reproduced recorded program by use of any segment.

4. The rebroadcasting system of claim 1 , wherein:

the television broadcast recorder and reproducer is inactivated during a morning of the daytime to conserve energy and facilitate charging of the solar battery; and

the television broadcast recorder and reproducer is activated during an afternoon of the daytime to record the broadcast during the retransmission halt time.

5. The rebroadcasting system of claim 2 , wherein:

the television broadcast recorder and reproducer is inactivated during a morning of the daytime to conserve energy and facilitate charging of the solar battery; and

the television broadcast recorder and reproducer is activated during an afternoon of the daytime to record the broadcast.

6. The rebroadcasting system of claim 3 , wherein:

the means for recording broadcasts includes a television broadcast recorder and reproducer;

the means for reproducing the recorded broadcasts includes the television broadcast recorder and reproducer;

the television broadcast recorder and reproducer is inactivated during a morning of the daytime to conserve energy and facilitate charging of the solar battery; and

the television broadcast recorder and reproducer is activated during an afternoon of the daytime to record the broadcast during the retransmission halt time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2015
From: SAKATA, SATOSHI; HIROSE, NOBUO; ABE, JUN
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-082165 · Apr 10, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160037198A1 · Feb 4, 2016