Apparatus for providing supplementary function of digital multimedia broadcasting and method of the same
First Claim
1. An apparatus for providing a supplemental function of digital multimedia broadcasting, comprising:
- a control unit that receives a selected instruction message for a digital multimedia broadcasting signal input by a user;
a demodulating unit that receives a digital multimedia broadcasting signal corresponding to the received instruction message using at least one tuner;
a reception sensitivity confirming unit that confirms a reception sensitivity of the received digital multimedia broadcasting signal; and
a determining unit that determines whether to output the received digital multimedia broadcasting signal according to the confirmed reception sensitivity.
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing a supplementary function of digital multimedia broadcasting includes a control unit that receives a selected instruction message for a digital multimedia broadcasting signal input by a user, a demodulating unit that receives a digital multimedia broadcasting signal corresponding to the selected instruction message by using at least one tuner, a reception sensitivity confirming unit that confirms the reception sensitivity of the received digital multimedia broadcasting signal, and a determining unit that determines whether the received digital multimedia broadcasting signal is output in accordance with the confirmed reception sensitivity.
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38 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing a supplemental function of digital multimedia broadcasting, comprising:
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a control unit that receives a selected instruction message for a digital multimedia broadcasting signal input by a user;
a demodulating unit that receives a digital multimedia broadcasting signal corresponding to the received instruction message using at least one tuner;
a reception sensitivity confirming unit that confirms a reception sensitivity of the received digital multimedia broadcasting signal; and
a determining unit that determines whether to output the received digital multimedia broadcasting signal according to the confirmed reception sensitivity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of providing a supplemental function of digital multimedia broadcasting, comprising:
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receiving a selected instruction message for a digital multimedia broadcasting signal input by a user;
using at least one tuner to receive a digital multimedia broadcasting signal corresponding to the received instruction message;
confirming a reception sensitivity of the received digital multimedia broadcasting signal; and
determining whether to output the received digital multimedia broadcasting signal according to the confirmed reception sensitivity. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A digital multimedia broadcast terminal, comprising:
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a first tuner that tunes a first digital multimedia broadcasting signal;
a second tuner that tunes a second digital multimedia broadcasting signal having a reception characteristic; and
a reception evaluation unit which compares a threshold with the reception characteristic, and based upon the comparison;
prevents an output of the tuned second digital multimedia broadcasting signal while the reception characteristic is below the threshold while allowing an output of the tuned first digital multimedia broadcasting signal, and allows the output of the tuned second digital multimedia broadcasting signal after the reception characteristic is at or exceeds the threshold in addition to allowing the output of the tuned first digital multimedia broadcasting signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of tuning a digital multimedia broadcast, comprising:
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while outputting a first digital multimedia broadcasting signal, tuning a second digital multimedia broadcasting signal having a reception characteristic;
comparing a threshold with the reception characteristic;
preventing an output of second digital multimedia broadcasting signal while the reception characteristic is below the threshold while allowing output of the first digital multimedia broadcasting signal; and
allowing the output of tuned second digital multimedia broadcasting signal while the reception characteristic is at or above the threshold in addition to allowing the output of the first digital multimedia broadcasting signal. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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