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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7366398 | Personal video recording with storage space requirement checking Administration of storage space requirements on personal video recorders (“PVRs”), including recording a show having a storage space requirement, and incrementing the show's storage space requirement. Embodiments include tracking a recording period for the show ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7295753 | Personal video recording with further compression of recorded shows Automated personal video recording on a personal video recorder, including recording shows, each show having an original compression level; further compressing a recorded show to a new compression level, the new compression level being higher than the recorded show'... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7248776 | Personal video recording with recovery of displayed storage space Automated personal video recording on a multi-user personal video recorder, including recording a first show, displaying at least a portion of the first show, creating displayed space, freeing displayed space, making available free space, and recording at least part... | 07/24/2007 |
| 5909329 | High-speed video printer with tracking adjustment of slave tape A video printer for printing a magnetic pattern of a master tape on a slave tape comprises a read head for reading a control signal printed on the slave tape, a phase shift circuit for shifting a phase of the control signal read by the read head, and a wr... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5264969 | Tape editing apparatus with automatic tracking adjustment prior to recording A recording/reproducing apparatus with an editing function delivers a control command to a tape running servo through a system controller of a system control system at the time of phase adjustment, thus to control a capstan motor. At this time, servo stat... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5173812 | Videorecorder for adding data signals on previously recorded signals, having playback signal phase comparator means A video recorder having recording/reproducing apparatus for subsequent recording of data signals in defined video lines of a previously recorded signal existing on a magnetic tape. The recording/reproducing apparatus (10, 11, 12, 19, 20) records FM signal... | 12/22/1992 |
| 4901166 | Tracking control for VTR editing employing previously recorded tracking information A method and apparatus for editing video information from one or more video tapes onto a master tape, in which different video tape recorders can be used to produce the master tape, involves the storage of tracking information that was used in recording a... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4680649 | Back-space editing control circuit for rotary-head magnetic tape recording and reproducing apparatus A back-space editing control circuit comprises a sampling signal producing circuit for producing a sampling signal from a control signal reproduced from a magnetic tape in an assembly state and for producing a sampling signal from a capstan motor rotation... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4663679 | Tape address synchronizing apparatus for video tape recorder A tape address synchronizing apparatus for synchronizing the tape position of a video tape recorder to another tape recorder or to a reference has a tape address generating circuit, a reference address generating circuit, comparators for comparing the tap... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4554602 | Video signal recording apparatus A video signal recording apparatus includes apparatus for driving a recording medium; video signal recording apparatus for recording a video signal on the medium; control signal reproducing apparatus for reproducing a control signal recorded on the medium... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4394694 | Tape synchronizing apparatus An editing system employing a video tape recorder (VTR) of this type in which a rotary magnetic video head is attached to a bi-morph leaf or the like so that the VTR can perform in any one of a plurality of special reproducing modes such as a slow motion ... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4358797 | Electronic editing control apparatus for a video tape recorder When operation mode is switched from recording to pause mode, a magnetic tape on which signals were recorded previously is slightly rewound backward by a predetermined length and is maintained in the pause mode operation state. When the pause condition is... | 11/09/1982 |
| 3978521 | Recording and playback apparatus for video tape editing The invention relates to a recording and playback apparatus for video signals including a drive shaft for driving a record carrier, whose revolution speed can be controlled by a servo system, and a switching device to ensure that a new recording without i... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3974522 | Electronic editing method and apparatus for a video tape recorder A method and apparatus for a video tape recorder to record a new video signal successively to an old video signal prerecorded on a magnetic tape for editing a magnetic recording in such a manner that, when played back, no picture disturbance is produced a... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3968518 | Magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus for videotape editing In a video signal recording and reproducing apparatus having one or more rotary heads for recording or reproducing video signals in tracks extending obliquely across a magnetic tape as the latter is transported or driven about a guide drum and a fixed hea... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3939490 | Apparatus for assembling video sequences on tape in phase synchronization An apparatus is provided for recording on videotape to insure the absence phase error between different sequences in the assembling mode. The apparatus includes a reference pulse source and circuitry to apply reference pulses from the source to a first r... | 02/17/1976 |
