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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7796861 | Video reproducing apparatus In a video reproducing apparatus of the present invention, it is monitored during reproduction whether or not there is a change in recording rate of a reproduced video signal. When there is a change in recording rate, a ratio of a reproducing rate to a recording rat... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7369748 | Reproducing apparatus and tracking method A reproducing apparatus comprises detecting means 18 and 19 for detecting levels of pilot signals recorded on tracks from reproduced signals reproduced by magnetic heads 1A, 1B, a calculating means 24 for calculating a ratio betwee... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7352956 | Method for implementing trickplay modes in a data stream recorder Stream recording assumes e.g. a settop box to be connected to a DVD Streamer. The connection is e.g. of IEEE 1394 type using interfaces including transmitting and receiving firmware. Stream Data include one or more Stream Objects which each can be stored as a Progra... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7327933 | Variable-mode information signal reproduction apparatus with tracking control A reproduction apparatus reproduces information signals recorded in a plurality of recording modes having different information sizes of an information signal to be recorded per unit time, discriminates the recording mode of the reproduced information signal, and co... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7269338 | Apparatus and method for synchronizing presentation from bit streams based on their content Content of multiple digital bit streams with essentially the same renderable content, and situated at mutually remote locations, are played back in unison. First, time is synchronized among the processors that participate in a synchronized viewing session by playing... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7209631 | Image recording/reproducing apparatus A video recording/reproducing apparatus capable of discriminating commercial message portions even when a broadcasting mode is the same. A magnetic head records television broadcasting signals to a magnetic tape and reproduces the television broadcasting signals fro... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209639 | Recording apparatus and recording method A program controller decides extension of a broadcast time of the program content according to program information, calculates the total program time period including the extension time period, calculates an optimum recording rate from the total program time period ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7194396 | Simulation device A simulation device capable of displaying still images of a three-dimensional model of a machine such as a robot in the midst of an operation of the machine and simulating the operation from a start to the midst of the operation. The simulation device receives histo... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183935 | Method and apparatus for determining motor velocity using edge mode hysteresis with a finite impulse response average filter A method for determining motor velocity includes generating an edge signal including a plurality of edges. The edge signal indicates rotational travel of a motor. Edge counts in the edge signal occurring during periodic sample intervals are determined. The edge coun... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7164642 | Optical disk reproducing apparatus and method for controlling spindle motor In a process of braking an spindle motor, a frequency of a read clock signal synchronized with an RF signal output from an RF amplifier is measured as a first frequency by a braking control circuit. A brake is then applied to the spindle motor for a predetermined ti... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7110658 | Method and apparatus for eliminating television commercial messages A video recording and playback device (10) incorporates a processor (114) for processing the video signal to detect the presence of commercial messages. Video and audio event detectors (102, 104) detect the presence of events in the signal as it... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7023636 | Information recording/reproducing apparatus A playback error associated with overwriting on a narrow-width track is prevented from occurring in the overwritten portion. A signal generator (11) generates a signal of a predetermined data pattern that stabilizes the operation of a synchronizing pulse gene... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6975807 | Video tape recorder A video tape recorder includes a rotary cylinder of double-azimuth four-head structure having a pair of main heads and a pair of subheads. When it is detected base on an envelop signal that clogging or the like occurs in the pair of main heads, a controller performs... | 12/13/2005 |
| RE38868 | Apparatus and method for controlling recording and reproduction in digital video cassette tape recorder An apparatus and method for controlling recording and reproduction in a video cassette tape recorder are disclosed. The apparatus is capable of, in a recording mode, separating specific data for speed-varied reproduction from compressed digital video signals, record... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6907616 | Transfer rate controller, decoding system, medium, and information aggregate A transfer rate controller, has input means of inputting a picture or sound stream; packet rate adjusting means of controlling a transfer rate of the stream by adjusting an interval between packets respectively bel... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6895168 | Tape transport apparatus A tape transport apparatus enabling a tape winding to be completed even if a winding load is applied to interrupt the tape running during a fast-forward running mode or rewinding running mode. An output voltage applied to a drive motor driving a supply reel or a tak... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6888998 | Data recording and reproducing apparatus having a data transferring device for 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... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6865336 | User-specific time values for time-based navigation functions of video recorder systems There is provided a method for managing time-values of time-based navigation functions in a video recording system. A user input is received that specifies a re-programmed time-value for a time-based navigation function. The re-programmed time-value is stored for fu... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6839500 | Apparatus for implementing still function of DVD and method thereof An apparatus and method for implementing a still function of a DVD are provided. According to the apparatus and method of the present invention, a still frame is accurately implemented by detecting a frame to be stilled at a system level and processing it internally... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6823128 | Signal processing apparatus A signal processing apparatus including a write controller. This write controller specifies a start position of an effective time period of each field, based on an ID signal superimposed over lines 15 to 18 of an odd numbered field video signal and ove... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6771883 | Device and method for controlling tape travelling speed and medium for recording its control program The travelling speed of a magnetic tape is controlled without considering a detection error caused by the slackening of a magnetic tape or the like. A microcomputer 10, immediately after starting a fast-feeding operation, starts a running rotation of feeding ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6681076 | Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus for automatically setting the traveling speed of the recording medium in accordance with the transmission rate of the input digital signal A first rotational head of a first azimuth angle and a second rotational head of a second azimuth angle are arranged on a rotational drum rotated at a constant rotational speed. Also, input digital signals are processed in a signal recording system to for... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6650825 | Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus and method of adjusting the head-switching point therein In a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus with at least two video heads mounted on a rotating drum, a reference video signal is reproduced, using a stored initial value to control the head-switching point, the interval from the head-switching poin... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6539165 | Reproduction of a digital information signal in a trick play reproduction mode A tracking control system is proposed for realizing a tracking control in a trick play reproduction mode in a helical scan reproduction apparatus. The tracking is based on the derivation of a tracking error control signal from the track numbers and the sy... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6381400 | Method and apparatus for controlling speed of capstan motor of a video cassette recorder A method for controlling the speed of a capstan motor in a video cassette recorder (VCR) includes modulating a capstan frequency generating (CFG) signal into a pulse signal. Time intervals corresponding to one of a rising edge to a next rising edge and a ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6341194 | Video signal transmission apparatus This invention is directed to a video signal transmitting/receiving apparatus adapted for converting a series of video signals into picture data in predetermined block units to send out it to a transmission path in the asynchronous transfer mode to thereb... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6339670 | Digital VTR Data separating means extracts intra-frame or intra-field encoded blocks from an intra-frame or intra-field encoded, and inter-frame or inter-field encoded digital video signal, and a digital audio signal contained in an input bit stream. Error correction... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6337948 | Digital signal recording apparatus which utilizes predetermined areas on a magnetic tape for multiple purposes A signal which is to be used in high-speed playback is recorded in a predetermined region of a track. An error correcting check code region for recording an error correcting check code is formed at a position adjacent to the predetermined region. In accor... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6304399 | Automatic head switching control method and apparatus An automatic head switching control method and apparatus detects whether an interval between a head switching point of time and a vertical sync signal is 6.5 horizontal sync signal intervals and repeats processes for altering head switching delay data t | 10/16/2001 |
| 6301069 | Servo control apparatus utilizing clock signal and control data A servo control apparatus controls operation of a to-be-controlled object through execution of software based on control data and reference data. An operation-signal generating portion generates an operation signal having a frequency representing the oper... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6292622 | Method of low-speed reproducing in a video cassette recorder A method for low-speed reproducing in a video cassette recorder (VCR) having a pair of main heads for normal-speed reproducing and at least a pair of additional heads neighboring said main heads is disclosed. A period which is regularly repeated from an e... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6275646 | Image recording/reproducing apparatus A video recording/reproducing apparatus capable of discriminating commercial message portions even when a broadcasting mode is the same. A magnetic head records television broadcasting signals to a magnetic tape and reproduces the television broadcasting ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6151440 | Arrangement for segment-by-segment recording of information signals on an intermittently drivable magnetic tape In an arrangement (1) for the segment-by-segment recording of information signals by at least one rotationally drivable magnetic head (4, 5) in inclined recording tracks (2) on a magnetic tape (3) which can be driven intermittently by a tape drive device ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6137949 | Apparatus and method for transmitting variable rate data according to multiple storage state indicators DVD reproducing apparatus which transmits variable-bit rate data on a digital serial bus having a predetermined transmission rate. The apparatus employs a reproducing device to reproduce data from a record medium in accordance with a control signal to pro... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6108148 | Method, device, and medium for recording digital signal A digital signal recording and reproducing method and apparatus that record and reproduce sequentially a normal reproducing digital signal and a multiple kind special reproducing digital signal on and from a tape-like recording medium. The data rate of th... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6104859 | Video signal transmission apparatus A video signal transmitting/receiving apparatus for converting video signals into picture data in predetermined block units for transmission to a transmission path in the asynchronous transfer mode in which a first video material formed by the video signa... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6101309 | Method for detecting leading and trailing ends of video tape A method for detecting the leading and trailing ends of a video tape, which is capable of achieving an accurate detection without using any separate detecting means. The method includes the steps of determining whether or not the video tape runs at a high... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6097876 | Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus for digital signals transmitted at variable data rate A first rotational head of a first azimuth angle and a second rotational head of a second azimuth angle are arranged on a rotational drum rotated at a constant rotational speed. Also, input digital signals are processed in a signal recording system to for... | 08/01/2000 |
