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Multiprogram video tape recording and reproducing device

US5187589A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 29, 1991
Grant dateFeb 16, 1993
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/9205
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A video tape recording and reproducing device and a related method having a recording and a reproducing mode including a plurality of tuners for concomitantly receiving a plurality of television programs and generating a plurality of respective recording signals when in the recording mode, mixing means for producing a mixed recording signal responsive to the plurality of generated recording signals, recording means for recording the mixed recording signal on a video tape, reading means for reading the mixed recording signal from the video tape when in the reproducing mode, separating means for reproducing a selected recording signal from the mixed recording signal, and means for outputting the reproduced selected recording signal to an external device for producing the corresponding television program.

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