Patent ID: 7502590
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: H01Q,H04H

Abstract:
1. A broadcast receiver connected to a variable directional antenna qualified as an antenna capable of modifying a reception direction of a broadcast wave, said broadcast receiver comprising: a tuner selecting a frequency of a broadcast wave received by said variable directional antenna, a control unit controlling the frequency to be selected with respect to said tuner, a determination unit determining whether a broadcast wave at the frequency selected by said tuner is valid for reception, and a storage unit storing information as to whether each of frequencies of broadcast waves corresponding to a plurality of channels is valid for reception by said variable directional antenna, wherein said control unit causes said determination unit to execute channel search utilizing said variable directional antenna when a predetermined condition is established, and said channel search including a process of determining whether a broadcast wave is valid for reception for all reception directions by said variable directional antenna for only a frequency having information as invalid for reception stored in said storage unit.