Apparatus for receiving digital multimedia broadcasting channels
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1. A digital broadcast receiver, comprising:
- a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) module for receiving digital broadcasts of multiple channels;
an output unit for outputting voice and image signals of the digital broadcasts; and
a controller for controlling the DMB module to receive the digital broadcasts while successively and automatically switching the channels at a predetermined time interval, and controlling the digital broadcasting data received in the DMB module to be transmitted to the output unit.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a digital broadcast receiver including a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) module for receiving digital broadcastings of multiple channels; an output unit for outputting voice and image signals of the digital broadcastings; and a controller for controlling the DMB module to receive the digital broadcastings while successively and automatically switching the channels at a predetermined time interval, and controlling the digital broadcasting data received in the DMB module to be transmitted to the output unit.
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1. A digital broadcast receiver, comprising:
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a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) module for receiving digital broadcasts of multiple channels;
an output unit for outputting voice and image signals of the digital broadcasts; and
a controller for controlling the DMB module to receive the digital broadcasts while successively and automatically switching the channels at a predetermined time interval, and controlling the digital broadcasting data received in the DMB module to be transmitted to the output unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A digital broadcast receiver, comprising:
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a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) module for receiving at least two broadcasting channels, generating Transport Stream (TS) data for the corresponding broadcasting channels, and outputting the generated TS data;
an output unit for outputting voice and image signals of a digital broadcast;
a channel setup controller for controlling the DMB module to receive the at least two broadcasting channels, which are determined based on a predetermined broadcasting channel list, at a predetermined time interval;
at least two buffers for buffering data of the at least two broadcasting channels; and
a switch for alternately switching the at least two buffers to the output unit at the predetermined time interval, the switch being located between the at least two buffers and the output unit. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A digital broadcast receiver, comprising:
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a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) module for receiving digital broadcasting;
a display unit for outputting video signals of the digital broadcasting; and
a controller for controlling the DMB module to receive digital broadcasting while continuously and automatically shifting multiple channels at regular intervals in an automatic channel shift mode according to a predetermined channel list, controlling video signals of the digital broadcasting, corresponding to a channel being currently viewed to be displayed on a main screen of the display unit, controlling video signals of digital broadcasting corresponding to the automatically shifted channel to be displayed on a sub-screen of the display unit, and controlling the video signals of the digital broadcasting displayed on the sub-screen to be displayed on an entire screen of the display unit when occurrence of a predetermined event is detected while the video signals of the digital broadcasting corresponding to the automatically shifted channel are displayed on the sub-screen. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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