Patents Examined by Ngol Vu
  • Patent number: 6230323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a television receiver capable of receiving at least digital satellite broadcasting such as CS broadcasting. The television receiver according to the present invention comprises first means for displaying a plurality of program guides in a matrix shape on a display device utilizing one of the horizontal axis and the vertical axis as a channel number axis and utilizing the other axis as a time axis, and second means for displaying air times for the program guides displayed on the display device in the shape of a bar graph that is long along the time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hama, Takashige Wakamatsu, Takaya Nonomura, Masako Wakisaka, Tadashi Shiono, Kiyoshi Awano