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US5631995A
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Video recorder having circuitry for causing the tuner therein to tune to the same received signal as the tuner in a television receiver connected to the video recorder
Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1994-03-16
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Granted: 1997-05-20
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Expires: 2014-03-16
Abstract
Abstract In a video recorder (2) having an electronically tunable tuner (19) and a connector (4) to which a cabling (6) can be connected, which cabling can also be connected to a connector (5) of a television receiver (3) which also has a tuner (46), at least one comparison device (69, 75, 130) of the video recorder (2) is connected to the tuner (19) of the video recorder (2) and to the connector (4) of the video recorder (2) via each time one connection (65, 66, 73, 77) in order to compare at least one component of one of the two received signals supplied by the tuner (46) of the television receiver (3) and applied to the connector (4) thereof with the corresponding component of the received signal supplied by the tuner (19) of the video recorder (2), which comparison device (69, 75, 130) supplies an inequality signal in the case of inequality of the signals applied to it, and an equality signal in the case of equality of the signals applied to it, the tuner (19) of the video recorder (2) being successively tuned to different stations when the inequality signal is produced and the tuner (19) of the video recorder (2) being kept tuned to a station when the equality signal is produced.
Inventors
- 👤 Walter Weissensteiner
- 👤 Klaas H. J. Robers
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-07 17:54
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/44; H04N5/455; H04N5/76; H04N5/765; H04N5/775
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
328 words
A video recorder having an electronically tunable tuner for selectively tuning to any one station of a plurality of stations, said tuner, after being tuned to one of said plurality of stations, supplying a received picture signal and a received sound signal, said video recorder having a connector to which a cable is connectable, said cable also being connectable to a connector of a television receiver, said television receiver also having a tuner for selectively tuning to any one station of a plurality of stations, said tuner in said television receiver, after being tuned to one of said plurality of stations, supplying a received picture signal and a received sound signal, said received picture signal and said received sound signal from said tuner in said television receiver being applied to the connector of said television receiver, characterized in that said video recorder comprises a comparison device connected to the tuner of the video recorder and to the connector of the video recorder for comparing at least one component of one of the received picture signal and the received sound signal supplied by tuner of the the video recorder, with a corresponding component of a corresponding signal of the received picture signal and the received sound signal supplied by the tuner of the television receiver when said video recorder is connected to said television receiver by said cable, said comparison device supplying an inequality signal in the case of inequality of the at least one component and the corresponding component, and supplying an equality signal in the case of equality of the at least one component and the corresponding component; and said video recorder comprises means, coupled to said at least one comparison device, for causing the tuner of the video recorder to successively tune to different stations when said comparison device supplies said inequality signal, and for causing the tuner of the video recorder to remain tuned to a station when said comparison device supplies said equality signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
328 words
A video recorder having an electronically tunable tuner for selectively tuning to any one station of a plurality of stations, said tuner, after being tuned to one of said plurality of stations, supplying a received picture signal and a received sound signal, said video recorder having a connector to which a cable is connectable, said cable also being connectable to a connector of a television receiver, said television receiver also having a tuner for selectively tuning to any one station of a plurality of stations, said tuner in said television receiver, after being tuned to one of said plurality of stations, supplying a received picture signal and a received sound signal, said received picture signal and said received sound signal from said tuner in said television receiver being applied to the connector of said television receiver, characterized in that said video recorder comprises a comparison device connected to the tuner of the video recorder and to the connector of the video recorder for comparing at least one component of one of the received picture signal and the received sound signal supplied by tuner of the the video recorder, with a corresponding component of a corresponding signal of the received picture signal and the received sound signal supplied by the tuner of the television receiver when said video recorder is connected to said television receiver by said cable, said comparison device supplying an inequality signal in the case of inequality of the at least one component and the corresponding component, and supplying an equality signal in the case of equality of the at least one component and the corresponding component; and said video recorder comprises means, coupled to said at least one comparison device, for causing the tuner of the video recorder to successively tune to different stations when said comparison device supplies said inequality signal, and for causing the tuner of the video recorder to remain tuned to a station when said comparison device supplies said equality signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
63 words
A video recorder as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the received picture signal supplied by the tuner of the television receiver and applied to the video recorder, and the received picture signal supplied by the tuner of the video recorder are applied to said comparison device, and that said comparison device compares luminance signal components of the two received picture signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
A video recorder as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the received sound signal supplied by the tuner of the television receiver and applied to the video recorder, and the received sound signal supplied by the tuner of the video recorder are applied to said comparison device, and said comparison device compares the two received sound signals.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
65 words
A video recorder as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said video recorder further comprises means for deriving synchronization signals from the received picture signal supplied by the tuner of the television receiver and from the received picture signal supplied by the tuner of the video recorder, and in that said comparison device compares the synchronization signals derived from the two received picture signals.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A video recorder as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said comparison device is formed by a correlation device.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
A video recorder as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that said video recorder further comprises a further comparison device for comparing the received sound signal supplied by the tuner of the television receiver and applied to the video recorder, and the received sound signal supplied by the tuner of the video recorder.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
65 words
A video recorder as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that said video recorder further comprises means for deriving synchronization signals from the received picture signal supplied by the tuner of the television receiver and from the received picture signal supplied by the tuner of the video recorder, and a further comparison device for comparing the synchronization signals derived from the two received picture signals.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
65 words
A video recorder as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that said video recorder further comprises means for deriving synchronization signals from the received picture signal supplied by the tuner of the television receiver and from the received picture signal supplied by the tuner of the video recorder, and a further comparison device for comparing the synchronization signals derived from the two received picture signals.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
65 words
A video recorder as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that said video recorder further comprises means for deriving synchronization signals from the received picture signal supplied by the tuner of the television receiver and from the received picture signal supplied by the tuner of the video recorder, and a further comparison device for comparing the synchronization signals derived from the two received picture signals.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
A video recorder as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that said comparison device is formed by a correlation device.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
A video recorder as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that said comparison device is formed by a correlation device.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
A video recorder as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that said comparison device is formed by a correlation device.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
A video recorder as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that said comparison device and said further comparison device are formed by correlation devices.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
A video recorder as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that said comparison device and said further comparison device are formed by correlation devices.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
A video recorder as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that said comparison device and said further comparison device are formed by correlation devices.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
A video recorder as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that said comparison device and said further comparison devices are formed by correlation devices.
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