Patent ID: 8364073

Claim:
A radio receiver comprising: an RF amplifier that receives a broadcast signal and generates an RF signal; an IF conversion unit that generates an IF signal from the RF signal; an electric field intensity detector that detects an electric field intensity of the IF signal; a frequency detection unit that detects a frequency of the IF signal; a detector that detects the IF signal and generates a detected signal; a noise signal detection unit that detects an intensity of a noise signal that is a harmonic component of a digital signal that exists in a certain specific frequency band from among the detected signals generated by the detector; a broadcast signal detection determination unit that determines that the broadcast signal includes a desired analog broadcast signal when the electric field intensity detected by the electric field intensity detector is equal to or larger than a predetermined electric field intensity, the frequency detected by the frequency detection unit is within a predetermined frequency range, and the intensity of the noise signal detected by the noise signal detection unit is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value; and a control unit that performs a control to stop a search of the broadcast signal on the basis of the determination made by the broadcast signal detection determination unit.