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Class 725/72 - Antenna initialization, calibration, or aiming

Subclass of Class 725 - Interactive video distribution systems
Definition: Subject matter comprising means or steps for the setup
No. of patents: 76
Last issue date: 03/11/2014

NumberTitleIssue Date
8671432Aircraft in-flight entertainment system having a dual-beam antenna and associated methods
An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for an aircraft includes a radome to be carried by the aircraft, and a dual-beam satellite antenna and at least one positioner coupled thereto to be carried by the aircraft and protected by the radome. The dual-beam s...
8613027System and method for signal reception and distribution
A system and method for receiving and distributing an over-the-air signal over a network. At least one antenna receives an over-the-air signal containing a plurality of channels, at least one tuner isolates from the over-the-air signal information associated with a ...
8302134Systems and methods for television antenna operation
A system and method for controlling a television antenna includes an amplifier circuit mounted with the television antenna. The amplifier circuit is connected to the television antenna and a control line. The control line is used for controlling the gain of the ampl...
8112779Automatic reporting of antenna installation
A method for validating antenna installation to a broadcast provider to ensure proper alignment of the antenna with the broadcast provider's satellite system. The feedback provided by the customer, the installer, and signal strength and quality information communica...
8074246Broadcast receiving apparatus
An appropriate direction and gain value of a smart antenna are efficiently searched for. The MPU 11 of the set top box functionally has the condition setting portion which selects a gain from the second predetermined number of steps of gains and sets it, and ...
7945933Television broadcast receiver
A television receiver is connected to a multi-directional antenna, and stores, in a memory, a receiving direction table containing: channel numbers; best receiving directions of the multi-directional antenna for receiving the respective channels; and register channe...
7805743Broadcast receiver
When a channel of a digital TV broadcasting is selected, a direction information of the channel, which is stored in a channel setting table, is set in a smart antenna and then, in a case of a signal absence state of a broadcasting signal or when a reduction of recei...
7761897Digital television broadcast signal receiver
A TV receiver preliminarily measures and stores, in a memory, data of best receiving directions, each giving maximum signal intensity, of a multi-directional antenna for receivable channels. When the antenna rotationally shifts physically for some reason, one channe...
7716706Digital television broadcast signal receiver
A multi-directional antenna connected with a digital television broadcast signal receiver is arranged not to move one full turn instantaneously in response to an abrupt drop down in the intensity of a received signal thus to avoid any downward overshooting of the in...
7690016Television broadcast receiver
A television receiver is connected to a multi-directional antenna having multiple receiving directions for receiving a television signal by making one receiving direction active, and comprises a clock, a tuner, a memory for storing a receiving direction table having...
7685621Digital television broadcast signal receiver
In a digital TV broadcast signal receiver connected to a multi-directional antenna called smart antenna, a time necessary for deciding an optimum signal receiving direction of each receivable channel is shortened with using local information relating to a location o...
7681218Digital television broadcast signal receiver
When a multi-directional antenna is connected to a digital TV broadcast signal receiver, the digital TV broadcast signal receiver measures a term suitable for switching or changing an effective signal receiving direction of the multi-directional antenna correspondin...
7624414Broadcast reception apparatus receiving broadcast by using directional antenna
A broadcast reception apparatus is connected to a directional antenna capable of changing an airwave reception direction. The broadcast reception apparatus includes a tuner selecting a frequency of airwave received by the directional antenna. When a prescribed condi...
7607155Verifying 22 kHz tone operation in a set-top box
A set top box (100) arrangement includes transmitting circuitry (104) for transmitting a message and an emulated reply to the message, and receiver circuitry (105) for receiving the control message and comparing the control message to the emulat...
7600247Television tuner
A television tuner that receives a television signal using a smart antenna includes a rescan unit that executes rescan; that is: that when an instruction that instructs direct selection of a reception channel on which a television signal is currently received is iss...
7559075Digital television broadcast signal receiver
In multi-directional antennas connected to a digital TV broadcast signal receiver, when a receiving channel is selected, if an antenna is set to the same direction as a previously stored direction, and signals cannot be received, the previously stored direction data...
7552461Antenna system and television receiver
An object is to provide antenna system capable to decide optimal receiving direction of antenna, and television receiver provided with such antenna system. The antenna system includes CPU that executes switching program to switch directional property of anten...
7509665Digital television broadcast signal receiver
In a digital TV broadcast signal receiver connected to a multi-directional antenna called smart antenna and receivable not only digital TV broadcast signals but also analogue TV broadcast signals, an optimum signal receiving direction of an analogue TV broadcast sig...
7509666Digital television broadcast signal receiver
A TV broadcast receiver measures, at least two times, a signal intensity in a maximum receiving direction and a signal intensity in the 180 degree opposite receiving direction among 16 receiving directions of a smart antenna. If the signal intensity in the maximum r...
7430399Broadcast receiver receiving broadcasts utilizing variable directional antenna
A broadcast receiver is connected to a variable directional antenna qualified as an antenna capable of modifying a reception direction of a broadcast wave. When arriving at a prestored timing, the broadcast receiver executes channel search utilizing the variable dir...
7420627Digital television broadcast signal receiver
In a multi-directional antenna that is connected to a digital TV broadcast signal receiver, an RF amplifier in which its transmission gains are controlled is installed on the front of a tuner, a BER (BIT ERROR RATE) threshold is set as a reception determination stan...
7408593Digital television broadcast signal receiver
In a digital TV broadcast signal receiver connected to a multi-directional antenna called smart antenna, even when a user reshuffles a channel frequently, it is aimed to shorten a time delay between channel choice by the user and switching operation of the multi-dir...
7333833Low-noise block controller within a set-top box
A low-noise block (LNB) control device within a set-top box is disclosed. The LNB control device is capable of controlling modulation of an alternating waveform on a direct current (DC) voltage from a DC power supply to an LNB amplifier. The LNB control device inclu...
7302226Combined fixed satellite service and mobile platform satellite service communication system
A communication system for a mobile platform satellite service (MPSS) system includes a receiver subsystem (RS) and a transmitter subsystem (TS). A satellite transponder is in communication with the RS and the TS of the mobile platform. A satellite service ground st...
7275254Method and apparatus for determining and displaying the service level of a digital television broadcast signal
The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and system for determining and displaying the service level of a digital television broadcast signal. A digital television receiver receives a digital television broadcast signal. The digital television broadcast s...
7272189Method to determine the presence of multi-carrier signals
A method for determining the presence of multiple carrier frequency components in an electrical signal by calculating a value for at least one characteristic of the set of peaks in a defined portion of the frequency spectrum, such as the number of peaks within a def...
7262732Method and apparatus for fast satellite acquisition via signal identification
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for fast satellite antenna acquisition via signal identification. The method and apparatus operate by positioning a satellite antenna using signal identification in order to reduce false satellite signal locks and miss...
7215281Wireless network assisted GPS system
A method and apparatus for locating a mobile communications device such as a cell phone includes apparatus for communicating with base stations and apparatus for communicating with satellites. Signals received from satellites and the base stations are combined to pr...
7215949Cellular subscriber radio service
A method for retransmitting a received radio programming signal is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: receiving the signal over a cellular transmission network at a first transceiver station configured to output the radio programming signal; and transmitt...
7207054Low noise block supply and control voltage regulator
A low power circuit for providing power and control signals to a low noise block converter of a satellite receiver over a single coaxial cable includes a tracking switch-mode power supply. The power and control signals have a DC voltage level selected from a plurali...
7199843Spectral translation for VSB compensation
A system for providing spectral compensation for vestigial sideband, VSB, signals with carrier frequency error. The VSB signal is sampled and digitized. The carrier frequency of the digitized signal is translated to a selected IF frequency. A fixed frequency VSB fil...
7197760Apparatus for selecting satellite TV channels using a channel selection unit for VHF and UHF channels
The invention relates to a receiving station for satellite television signals. The inventive system comprises an external unit, satellite receivers and television units for receiving both satellite signals and VHF/UHF signals under control of a common channel select...
7178160Device for receiving satellite broadcast and a receiving method therefor
A satellite broadcast receiver comprises an antenna, a tuner, a modulator, a FEC decoder, a microprocessor, and an antenna driver. The antenna receives the satellite signal and the tuner tunes the satellite signal received by the antenna, and the modulator modulates...
7161996Multi-antenna wireless receiver chains with vector decoding
A receiver chain is provided for use in wireless data communication including a plurality of receive antennas and a vector Barker decoder or a CCK decoder. The vector Barker decoder operates on the plurality of received signals, preferably processed through a plural...
7149470Direct broadcast receiver utilizing LNB in cascade
A direct broadcast system receiving a plurality of broadcast signals within a direct broadcast receiver having an outdoor unit (ODU) is provided. The ODU includes a first low noise block (LNB) and a second LNB. The first LNB has a housing and amplifies a first broad...
7149260Carrier recovery apparatus of VSB receiver and a method of recovering carrier using the same
A carrier recovery apparatus includes a first LPF calculating a carrier changing in accordance with a frequency offset, by using a pilot tone included in an I-signal of a VSB broadcasting signal, a limiter limiting a size of the carrier calculated by the first LPF a...
7140032System and method for establishing TV channel
A system and method for automatically establishing TV channels, based on time/date/geographic location/location of the TV within the home either entered manually or using a locater system such as GPS. ...
7136113Digital television receiver and method of controlling antenna of the same
Disclosed is an antenna controller of a digital television receiver and a controlling method thereof including an antenna receiving channel signals of digital television broadcasting and having a directionality dependent on a control signal, a signal processing part...
7116998Subtractive multipath delay detection
In a RAKE receiver delays associated with multipath signals are determined by subtracting power values associated with sidelobes of a peak value for each of the multipath signals. The determination can be performed in two stages, in the first stage the determination...
7113852System and method for transportation vehicle monitoring, feedback and control
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