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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7742680 | Apparatus and method for processing signals A tuner 1 receives a TV-broadcast signal from an antenna 6. The TV-broadcast signal is supplied to a demodulator 2. The demodulator 2 demodulates the audio signal and video signal, both contained in the TV-broadcast signal. A CM-detecting... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7398002 | Video editing method and device for editing a video project A video editing method for editing a video project is for user to edit video clips and transition effects. The method firstly provides a timeline and multiple tracks along the timeline. Then the video clips and transition effects are inserted into the corresponding ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7356242 | Editing device, editing system and editing method Program configuration is carried out by using the screen of a display section 17 and an input operating section 18 of a video editing device 10, and data of this program configuration is recorded in a RAM 19. In accordance with the data o... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7215871 | Changing a playback speed for video presentation recorded in a field structure format The invention includes a system and method for changing a playback speed of a selected video segment containing field pictures which has been recorded onto a portion of a storage medium. A selected video segment can be modified for a changed playback speed and the m... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7187844 | Information recording apparatus An information recording apparatus include: a processing unit for processing recording information to be recorded and for generating processed information; a storage unit for temporarily storing the processed information; a recording unit for recording the processed... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6954469 | Multi-channel video pump A system for streaming a plurality of video or other recorded signals from storage to receiving devices maintains each of the signal streams at their encoded bit rate. The bit rate of each stream is detected from the stored signals and a corresponding queue is set u... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6904539 | Method of determining data transfer speed in data transfer apparatus A method of determining a transfer speed of an encoded data signal including a clock signal and a data signal is provided. First, the encoded data signal is decoded to generate a decoded clock signal. Then, a data transfer speed of the encoded data signal is determi... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6526217 | Method and apparatus for after recording of digital recording medium and method and apparatus for reproducing digital recording medium An after recording method comprising a first step of reading the original data including at least a video bit stream from a digital recording medium (1), a second step of decoding the original data, a third step of encoding audio data in synchronism with ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 5953172 | High speed recording and reproducing apparatus for avoiding cross talk during insert-recording In a digital VTR to which this invention is applied, recording heads 51a, 51b, reproduction heads 52a, 52b and an erase head 53 are disposed on a rotary drum 50 so that the recording heads 51a, 51b and the erase head 53 do not scan tracks for a time perio... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5923810 | Index signal recording and reproduction apparatus and method for a recording medium A signal recording and reproduction apparatus and method for a recording medium, wherein when an eject button is depressed, a video sub-code (VSC) area where no information is recorded is retrieved from the VSC areas near the position of the end of the re... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5915065 | Magnetic recording and reproducing method In a helical-scan-type magnetic recording and playback method for forming diagonal tracks on a magnetic tape while recording and playing back digital data signals, the record and playback heads are installed on a rotating drum in a manner that enables the... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5862293 | Tracking control for digital signal reproducing and after-recording apparatus and method An apparatus and method for reproducing and after-recording digital signals in slant recording tracks sequentially arranged on a recording medium includes a recording subsystem for recording digital signals in each of the slant tracks and a reproducing su... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5715108 | Video tape player for displaying a previously recorded video signal read from a magnetic tape during high speed recording of an externally supplied video signal A video cassette recorder (VCR) is disclosed which is capable of displaying the video being erased during a recording operation. Thus, during a recording operation the user is able to monitor the video being erased, so as to stop recording if the VCR has ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5703995 | Method and system for producing a personalized video recording A system for mass-producing customized video recordings is provided with a plurality of video recording devices under the control of a central controller having access to a database of information pertaining to individuals for whom the recordings are to b... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5559641 | Video editing system with auto channel allocation The present invention provides a useful video editing system capable of reading shot directly from an original source and preparing a master tape to which vide effects such as wipes are applied and a method thereof. The video editing system comprises a vi... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5359465 | Device and method for editing signals recorded on disk A device and method for editing a signal recorded on a magnetic disk. An image signal recorded on a first track of the disk is stored in a first memory, and then the signal of the first track is erased. An image signal recorded on a second track of the di... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5272572 | Apparatus and method for use in appending data to data previously written on a tape in a helical scan tape recorder system An apparatus and method for use in appending data to data that has been previously established on a tape in a helical scan tape recorder that results in the spacing between the appended data and the previously established data being within a defined range... | 12/21/1993 |
| 4992891 | Dual record/read head video recording and playback apparatus with fade-in function A pair of recording heads are mounted on a rotary cylinder for recording a video signal in slanted tracks on magnetic tape. The recording heads are mounted in a common plane and each has a different azimuthal angle. A pair of reading heads are mounted on ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4974111 | Method and apparatus for electronically processing and rerecording recorded video signals A method and to an apparatus for electronically processing video signals stored on a record carrier, particularly a magnetic tape or magnetic or optical disk. The video signals are scanned from the record carrier in sections, are written into an intermedi... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4939605 | Apparatus including a head wheel carrying advanced read, write and normal read heads for facilitating processing of television audio signals recorded on magnetic tape The head wheel of a video recorder-reproducer is equipped with a set of four advanced read heads, in addition to the usual sets of four read and write heads, so that each advanced read head can read the contents of an oblique track on a magnetic tape on w... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4796105 | Helical scan type magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing digital signal A helical scan type magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus comprises first and second rotary heads which are mounted on a rotary drum at positions separated by an angle of approximately 180° on a rotational plane of the rotary drum and have mutuall... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4768106 | Apparatus for recording video and PCM audio signals with insert editing using axially displaced heads An apparatus for recording video and digital audio signals in separate sections of slant tracks on a magnetic tape in the 8 mm format includes two main rotary magnetic heads for recording and reproducing both the video and digital audio signals during nor... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4719522 | Method of magnetic recording In a magnetic recording method in which, for the purpose of tracking, a signal having a predetermined frequency is extracted from a reproduced FM recording signal recorded on a magnetic recording medium, and the magnetic head is brought to a position wher... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4707749 | Address code inserting system for video tape recording apparatus The invention relates to a control signal recording apparatus of a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus for recording a video signal on a video track on a magnetic tape and reproducing the recorded video signal. There is provided control signal record... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4536805 | Image signal recording-reproducing device In the disclosed image signal recording-reproducing device, a first head records and reproduces an image signal and a second head upstream of the first head on the recording medium reproduces an output which is mixed with a predetermined image signal and ... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4520405 | Insert recording system for a video signal In an insert recording system for a video signal, a tape is recorded with a video signal along tracks formed obliquely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the tape, a part of recorded tracks is erased, and a different or new video signal is reco... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4377824 | Multi-channel longitudinal video tape recording An apparatus and method for recording and reproducing extended periods of video information on a longitudinal tape recorder without losing synchronism or image quality. The composite video signal, and synchronization signals extracted therefrom, are recor... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4348698 | Magnetic devices for changing video recordings A method of changing video recordings with or without audio information on a single video recording/playback unit, comprising reading the originally recorded signals of a first of several tracks on a recording medium and re-recording said signals on the s... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4058840 | Method and apparatus for recording a single video frame A disc recorder having a single magnetic pick-up and record head and having a magnetic disc, rotating at the frame rate of a video signal, records and provides for display of a single frame from a video signal consisting of a series of video frames. Motio... | 11/15/1977 |
