Digital control system for animation effects with a television signal recorder

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AND CORRECTING ANIMATION EFFECTS IN A TELEVISION PROGRAM RECORDING SYSTEM WHEREIN EACH SUCCESIVE PROGRAM SEGMENT ALONG A RECORDING MEDIUM IS DEFINED BY THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A CORRESPONDING PULSE RECORDED ON THE MEDIUM, COMPRISING COUNTER MEANS FOR COUNTING THE SUCCESSIVE PROGRAM SEGMENTS, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ABSENCE OF ONE OF SAID CORRESPONDING PULSES FOR INITIATING A COUNT OF PREDETERMINED DURATION IN SAID COUNTER MEANS, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A FIRST EXTERNAL COMMAND FOR ERASING PROGRAM SEGMENTS DURING SAID PREDETERMINED COUNT, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE FIRST EXTERNAL COMMAND FOR RECORDING PROGRAM SEGMENTS AND CORRESPONDING PULSES DURING SAID PREDETERMINED COUNT, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A SECOND EXTERNAL COMMAND FOR ERASING THE PULSES CORRESPONDING TO THE SUCCESSIVE PROGRAM SEGMENTS, DURING SAID PREDETERMINED COUNT.