Communications: radio wave antennas – Antennas – Switching between antennas and lines
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-26
2009-08-04
Ho, Tan (Department: 2821)
Communications: radio wave antennas
Antennas
Switching between antennas and lines
C455S277100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07570224
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed a antenna apparatus including: a first antenna having a fixed directivity for receiving a signal in a first frequency band; a second antenna capable of switching a directivity thereof at a time of receiving a signal in a second frequency band; a judgment section to judge which of the signal in the first frequency band and the signal in the second frequency band a television broadcast signal corresponding to a tuned channel is; and a selection section to select the first antenna as an antenna to receive the television broadcast signal corresponding to the tuned channel when the television broadcast signal is judged to be the signal in the first frequency band, and to select the second antenna as the antenna to receive the television broadcast signal when the television broadcast signal is judged to be the signal in the second frequency band.
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Narita Shusuke
Onomatsu Takehiro
Crowell & Moring LLP
Funai Electric Co. Ltd.
Ho Tan
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