IP Library Granted Patent US 12,609,779
Granted Patent B2
US 12,609,779 · App. 17/259,018 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Broadcast receiving apparatus and transmission method of digital broadcast modulation wave

Inventors: Hitoshi Akiyama (Kyoto, JP); Kazuhiko Yoshizawa (Kyoto, JP); Takuya Shimizu (Kyoto, JP); Yasunobu Hashimoto (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
H04H20/33H04H40/18
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Patent No.
US 12,609,779
App. No.
17/259,018
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A broadcast receiving apparatus is configured to include: a tuner configured to receive a transmission wave, information regarding an injection level being stored in the transmission wave; and a controller. The controller is configured to identify that a rescanning process is required by using the information regarding the injection level contained in the transmission wave received by the tuner, the rescanning process being a setting process for receiving broadcast by the tuner.

Claims (12)

1 . A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:

a tuner configured to receive a transmission wave, information regarding an injection level being stored in the transmission wave;

a remote control receiver configured to receive a signal from a remote controller; and

a controller configured to execute a rescanning process independently of the signal from the remote controller received by the remote control receiver, the rescanning process being a setting process for receiving broadcast by the tuner,

wherein the controller is configured to:

identify that the rescanning process is required by using the information regarding the injection level contained in the transmission wave received by the tuner; and

execute the rescanning process.

2 . The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the injection level is information based on variation of a difference of signal levels of a plurality of transmission waves having different signal levels, the plurality of transmission waves being transmitted at the same frequency.

3 . The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein in a process of identifying that the rescanning process, which is the setting process for receiving the broadcast by the tuner, is required, the controller is configured to confirm whether a 4K broadcasting service list has already been stored in the broadcast receiving apparatus or not, and use a result of the confirmation for the identification.

4 . The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the injection level, which is contained in the transmission wave received by the tuner, is stored in a memory or a storage at a time of an initial scan.

5 . The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rescanning process is executed after the tuner shifts to a standby state for a viewing process or a recording process.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058666/0407 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058255/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2021
From: AKIYAMA, HITOSHI; YOSHIZAWA, KAZUHIKO; SHIMIZU, TAKUYA; HASHIMOTO, YASUNOBU
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056797/0036 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2018-131601 · Jul 11, 2018 · national
JP 2018-132156 · Jul 12, 2018 · national
JP 2018-132862 · Jul 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240291579A1 · Aug 29, 2024
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