| US 7,614,076 B2 | ||
| Broadcast receiving device and stream output device | ||
| Chiyo Ono, Fujisawa (Japan); and Kenji Wada, Yokohama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 19, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/969,800. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-403967 (JP), filed on Dec. 03, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0123277 A1, Jun. 09, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 7/16 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/91 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 725—142 [386/46; 386/94] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A broadcast receiving device configured to receive broadcasted digital programs, the device comprising:
a tuner to select a channel from a plurality of channels, so that a desired digital program may be received via the selected
channel;
a recording component to record the received program and copy control information associated with the received program; a
digital terminal to output the program recorded on the recording component to a video recording device coupled to the digital
terminal; and a controller to control the output of the recorded program to the video recording device that is coupled to
the digital terminal,
wherein the controller determines a number of devices that are coupled to the digital terminal, and wherein the recorded program
is not output for moving to the video recording device via the digital terminal if the controller detects more than one video
recording device coupled to the digital terminal and if the copy control information of the recorded program imposes restriction
on copying of the recorded program.
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