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Picture receiving apparatus

US5751371A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 11, 1995
Grant dateMay 12, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 11, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/42646
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A picture receiving apparatus wherein a received video signal is converted into digital video data which is further compressed before being recorded on a minidisk set in a disk mounting unit along with caption information superimposed on the video signal and index information is recorded. A remote commander is used to select a desired item from index information displayed on a display screen. Pictures of the selected item are displayed on a child screen and caption information associated with the pictures is displayed in a caption display area.

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