DE69031510T2 - Abstimm-Steuergerät mit der Möglichkeit einer Abstimmung mittels Etiketten und unter Verwendung alphabetischer Etikettenspeicherung - Google Patents

Abstimm-Steuergerät mit der Möglichkeit einer Abstimmung mittels Etiketten und unter Verwendung alphabetischer Etikettenspeicherung

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DE69031510T2
DE69031510T2 DE69031510T DE69031510T DE69031510T2 DE 69031510 T2 DE69031510 T2 DE 69031510T2 DE 69031510 T DE69031510 T DE 69031510T DE 69031510 T DE69031510 T DE 69031510T DE 69031510 T2 DE69031510 T2 DE 69031510T2
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David Jay Duffield
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Technicolor USA Inc
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Thomson Consumer Electronics Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/485—End-user interface for client configuration
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03J—TUNING RESONANT CIRCUITS; SELECTING RESONANT CIRCUITS
    • H03J9/00—Remote-control of tuned circuits; Combined remote-control of tuning and other functions, e.g. brightness, amplification
    • H03J9/06—Remote-control of tuned circuits; Combined remote-control of tuning and other functions, e.g. brightness, amplification using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. light
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03J—TUNING RESONANT CIRCUITS; SELECTING RESONANT CIRCUITS
    • H03J1/00—Details of adjusting, driving, indicating, or mechanical control arrangements for resonant circuits in general
    • H03J1/0008—Details of adjusting, driving, indicating, or mechanical control arrangements for resonant circuits in general using a central processing unit, e.g. a microprocessor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/44—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards
    • H04N5/50—Tuning indicators; Automatic tuning control
DE69031510T 1989-04-06 1990-04-03 Abstimm-Steuergerät mit der Möglichkeit einer Abstimmung mittels Etiketten und unter Verwendung alphabetischer Etikettenspeicherung Expired - Lifetime DE69031510T2 (de)

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US07/334,067 US4914517A (en) 1989-04-06 1989-04-06 Tuner control apparatus having tune-by-label capability and using alphabetical label storage

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DE69031510D1 DE69031510D1 (de) 1997-11-06
DE69031510T2 true DE69031510T2 (de) 1998-01-29

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US (1) US4914517A (de)
EP (1) EP0391656B1 (de)
JP (1) JP3053192B2 (de)
KR (1) KR0185393B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE158904T1 (de)
DE (1) DE69031510T2 (de)
ES (1) ES2107417T3 (de)
SG (1) SG92588A1 (de)

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DE69031510D1 (de) 1997-11-06
EP0391656A2 (de) 1990-10-10
SG92588A1 (en) 2002-11-19
ATE158904T1 (de) 1997-10-15
EP0391656B1 (de) 1997-10-01
US4914517A (en) 1990-04-03
JP3053192B2 (ja) 2000-06-19
ES2107417T3 (es) 1997-12-01
EP0391656A3 (de) 1991-03-27
KR900017286A (ko) 1990-11-15
KR0185393B1 (ko) 1999-04-15

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