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(12) United States Patent

Takashimizu et al.

(io) Patent No.: (45) Date of Patent:

US 7,123,631 B2 *Oct. 17, 2006

(54) RECEIVING APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL BROADCASTING SIGNAL AND RECEIVING/RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS THEREOF

(75) Inventors: Satoru Takashimizu, Yokohama (JP);

Yuji Yamamoto, Yokohama (JP); Kenji
Katsumata, Yokohama (JP); Takumi
Okamura, Yokohama (JP); Takuya
Matsumoto, Yokohama (JP); Shuko
Sei, Yokohama (JP); Yuji Hatanaka,
Yokohama (JP)

(73) Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 1282 days.

This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.

(21) Appl. No.: 10/470,635

(22) Filed: Jan. 23, 2001

(65) Prior Publication Data

US 2005/0152686 Al Jul. 14, 2005

Related U.S. Application Data

(63) Continuation of application No. 08/986,074, filed on Dec. 5, 1997, now Pat. No. 6,185,228.

(58) Field of Classification Search 370/535,

370/536, 537, 538, 389, 409, 474, 395.64, 370/475; 348/19, 17, 14, 7, 6, 469, 423,

348/468

See application file for complete search history.

(56) References Cited

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FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

EP 0735776 10/1996

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Digital Broadcasting Systems for Television, Sound and Data Services; Specification for Service Information (SI) in Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) System, European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Feb. 1997, pp. 1-70.

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Primary Examiner—Hanh Nguyen

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, PC.

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