Video recorder with improved control system
First Claim
1. A video recording system comprising:
- recording means;
program tuning means;
a controller adapted to control said recording means and said tuning means;
user interface means comprising a personal computer;
interface means adapted to communicate commands between said controller and said user interface means.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to video recording apparatus and in particular video recorders incorporating improved user interface (6) and control means. A video recorder comprising recording means (1), tuning means (5), a controller (3) adapted to control the recording means and interface means adapted to communicate commands to and from said controller. The commands include commands to interrogate the operational state of the video recorder. Operational states include, inter alia, tuner frequency: transport mode such as recording, playing or stopped: and current position within the recording media, for example a timecode, elapsed time or time remaining. The commands can also include commands to interrogate the memory within the video recorder. information may thereby be discovered remotely, for example the time, date, channel and duration values corresponding to events that have been set for unattended recording. Further the commands include commands to control the positioning of the recording and reproducing heads of the video recorder; commands to place the recording means of the video recorder into a recording condition, a replaying condition, a forward advancing condition, a reverse advancing condition, a position seeking condition, a pause condition or a stop condition and commands to tune the tuner to a particular frequency or channel.
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28 Claims
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1. A video recording system comprising:
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recording means;
program tuning means;
a controller adapted to control said recording means and said tuning means;
user interface means comprising a personal computer;
interface means adapted to communicate commands between said controller and said user interface means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A video recorder comprising recording means, program tuning means, an onscreen display generator, and interface means adapted to receive commands from an external source, wherein:
said received commands include commands which cause said on-screen display generator to generate messages. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A video recorder comprising recording means, program tuning means, an onscreen display generator, and interface means adapted to receive commands from an external source, wherein:
said received commands include commands which configure said program tuning means.
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25. A video recorder comprising recording means, program tuning means, an onscreen display generator, and interface means adapted to receive commands from an external source and to send data to an external destination, wherein:
said received commands include interrogation commands which cause said interface to send data to an external destination said data representing the configuration of said program tuning means.
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26. A video recorder comprising recording means, program tuning means, recording schedule memory, and interface means adapted to receive commands from an external source, wherein:
said received commands include commands which configure said program recording schedule memory.
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27. A video recorder comprising recording means, program tuning means, recording schedule memory, and interface means adapted to receive commands from an external source and to send data to an external destination, wherein:
said received commands include interrogation commands which cause said interface to send data to an external destination said data representing the configuration of said recording schedule memory.
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28. A video recorder substantially as hereinbefore described, with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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