Patent · US Expired

Apparatus with liquid crystal display panel, for recording/playing back television signal by utilizing digital audio tape recorder system

US4710826A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 9, 1986
Grant dateDec 1, 1987
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/802
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A television video signal is compressed to the number of digital video signals sufficient for display of an image on a liquid crystal display. A television audio signal is also sampled and digitized. The television video and audio signals are combined to produce a digital television signal. The audio signal is sampled and digitized to produce the digital audio signal. The rotational speed of a rotary drum having record/playback heads in the digital television signal record/playback mode is different from that in the digital audio signal record/playback mode. By utilizing a digital audio tape recorder (DAT), the digital television and audio signals can be selectively recorded or played back.

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