METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR RECEIVING FM RADIO SIGNALS

• US 20120270514A1
• Filed: 12/25/2010
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shanghai Pateo Electronic Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Shanghai Pateo Internet Technology Service Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shanghai Pateo Electronic Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Shanghai Pateo Internet Technology Service Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhang, Yehui, Zhu, Yunjuan, Ma, Wenjin
• Application Number:
  US13/391,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20120270514A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/154.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/42 for identifying broadcast areas
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/51 of receiving stations

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and a terminal for receiving FM radio signals, the method includes: Acquiring a position information of a terminal for receiving the FM radio signals; obtaining a region information of the terminal according to the position information; obtaining a radio station list corresponding to the region information; displaying the radio station list; and broadcasting a radio station which is selected from the radio station list. By the method, the terminal can update the radio station list in time, so that flexibility for receiving radio signals is improved. In addition, if being transferred from one region to another region, the terminal will switch to frequencies of the new region and receive radio signals in the new region with less time.

Claims

1. A method for receiving FM radio signals, comprising:

acquiring a position information of a terminal for receiving the FM radio signals;

obtaining a region information of the terminal according to the position information;

obtaining a radio station list corresponding to the region information;

displaying the radio station list; and

broadcasting a radio station which is selected from the radio station list.

2. The method for receiving FM radio signals according to claim 1, wherein the position information of the terminal is obtained by a GPS or a mobile-phone base station positioning system.

3. The method for receiving FM radio signals according to claim 1, wherein the radio station list is obtained by checking a corresponding relationship between the radio station list and the region information of the terminal.

4. The method for receiving FM radio signals according to claim 1, wherein the corresponding relationship between the radio list and the region information of the terminal is stored in a specific storage device.

5. The method for receiving FM radio signals according to claim 4, wherein the corresponding relationship between the radio list and the region information of the terminal is updated according to an automatically searching result of radio stations.

6. The method for receiving FM radio signals according to claim 3, wherein the corresponding relationship between the radio list and the region information of the terminal comprises region names and frequencies of the radio stations.

7. The method for receiving FM radio signals according to claim 6, wherein the corresponding relationship between the radio list and the region information of the terminal further comprises names of radio stations, program information or signal intensities corresponding to the radio stations.

8. The method for receiving FM radio signals according to claim 1, wherein the radio station is selected by following a preset rule or according to requirements of a user.

9. The method for receiving FM radio signals according to claim 1, wherein the terminal for receiving FM radio signals updates the position information periodically according to its position.

10. A terminal for receiving FM radio signals, comprising:

a positioning unit, adapted for acquiring a position information of the terminal for receiving FM radio signals;

a region determining unit, adapted for obtaining a region information of the terminal according to the position information;

a main control unit, adapted for searching and finding a corresponding radio station list;

a storage unit, adapted for storing a corresponding relationship between the region information and the radio station list;

a display unit, adapted for displaying the radio station list; and

an FM unit, adapted for receiving radio signals of a radio station which is selected from the radio station list.

11. The terminal for receiving FM radio signals according to claim 10, wherein the positioning unit and the region determining unit are integrated in a same module, or the region determining unit and the main control unit are integrated in a same module.

12. The terminal for receiving FM radio signals according to claim 10, further comprising an input unit, wherein the input unit is adapted for inputting a command of the user for selecting a radio station from the radio station list.

13. The terminal for receiving FM radio signals according to claim 10, wherein the positioning unit is a GPS unit or a mobile-phone base station positioning unit.

14. The terminal for receiving FM radio signals according to claim 10, wherein the terminal is a digital FM radio receiver, a mobile-phone with a FM radio function, or a digital player with the FM radio function.