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Method of simultaneously recording dynamic digital data, an analog audio signal and a video signal
Assignee: RJ Lee Group Inc
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Filing: 1992-04-30
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Granted: 1994-07-05
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Expires: 2012-04-30
Abstract
Abstract A method of simultaneously recording a signal indicative of dynamic digital data, and signals comprising the analog voice and video picture data of a television signal is disclosed. The dynamic digital data is encoded into a signal at audio frequencies between a lower threshold frequency and an upper threshold frequency. The analog audio signal is filtered to remove frequencies between the lower threshold frequency and the upper threshold frequency. The encoded digital data signal and the filtered analog audio signal are combined into a single analog audio signal. The combined audio signal and the video signal are video recorded into a television signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael J. Krummey
- 👤 Richard J. Lee
- 👤 James E. Nesbitt
- 👤 William H. Powers, Jr.
- 👤 Alfred J. Schwoeble
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 22:57
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/91; H04N5/92; H04N5/9201; H04N5/9206; G; G02; G02B; G02B21/00; G02B21/24; G02B21/26; H04N5/9202; H04N7/00; H04N7/18; H04N7/183; H04N5/765
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
A method of simultaneously recording a signal indicative of dynamic digital data, and signals comprising at least one analog audio signal and video picture data of a television signal comprising the steps of: a) encoding said dynamic digital data into a signal at audio frequencies between a lower threshold frequency and an upper threshold frequency, b) filtering said analog audio input signal to remove frequencies between said lower threshold frequency and said upper threshold frequency, c) combining said encoded dynamic digital data signal and said filtered analog audio signals, and d) video recording said combined audio signal and said video signal into a television signal.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
105 words
A method of simultaneously recording a signal indicative of dynamic digital data, and signals comprising at least one analog audio signal and video picture data of a television signal comprising the steps of: a) encoding said dynamic digital data into a signal at audio frequencies between a lower threshold frequency and an upper threshold frequency, b) filtering said analog audio input signal to remove frequencies between said lower threshold frequency and said upper threshold frequency, c) combining said encoded dynamic digital data signal and said filtered analog audio signals, and d) video recording said combined audio signal and said video signal into a television signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
70 words
The method according to claim 1, further comprising steps for recovering a signal indicative of said dynamic digital data comprising: e) playing said video recording and passing said audio signal to a high-pass filter and to a low-pass filter, f) passing the output of said low-pass filter to an audio output channel, and g) passing the output of said high-pass filter to a circuit for recovering said dynamic digital data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said dynamic digital data is indicative of a set of changing physical parameters which are correlated to and time sequenced with said video signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 3 further including the step of controlling said physical parameters using said recovered dynamic digital data, said control being correlated to and time sequenced with said playing of said video recording.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said controlling of said physical parameters duplicates said set of changing physical parameters of which said dynamic digital data is indicative.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said at least one analog audio signal comprises exactly one analog voice signal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 6 wherein said dynamic digital data is assigned to two frequencies within said lower threshold frequency and said upper threshold frequency.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 7 wherein said encoding of said dynamic digital data is by a frequency shift key encoder.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said dynamic digital data is indicative of a set of changing physical parameters which are correlated to and time sequenced with said video signal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of simultaneously generating said dynamic digital data and said video signal wherein said dynamic digital data is correlated to and time sequenced with said video signal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said video recording utilizes a standard consumer VHS video tape recorder.
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