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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6948070 | Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6748079 | Method and system for recording data on and reading data from an optical medium Accordingly, an improved method for recording data on an optical medium is disclosed which includes receiving and encoding a first set of data frames by a CIRC encoder to generate a second set of data frames. A control byte is then added to each of the second set of... | 06/08/2004 |
| 5424849 | Video signal reproduction apparatus and time base correcting device The video signal reproduction apparatus having two kinds of equalizing circuits to correct the level of a frequency-modulated luminance signal, that is, a first equalizing circuit which raises the level of the upper sideband range of the frequency-modulat... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5231542 | Method and device for improving bass response in magnetic tape recording The present invention relates to a method and device for recording the low frequency band of an audio signal on an amplitude modulated carrier above the highest frequency component of the audio signal. The carrier frequency is at least 19 kHz and is recor... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5142419 | Audio signal reproducing apparatus An apparatus for reproducing from a recording medium a frequency-modulated audio signal which has its carrier level in a specific period determined according to the kind of information and for producing the audio signal after processing the reproduced aud... | 08/25/1992 |
| 4914526 | Information recording system and apparatus An information recording system and apparatus records on a recording medium an audio signal, which is time-base compressed at a predetermined compression ratio, together with a data signal indicative of the compression ratio. A start signal indicative of ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4807056 | Method and apparatus for video signal recording and playback signal level compensation based on recorded reference signal A video signal recording and playback apparatus and method which is applicable to wide-band recording in which a video signal is divided into a plurality of channels by time-axis expansion, and the channels are recorded in parallel on respective tracks. P... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4646278 | Pick-up positioning apparatus for data playback apparatus A pick-up positioning apparatus for a recording disc playback apparatus such as a video disc player, comprising a control circuit, a memory circuit, a scanning mechanism for moving the pick-up of the playback apparatus along a radius of a recording disc m... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4535368 | Wow and flutter control apparatus for audio and video playback systems Apparatus for correcting the distortion in the output of a playback device introduced by wow and flutter by sampling a constant frequency as reproduced and comparing it with the signal as originally recorded to produce a correction signal for modulating a... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4420774 | FM Data recording and playback method and apparatus A method and apparatus for recording a data signal and for playing it back at a variable speed ratio including a recording unit, a playback unit and a speed control unit. A modulated carrier wave is first recorded and subsequently played back at a differe... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4389681 | Method and apparatus for recording digitized information on a record medium At least one channel of digitized information is recorded in a selected number of data tracks by a record medium. The digitized information is encoded, modulated and then recorded in a predetermined number of tracks. For example, if n channels of digitize... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4385327 | Audio system having a time base error correction arrangement A system for reproducing and/or transmitting analog audio information is disclosed which provides for the correction of time base errors. An inaudible pilot signal accompanies the audio information. Correction circuitry examines the frequency and phase ch... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4384308 | Apparatus for recording and detecting a cue signal An apparatus for recording and detecting a cue signal which comprises: a recording section (100) for recording in a recording medium a composite cue signal formed of a component signal having a first frequency (f1) and denoting a tape speed pattern and another... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4378573 | Magnetic recording and reproducing system with noise cancellation A magnetic recording and reproducing system is disclosed in which a frequency-modulated input signal is recorded on a magnetic medium together with a further signal which is discriminative from the frequency-modulated signal. The recorded frequency-modula... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4359691 | Demodulator for frequency modulated signal accompanied by reference signal The demodulator is especially adapted for a data signal (F'c) that was recorded on tape in the form of a frequency modulated signal together with a reference signal (F'R) of frequency greater than the greatest frequency of the data signal, so that both si... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4353099 | Tape-recorded signal recovery method and apparatus A method and apparatus for recovering analog signal information from a multiple-track information storage medium such as a magnetic tape is based upon time base error correction of a frequency modulated carrier signal. In one embodiment, the phase differe... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4179713 | Method and equipment for the production of multi-channel sound signal A method and apparatus for the recording and reproduction of an audio signal for multi-channel play-back in which both a monaural signal and a code signal are recorded on a magnetic tape, the recorded code signal having characteristics in accordance with ... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4136364 | Multi-state wow and flutter reduction system and method An improved method and apparatus for reducing wow and flutter associated with recording devices are disclosed. Two input signals containing useful information and a constant reference signal are recorded and reproduced by a three channel recording and rep... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4041526 | Control of automatic color control and color killer circuits in video signal reproducing apparatus In apparatus for reproducing a signal recorded on a magnetic tape or other record medium and which includes a signal band containing an information signal, such as the chrominance component of a color video signal, and a reference signal of a predetermine... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4005477 | Phase equalized readback apparatus and methods A magnetic recorder employs a feedback phase equalizer for adjusting the readback signal to enhance detection capability. Phase errors are measured and used as criteria for dynamically and adaptively adjusting phase compensation of the read-back signal. I... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3938184 | Digital flutter reduction system A digital flutter reduction system which corrects for a varying time base ror in FM recordings on magnetic tape. Pulse transitions from the outputs of a reference oscillator and a reference tone on a first tape track are compared by a flip-flop whose outp... | 02/10/1976 |
