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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7366402 | Method and apparatus of recording a high definition digital television broadcast signal The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of recording a directly-received digital television broadcast signal. This method demodulates a received high definition digital television broadcast signal, extracts transport stream belonging to a chosen chan... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7319808 | Input-output circuit, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus for digital video signal A video signal input-output circuit and a recording-reproduction apparatus in which a digitally compressed video signal input in packet form can be recorded and reproduced efficiently and in stable fashion. In this apparatus, a clock reference is detected from a pac... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7231138 | Method and system for DVD single frame stepping backwards Aspects of performing single frame backwards playback in a DVD system are described. The aspects include receiving a signal indicating selection of a single frame reverse function. Frame data for a preceding frame of an original playback is then reconstructed while ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224884 | Design method for a video signal processing integrated circuit and integrated circuit and video signal processing apparatus thereby A video signal processing apparatus and a design method therefor are provided, and more particularly, a design method for a video signal processing integrated circuit (IC), in which to solve the shortage of pin ports caused by designing a video signal processor in a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7187840 | Reproducing arrangement having an overview reproducing mode A reproducing arrangement for reproducing scenes of a stored film in an overview reproducing mode of the reproducing arrangement, has random access memory means for the storage of audio/video data (AVD) of a film which is reproducible at a normal reproducing speed d... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7130790 | System and method for closed caption data translation A system and method is disclosed for translating closed caption data from a source language to a target language during a broadcast. The system and method are fully automated to provide accurate and timely translations of closed caption data. The system and method i... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7054542 | Data recording and reproducing apparatus having a data transfer device selectively transferring data between multiple data recording and reproducing devices A data recording and reproducing apparatus which can easily perform the editing of audio and/or visual data even at the camera site. In the data recording and reproducing apparatus, a VTR portion and an MO disc portion are integrally constituted. Audio and/or visual... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7010216 | Data recording and reproducing apparatus having a data transfer device selectively transferring data between multiple data recording and reproducing devices A data recording and reproducing apparatus which can easily perform the editing of audio and/or visual data even at the camera site. In the data recording and reproducing apparatus, a VTR portion and an MO disc portion are integrally constituted. Audio and/or visual... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6947250 | Disk storage apparatus In a disk storage apparatus, an micro processing unit (MPU) as an upper unit calculates a positional relationship between a head section and storage disks using disk management data indicating the positional relationship of servo information among the storage disks ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6804450 | Method and apparatus for reverse playback of a digital data The invention proposes a method for reverse playback of a digital data stream representing video information. The information is stored in an Intra picture coded format followed by several Non-Intra coded pictures. For reverse playback n sectors are jumped back from... | 10/12/2004 |
| 5812772 | Multi-media communication system and method therefor A multi-media communication system has a data transmitter and communication terminals. Each communication terminal has a communication interface for communicating with the data transmitter via control signals, and a buffer for storing multi-media data. Th... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5715350 | Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus using an accelerating signal to reduce noise when changing reproducing modes A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus which generates reduced noise when shifting between operations such as still or slow motion mode to normal playback mode. The apparatus has a capstan motor for driving the tape at speeds determined by the com... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5671095 | Digital transmission signal processing system and recording/reproducing system A processing system and a recording/reproducing system for a digital signal including a digital video signal and a digital audio signal. Upon transmission, the digital signal is transmitted after time-base compression and modulation. The transmitted signa... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5608532 | Signal processing device and method for a slow mode function of a VTR A signal processing device and method which performs stable video signal reproduction in a slow mode function of a video tape recorder by digitally storing only those slow mode images which are stable. The signal processing device includes a signal separa... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5532829 | Automatic color control circuit having a control signal storing capacitor A control circuit includes: a capacitor for normal reproduction which stores an output of a reproduction color burst level detection for automatic color signal level control in a color signal processing circuit at the time of normal reproduction in a vide... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5457542 | Caption display apparatus for VCR A caption display apparatus for a video cassette recorder (VCR), comprising a caption signal detection circuit for detecting a caption signal from a video signal, a caption display signal generation circuit for generating a caption character signal in res... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5179450 | Video signal processing apparatus and method for the time base compensation A video signal processing apparatus and method are provided in which time base errors in the luminance and color signals of a video signal reproduced from a recording medium are compensated. Time base errors in the luminance signal are reduced by storing ... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5140433 | Noise reduction circuit for reducing video signal noise by mixing current and previous video signal A noise reduction circuit in a recording medium player is disclosed in which the time-axis of a video signal read out from a memory to be used for noise reduction is changed by a shift command signal for changing the time-axis of a video signal in order t... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5065259 | Magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus In a system for recording digital data obtained based on an information signal on a magnetic tape and/or reproducing digital data obtained based on an information signal from a magnetic tape, a magnetic recording apparatus comprises an encoder for produci... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5043825 | Intermediate picture field storage system for slow motion playback of video tape recording For slow motion playback operation with a digital video magnetic tape recording and reproducing equipment an intermediate memory system has four picture field memories of which there are always three available for writing into but only one of them at a ti... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4974178 | Editing apparatus for audio and video information Information including pictures, sounds, and characters is inputted. A form of the inputted information is converted into a prescribed format in accordance with properties of the information, and thus converted information is derived. A first storage means... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4769720 | Processor for video signals obtained from an information carrier such as a magnetic tape A color television signal processor for signals reproduced from magnetic tape converts the signals to digital form at a sampling rate substantially equal to three times the color carrier frequency, incorporates a timing system that locks the sampling rate... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4751586 | Rotary head tape transport servo system having high speed servo lock capability A method and apparatus for controlling the capstan servo of a magnetic video tape recording and reproducing machine is disclosed. The invention provides almost instantaneous color framing and synchronous control track lock when accelerating from a very sl... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4731659 | Slow Motion reproducing apparatus A slow motion reproducing apparatus in which a dynamic tracking head dynamically traces slant recording tracks sequentially formed on a tape in its longitudinal direction while the tape is transported at variable tape speed to thereby reproduce a video si... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4635134 | Video signal processing apparatus for processing video signals at the time of a special reproduction mode A video signal processing apparatus for processing a video signal at the time of a special reproduction mode comprises an A/D converter for converting a reproduced video signal obtained by demodulating a frequency modulated signal reproduced from a record... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4504869 | Color moviola for two-track VTR When in the high or low speed editing or "moviola" mode, a VTR switches the inputs of Y and C demodulators between the Y and C heads or switches the demodulator outputs as the heads cross tracks. Thus, the Y and C demodulators always receive or provide at... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4494153 | Method of operating a signal reproduction apparatus for effecting synchronous reproduction of recorded signals A method of operating a signal recording and reproducing apparatus is disclosed whereby generally continuously and noise-free transfers of signal information are obtained while reproducing the information from a magnetic tape being transported at a changi... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4459620 | Color video signal reproducing apparatus A color video signal reproducing apparatus, such as a VTR, is capable of being operated in a normal speed reproduction mode, as well as in non-normal modes such as stop motion, slow motion, and fast motion. A rotary pick-up head on the apparatus is mounte... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4423497 | Rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus capable of performing special reproduction A rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus for reproducing a rotary recording medium in which an information signal is recorded on a spiral track comprises a reproducing transducer having a reproducing element for reproducing signals from tracks on t... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4400741 | Video tape recorder with inter-channel switching circuit for special modes of reproduction In a video tape recorder, luminance and chrominance signals are recorded respectively by first and second transducer heads along separate tracks skewed to the direction of tape motion. The transducer heads are rotated during particular modes such as slow-... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4395737 | Video disc slow down processor with reverse color detector/corrector Selected fields of a redundant field slow motion video tape reproduced video signal are stored in a memory at a given clock rate and recovered from the memory at a clock rate inversely proportional to the number of times each field is repeated so as to pr... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4376954 | Slow down processor for video disc mastering having color phase error detector/corrector Selected fields of a redundant field slow motion video tape reproduced video signal are stored in a memory at a given clock rate and recovered from the memory at a clock rate inversely proportional to the number of times each field is repeated so as to pr... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4370672 | Color subcarrier regenerator for slow down processor Luminance and chrominance components of a video input signal are stored at one rate and recovered at a lesser rate, 1/N, by means of a frame store to effect video signal bandwidth reduction. Burst is not stored but rather is regenerated and added to the v... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4361849 | Video disc vari-speed playback system A video disc player has two fields of buffer storage for implementing special effects. Video signal recovered from a disc record is directed into respective ones of the buffer stores for subsequent replay in particular sequences. A fixed memory device, co... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4346397 | Apparatus for reproducing a video signal of one system with conversion to a video signal of another system A reproducing apparatus reproduces a video signal of a certain system having a field frequency F1 and a number N1 of horizontal scanning lines within one field period which has been recorded on a magnetic tape travelling at a speed S1 along plurality trac... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4277796 | Slow down color processor for video disc mastering using a special mode VTR Selected fields of a redundant field slow motion video tape reproduced video signal are stored in a memory at a given clock rate and recovered at a lower clock rate that is inversely proportional to the number of times each field is repeated so as to prod... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4268875 | Avoidance of disturbance of horizontal sync signals in video signal reproduced at other than standard tape speed In a recording and reproducing apparatus in which a video signal is recorded by at least one rotary head in successive parallel tracks on a recording medium while the latter is being driven at a predetermined or standard speed in a direction to which said... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4216504 | Slow motion color video recording and playback system A video recorder and playback system for storing video information consisting of video frames successively presented at a standard frame rate, each frame having first and second interlaced video fields, and for playing back the video information in a desi... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4215362 | Track selection method and apparatus In an apparatus for automatically maintaining a transducing head assembly on the proper track, which is particularly adapted for a helical scan recording and/or reproducing apparatus capable of providing special motion effects, track selection method and ... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4131912 | Apparatus for recording and reproducing video signals on a magnetic tape movable at different speeds In apparatus for recording and reproducing video signals in successive parallel tracks on a magnetic tape by means of magnetic heads or transducers repeatedly traversing the tape at a steady rate while the tape is driven longitudinally, and in which at le... | 12/26/1978 |
