Patent ID: 6177960
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A TV signal receiver comprising:an input terminal for receiving an input signal;a tuner coupled to the input terminal for deriving a first TV signal from the input signal;a memory controlled by control means for storing therein and reading therefrom a plurality of blocks of a second TV signal also included in the input signal;said first TV signal having interruption intervals during which at least one block of said second TV signal is insertable therein, the interruption intervals being accompanied by a first control signal for causing said memory control means to read at least one block of the second TV signal from the memory for insertion into an interruption interval of the first TV signal;a signal-combining unit responsive to the first control signal to insert said block of the second TV signal into said interruption interval in the first control signal, to thereby obtain a composite TV signal; andan output terminal at which said composite TV signal is supplied.