Broadcast receiving device

• US 8,610,782 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2008
• Issued: 12/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yamashita, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Chung, Jason J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Marandi, James R
• Application Number:
  US12/051,546
• Publication Number:
  US 20080239165A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,099 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 348/194
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 17/04 for receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4318 by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image region image enhancement or restoration in general G06T5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/57 Control of contrast or brightness

Abstract

A broadcast receiving device includes a receiving component, a comparison component and a drive signal generating component. The receiving component is configured to receive broadcast waves and extract a video signal from the broadcast waves. The comparison component is configured to compare quality of the video signal with a first level. The drive signal generating component is configured to generate a drive signal for displaying video on a display based on the video signal such that at least one of brightness and contrast of the video is reduced by a certain amount when the quality of the video signal is lower than the first level.

Claims

1. A broadcast receiving device comprising:

a receiving component configured to receive broadcast waves and extract a video signal from the broadcast waves;

a comparison component configured to calculate a value indicating quality of the video signal as a ratio of a number of synchronization signals detected with a first threshold to a number of synchronization signals included in the video signal, the comparison component being further configured to compare the value indicating quality of the video signal with first and second levels, the second level indicating a lower quality than the first level; and

a drive signal generating component configured to generate a drive signal for displaying video on a display based on the video signal such that at least one of brightness and contrast of the video is reduced by a certain amount while the value indicating the quality of the video signal is within a first range that is lower than the first level and higher than the second level, the drive signal generating component being further configured to halt the generation of the drive signals based on the video signal while the value indicating the quality of the video signal is within a second range that is lower than the second level.

2. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1, wherein

the drive signal generating component is further configured to generate the drive signal such that a predetermined video is displayed on the display when the generation of the drive signals is halted.

3. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1, wherein

the drive signal generating component is further configured to generate the drive signal such that the at least one of the brightness and the contrast of the video is reduced by the certain amount when the value indicating the quality of the video signal is lower than the first level and higher than the second level.

4. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 3, wherein

the comparison component detects the synchronization signals with the first threshold indicating a more stringent condition than a second threshold that is used for detecting the synchronization signals upon synchronizing the video signals.

5. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 4, wherein

the comparison component calculates the ratio by dividing the number of the synchronization signals detected with the first threshold by the number of the synchronization signals detected with the second threshold.

6. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 4, wherein

the comparison component calculates the ratio by dividing the number of the synchronization signals detected with the first threshold by the number of the synchronization signals included in the video signal within a specific period of time.

7. A broadcast receiving method comprising:

receiving broadcast waves;

extracting a video signal from the broadcast waves;

calculating a value indicating quality of the video signal as a ratio of a number of synchronization signals detected with a first threshold to a number of synchronization signals included in the video signal;

comparing the value indicating quality of the video signal first and second levels, the second level indicating a lower quality than the first level;

generating a drive signal for displaying video based on the video signal such drat at least one of brightness and contrast of the video is reduced by a certain amount upon determining that the value indicating the quality of the video signal is within a first range that is lower than the first level and higher than the second level; and

halting the generation of the drive signals based on the video signal upon determining that the value indicating the quality of the video signal is within a second range that is lower than the second level.