ES1071025U - Digital terrestrial television tuner (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Digital terrestrial television tuner, being of the type of those constituted from a housing provided inside a circuit for processing signals from an antenna, both analogue and digital, for broadcast on a television through connecting means between both devices, said device having an internal microprocessor, characterized in that the tuner housing incorporates at least one bay, formally and dimensionally adequate to receive a removable hard disk therein, establishing at the bottom thereof the corresponding practicable connection means of the removable hard disk to the bay, and the latter being connected through the corresponding control and adaptation electronics to the tuner microprocessor, with the particularity that said microprocessor will incorporate software for the treatment of audiovisual contents stored on the hard disk, visualize on the television through the corresponding means of connection to it. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Digital television tuner land.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a digital terrestrial television tuner, (DTT), of the type of those used to be able to visualize through a television the digital channels broadcast by the different television channels, through radio frequency waves that are received by the corresponding antenna.

The object of the invention is to provide a DTT tuner that in addition to the usual functions provided for the same, allow to visualize through the television to which it is associated different audiovisual contents, previously recorded on a computer, or directly from the signal received to through the antenna.

Background of the invention

As is known, the commonly known blackout analog is getting closer, so that the stations of television will only broadcast their programs in format digital.

However, a large number of households do not they have televisions equipped with means to interpret these digital signals

Trying to ignore this problem, they are well-known digital terrestrial television tuners, which allow interpreting incoming digital signals to be able to be displayed on a conventional television, either through its Scart connector or through usual connection ports such as RCA, HDMI, coaxial cable, etc.

However, these types of devices have Very limited functionality.

On the other hand hard drives are known external, through which it is possible to reproduce all kinds of audiovisual content through the television. However this type of devices present a problem consisting in that these types of devices must be connected and disconnected both of the television as of the computer from which the audiovisual content constantly, participating in said maneuvers a considerable number of cables, to which in some cases it is difficult to access, which makes maneuvering and complicated maneuvers transfer and connection from the computer to the TV and vice versa.

Finally, tuners are also known DTTs that incorporate an internal memory storage unit, which only allows to record and reproduce the contents of television channels or input signals through the antenna, but that do not allow the loading and viewing of others content from other devices such as a Computer or similar.

Description of the invention

The device proposed by the invention resolves in a fully satisfactory way the problem previously exposed, combining both devices into one, so that a Once installed, it is not necessary to connect / disconnect any type of wiring, greatly simplifying the dump maneuvers of audiovisual content to the computer and display of said contents on the television.

To do this, and based on the structuring basic of a digital terrestrial television tuner, the tuner of the invention focuses its features on the fact that your internal microprocessor will incorporate software from image processing in multiple formats, with a data transmission interface to said microprocessor that is connected to a bay defined in the housing of the tuner, in which a removable hard disk is pluggable.

So, the tuner, in addition to the usual functions you can access the contents stored in said removable hard drive, and play them on television, to through the aforementioned software, so that when updating the contents of the hard disk will only have to be extracted of the corresponding bay of the tuner housing to be inserted in the complementary bay of the computer case Personnel in question, being able to update the contents, without Need to connect or disconnect any cables.

It should also be noted that, given the special tuner settings, multiple discs may be available hard removable, so that the contents can be changed to play on the tuner by simply replacing a removable disk for another, without having to go through the computer.

The aforementioned tuner will also allow through the aforementioned programming software, and through the socket of available antenna, record the contents that are being issuing in real time in case the user cannot visualize them because you are performing another task, or visualizing another channel or content of the hard disk, being able to visualize said content recorded later.

As is evident, the control command to Tuner distance will incorporate the corresponding buttons or additional keys to control the usual functions of treatment of audiovisual content stored on disk hard removable.

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization of it, is accompanied as part member of that description, a set of drawings where with illustrative and non-limiting nature, what has been represented next:

Figure 1.- Shows a perspective view of a digital terrestrial television tuner made of according to the object of the present invention.

Figure 2.- Shows a view similar to that of the previous figure, in which the removable hard drive from the bay from the tuner housing is removed from it.

Figure 3.- Shows, finally, a view in rear elevation of the device of the previous figures.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of the figures outlined you can be observed as the digital terrestrial television tuner that It is recommended to be constituted from a housing (1), which in the chosen practical embodiment example presents a rectangular prismatic configuration, with support legs (2), but that obviously can present any configuration accordingly with very different design lines without affecting the essence of the invention, tuner obtained from the circuitry conventional in this type of devices, in which it is established an internal microprocessor, associated with different ports or sockets signal input and output, such as, for example, a antenna input (3), scart connectors (4), RCA connectors (5), RGB connectors (6), HDMI (7) optical (8) or coaxial outputs (9).

In the same way, and as is conventional in this type of devices, the tuner will be equipped with a button ignition (10), and a connector (11) for the power cable feeding thereof, optionally incorporating one or more USB connectors (12) for peripheral connection and display of its contents

Well, according to the essence of the invention, the tuner that the invention proposes centers its characteristics in which on the front face of the housing (1) establishes a bay (13), formally and dimensionally suitable for receive a removable hard disk (14) inside it, so that in the fund of the same will establish the corresponding means of practicable connection of the removable hard drive to the bay, being the latter connected through the corresponding electronics of control and adaptation to the tuner's microprocessor, the which, as previously mentioned, will allow through a certain programming software, visualize the contents stored in said removable hard disk (14) in the TV to which the tuner is connected.

So, different removable hard drives (14) may be introduced selectively into the bay (13), without need to disconnect all wiring associated with the tuner, being only necessary to insert said disc removable hard (14) in the corresponding bay established in the personal computer in question, for, without wires, allow updating the contents of said hard disk.

Claims (2)

1. Digital terrestrial television tuner, which being of the type constituted from a housing provided inside a circuit for processing signals from an antenna, both analog and digital, for broadcast on a television through connection means between both devices, said device having an internal microprocessor, characterized in that the tuner housing incorporates at least one bay, formally and dimensionally suitable for receiving a removable hard disk within it, settling at the bottom of it corresponding practicable connection means of the removable hard disk to the bay, and the latter being connected through the corresponding control and adaptation electronics to the tuner's microprocessor, with the particularity that said microprocessor will incorporate a software for processing the audiovisual contents stored on the hard drive, visualize bles on the television through the corresponding means of connection to it. 2. Digital terrestrial television tuner, according to claim 1, characterized in that the tuner is complemented with a remote control that in addition to the usual function keys for this type of devices incorporates buttons for control of the usual functions of processing the audiovisual contents Stored on removable hard drive.