Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Demodulation device, demodulation device control method, demodulation device control program, and recording medium with recorded demodulation device control program
- Patent Title (中): 解调装置,解调装置控制方法,解调装置控制程序和具有记录解调装置控制程序的记录介质
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Application No.: US12439499Application Date: 2007-07-05
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Publication No.: US08194806B2Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: Mamoru Okazaki , Kazumasa Kioi , Akira Saito , Masayuki Natsumi , Atsushi Sakai
- Applicant: Mamoru Okazaki , Kazumasa Kioi , Akira Saito , Masayuki Natsumi , Atsushi Sakai
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2006-238145 20060901
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/063424 WO 20070705
- International Announcement: WO2008/026376 WO 20080306
- Main IPC: H04L27/08
- IPC: H04L27/08

Abstract:
This demodulation device receives and demodulates a digital broadcast wave. This demodulation device includes an RF search control unit (41) and a GI search control unit (42). The RF search control unit (41) determines whether or not there is a broadcast wave in a certain channel, in accordance with an intensity of a signal outputted from a tuner (12) for receiving a digital broadcast wave. The GI search control unit (42) determines whether or not the broadcast wave is digital, based on whether or not the signal outputted from the tuner (12) contains a guard interval. Thus, the demodulation device is capable of efficiently searching for a channel containing a digital broadcast wave.
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