Motion video signal processing for recording or reproducing – Local trick play processing – With randomly accessible medium
Reexamination Certificate
1994-06-27
2001-05-29
Tran, Thai (Department: 2615)
Motion video signal processing for recording or reproducing
Local trick play processing
With randomly accessible medium
C386S349000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06240239
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates in general to a camcorder, and more particularly to an apparatus for reservation-recording a broadcasting signal in a camcorder and a method thereof. This application is based on Korean Patent Application No. 92-526 filed Jan. 16, 1992, which is herein incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Generally, a camcorder records image information of an object inputted therein through a camera on a recording medium thereof such as a magnetic tape (for example, a cassette tape) and plays back the image information recorded on the recording medium through an external display means such as a television. A camcorder has no tuner so broadcasting signals cannot be independently received by the camcorder. The camcorder may, however, be connected to a reception apparatus such as a television via a data transmission line to record a broadcasting signal being presently received by the reception apparatus onto the magnetic tape.
However, when used in this manner, the conventional camcorder has a disadvantage in that it has no reservation-recording function for recording a desired broadcasting program at a desired time in the future. Namely, in a conventional camcorder which has no tuner, broadcasting information of a particular channel being received by the reception apparatus such as a television cannot be reservation-recorded on the magnetic tape of the camcorder.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problem, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for reservation-recording a broadcasting signal in a camcorder and a method thereof.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of reservation-recording a broadcasting signal in a camcorder, comprising the steps of:
(a) storing reservation-recording information from a broadcasting signal receivable means in an internal memory of a recording means with no tuner;
(b) operating said broadcasting signal receivable means on the basis of the reservation-recording information stored at said step (a) when a present time is the reservation-recording time of the stored reservation-recording information; and
(c) recording the broadcasting signal from said broadcasting signal receivable means operated at said step (b).
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for reservation-recording a broadcasting signal in a camcorder comprising: receiving means for receiving reservation-recording information generated from key input means for operating a broadcasting signal receivable means; a microcomputer for storing the reservation-recording information received through said receiving means in its internal memory and controlling the camcorder in accordance with the received reservation-recording information; signal output means for outputting recording information under the control of said microcomputer to operate said broadcasting signal receivable means; and recording means for recording the broadcasting signal transmitted from said broadcasting signal receivable means on a recording medium under the control of said microcomputer.
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Samsung Electronics Co,. Ltd.
Sughrue Mion Zinn Macpeak & Seas, PLLC
Tran Thai
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