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Index processor for digital VCR and method therefor

US5703994A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 4, 1995
Grant dateDec 30, 1997
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/91
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An index processor and processing method for digital VCR including the steps of: normally recording a user-selected program on video tape in a general recording mode; recording an index input after the program is recorded in an index recording mode, succeeding the end of a final program; normally reproducing a program recorded on video tape in a general playback mode; and reproducing the user-selected program according to the index recorded on video tape in the index reproducing mode, and recording a modified index.

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