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Recording apparatus and reproducing apparatus for video signals

US5627655A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 28, 1994
Grant dateMay 6, 1997
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Expiry dateOct 28, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2005/91328
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a reproducing apparatus, a generator circuit for adding copy information during the vertical blanking period of a reproduced video signal output is provided, and copy information in compliance with copy information contained in the reproduced signal is added and delivered. In a recording apparatus, a detection circuit for detecting copy information in an inputted video signal is provided, and permission/inhibition of copy is controlled on the basis of the detected copy information and when copy is permitted, necessary copy information is generated and added to a recording signal.

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