Receiver and receiving method

• US 7,944,512 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2010
• Issued: 05/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Miyazaki, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Natnael; Paulos M
• Application Number:
  US12/722,329
• Publication Number:
  US 20110051012A1
• Time in Patent Office: 432 Days
• Field of Search: 348/731, 348/725, 348/726, 348/552, 348/553, 725/38
• US Class Current: 348/731
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4263 involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4383 Accessing a communication channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4432 Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server resetting in general G06F1/14; program loading or initiating in general G06F9/445; bootstrapping in general G06F9/4401; secure boots of computer platforms G06F21/57

Abstract

A receiver selecting a channel to be received based on a channel list enumerating receivable channels includes: a memory capable of storing the channel list; a first tuner configured to perform a quick scan to scan a partial frequency band out of a predetermined frequency band to obtain first service information including information of a service corresponding to the channel received by the quick scan; a channel list generation module configured to generate the channel list based on the first service information obtained by the first tuner and store the channel list in the memory; a second tuner configured to perform, in parallel with the quick scan by the first tuner, a full scan to scan the entire predetermined frequency band to obtain second service information including information of a service corresponding to the channel received by the full scan; and a channel list updating module configured to update the channel list stored in the memory based on the second service information after the full scan by the second tuner is completed.

Claims

1. A receiver configured to select a channel based on a channel list comprising channels, the receiver comprising:

a memory configured to store the channel list;

a first tuner configured to scan a partial frequency band out of a predetermined frequency band in order to receive first service information comprising information of a service corresponding to a first channel received in the scanning partial frequency band;

a channel list generator configured to generate the channel list based on the first service information and to store the channel list in the memory;

a second tuner configured to scan the entire frequency band of the predetermined frequency band in order to receive second service information comprising information of a service corresponding to a second channel received by the second tuner while scanning the predetermined frequency band simultaneously with the scanning by the first tuner; and

a channel list updating module configured to update the channel list in the memory based on the second service information after the completion of the scanning by the second tuner.

2. The receiver of claim 1, further comprising:

an input device configured to receive a command from a user,

wherein the first tuner is configured to select a predetermined broadcast wave from the channels in the generated channel list after the completion of the scanning by the first tuner and the command received by the input device.

3. The receiver of claim 1,

wherein the second tuner is configured to divide the predetermined frequency band into frequency bands,

wherein the second tuner comprises a plurality of sub-tuners configured to scan the divided frequency bands, and

wherein the second tuner is configured to combine scan results of the plurality of sub-tuners and to output a combined result.

4. The receiver of claim 1, further comprising:

a demodulator configured to demodulate a signal from the first tuner,

wherein the first tuner is configured to select a predetermined broadcast wave from the received channels in the generated channel list in the memory and to give the selected broadcast wave to the demodulator.

5. The receiver of claim 4,

wherein the first tuner is configured to select a predetermined broadcast wave from the received channels in the generated channel list before the completion of the scanning by the second tuner, and to give the selected broadcast wave to the demodulator.

6. A receiving method in a receiver configured to select a channel based on a channel list comprising channels, the method comprising:

scanning a partial frequency band out of a predetermined frequency band;

scanning the entire frequency band of the predetermined frequency band in parallel with the scanning of the partial frequency band;

receiving first service information comprising information of a service corresponding to the channel received while scanning the partial frequency band;

generating the channel list based on the first service information and storing the generated channel list in the memory;

receiving second service information comprising information of a service corresponding to the channel received by the second tuner while scanning the entire frequency band of the predetermined frequency band; and

updating the channel list in the memory based on the second service information.