Receiver

• US 8,228,440 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2008
• Issued: 07/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kuroyanagi, Tatsuo, Fukuno, Yoshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Saltarelli, Dominic D
• Application Number:
  US12/042,781
• Publication Number:
  US 20080218639A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,602 Days
• Field of Search: 348/730
• US Class Current: 348/730
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4436 Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/63 Generation or supply of power specially adapted for television receivers

Abstract

This receiver includes a control portion detecting whether or not an antenna is connected and whether or not the connected antenna is an active antenna and a power supply portion supplying power to the antenna, while the control portion controls the power supply portion to supply power to the antenna when detecting that the connected antenna is an active antenna and controls the power supply portion not to supply power to the antenna when at least detecting that the antenna is not connected.

Claims

1. A receiver comprising:

a receiver body including an antenna connection portion connected with an antenna;

a control portion having an antenna detecting function of detecting whether or not said antenna is connected to said receiver body and whether or not said antenna connected to said receiver body is an active antenna including an amplification circuit electrically amplifying and attenuating a received signal; and

a power supply portion supplying power to said antenna, wherein

said control portion is so formed as to control said power supply portion to supply power to said antenna through said antenna connection portion based on a detection that said antenna connected to said receiver body is said active antenna through said antenna detecting function and to control said power supply portion not to supply power to said antenna connection portion based on at least a detection that said antenna is not connected to said receiver body.

2. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein

said control portion is so formed as to control said power supply portion not to supply power to said antenna connection portion also when detecting that said antenna connected to said receiver body is not said active antenna in addition to the case of detecting that said antenna is not connected to said receiver body through said antenna detecting function.

3. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein

said control portion detects whether or not said antenna is said active antenna through said antenna detecting function every time power is supplied to said receiver body.

4. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein

said receiver body includes a display portion displaying television image information received by said antenna, and

said display portion is enabled to display a set screen portion prompting the user to set whether or not to supply power to said antenna.

5. The receiver according to claim 4, wherein

said control portion controls said power supply portion not to supply power to said antenna when said display portion displays an image other than a television image.

6. The receiver according to claim 1, further comprising a resistance portion provided between said power supply portion and said antenna connection portion, wherein

said control portion is so formed as to detect whether or not said antenna is said active antenna by supplying power of a prescribed level from said power supply portion to said antenna through said antenna connection portion and detecting the level of a voltage between said resistance portion and said antenna connection portion through said antenna detecting function.

7. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein

said control portion has a receiving sensitivity detecting function of detecting change in receiving strength of a signal received from said antenna thereby detecting whether or not said antenna connected to said receiver body is said active antenna when changing the level of power supplied from said power supply portion to said antenna.

8. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein

said receiver body further includes a switching portion on-off controlled by said control portion for controlling power supply from said power supply portion to said antenna.

9. The receiver according to claim 6, wherein

said control portion determines that said antenna connected to said receiver body is said active antenna and controls said power supply portion to supply power to said antenna when determining that said voltage between said resistance portion and said antenna connection portion is a first voltage.

10. The receiver according to claim 6, wherein

said control portion determines that said antenna connected to said receiver body is a passive antenna and controls said power supply portion not to supply power to said antenna when determining that said voltage between said resistance portion and said antenna connection portion is the ground potential.

11. The receiver according to claim 6, wherein

said control portion determines that said antenna is not connected to said receiver body and controls said power supply portion not to supply power to said antenna when determining that said voltage between said resistance portion and said antenna connection portion is a second voltage.

12. The receiver according to claim 3, wherein

said control portion controls said power supply portion to supply prescribed power to said antenna through said antenna connection portion in order to detect whether or not said antenna is said active antenna every time power is supplied to said receiver body.

13. The receiver according to claim 5, wherein

said control portion is so formed as to control said power supply portion to stop supplying power to said antenna connection portion when said display portion is so set as to display said image other than said television image while said power supply portion supplies power to said antenna connection portion.

14. The receiver according to claim 7, wherein

said control portion determines that said antenna connected to said receiver body is said active antenna and controls said power supply portion to supply power to said antenna if determining that said receiving strength of said signal received from said antenna is changed when changing the level of power supplied from said power supply portion to said antenna.

15. A television set comprising:

a receiver including an antenna connection portion connected with an antenna, a control portion having an antenna detecting function of detecting whether or not said antenna is connected to said receiver and whether or not said antenna connected to said receiver is an active antenna including an amplification circuit electrically amplifying and attenuating a received signal and a power supply portion supplying power to said antenna; and

a display portion displaying an image received by said receiver, wherein

said control portion is so formed as to control said power supply portion to supply power to said antenna through said antenna connection portion based on a detection that said antenna connected to said receiver is said active antenna through said antenna detecting function and to control said power supply portion not to supply power to said antenna connection portion based on at least a detection that said antenna is not connected to said receiver.