| US 7,495,711 B2 | ||
| Apparatus and method of setting sound mode | ||
| Dong-hoon Han, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on May 13, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/844,494. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2003-0033245 (KR), filed on May 24, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0233338 A1, Nov. 25, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 5/60 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 348—738 [348/462] | 29 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus to set a sound mode of a broadcast receiver, the apparatus comprising:
a vertical blanking interval signal decoder to decode a signal included in a vertical blanking interval of a received broadcasting
signal to output sound mode data and from the signal; and
a system control unit to automatically control a sound mode of the broadcast receiver based on the sound mode data output
from the vertical blanking interval signal decoder.
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