Digital airborne video cassette recorder and player
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1. An airborne video cassette recording apparatus for use on an aircraft to record video data in a digital format generated by a video source located on board said aircraft, comprising:
- (a) a video frame sync device connected to said video source to receive a video signal containing said video data from said video source, said video frame sync device stabilizing said video signal and adding a color burst to said video signal when said video signal from said video source consist of black and white video data;
(b) a GPS source for providing GPS information;
(c) a converter connected to said video frame sync to receive said video signal and said GPS source to receive said GPS information, said converter passing said video signal through said converter, said converter using said said video signal to encode time and date data and said GPS information onto a time code for each of a plurality of frames of said video data; and
(d) a video cassette recorder connected to said converter to receive said video signal and said time code for each of said plurality of frames of said video data, said video cassette recorder recording said video signal in said digital format on a cassette tape placed within said video cassette recorder and inserting said time code for each of said plurality of frames of said video data onto said cassette tape.
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Abstract
A digital video cassette recorder which is adapted for use on an aircraft to record video data in a digital format as opposed to an analog format. The recorder includes a frame sync card for adding color burst to video which is black and white and a GPS to SMPTE converter which passes the video signal through converter to the video cassette recorder and also uses the video signal to encode Time, Space, and Position Information data onto a SMPTE time code for each frame of video data supplied to the recorder.
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1. An airborne video cassette recording apparatus for use on an aircraft to record video data in a digital format generated by a video source located on board said aircraft, comprising:
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(a) a video frame sync device connected to said video source to receive a video signal containing said video data from said video source, said video frame sync device stabilizing said video signal and adding a color burst to said video signal when said video signal from said video source consist of black and white video data;
(b) a GPS source for providing GPS information;
(c) a converter connected to said video frame sync to receive said video signal and said GPS source to receive said GPS information, said converter passing said video signal through said converter, said converter using said said video signal to encode time and date data and said GPS information onto a time code for each of a plurality of frames of said video data; and
(d) a video cassette recorder connected to said converter to receive said video signal and said time code for each of said plurality of frames of said video data, said video cassette recorder recording said video signal in said digital format on a cassette tape placed within said video cassette recorder and inserting said time code for each of said plurality of frames of said video data onto said cassette tape. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)
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9. An airborne video cassette recording apparatus for use on an aircraft to record video data in a digital format generated by a video source located on board said aircraft, comprising:
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(a) a video frame sync device connected to said video source to receive a video signal containing said video data from said video source, said video frame sync device stabilizing said video signal and adding a color burst to said video signal when said video signal from said video source consist of black and white video data;
(b) a GPS source for providing GPS information wherein said GPS information includes Time, and Space, Position Information data;
(c) a GPS to SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) converter connected to said video frame sync to receive said video signal and said GPS source to receive said , said GPS to SMPTE converter passing said video signal through said GPS to SMPTE converter, said GPS to SMPTE converter using said video signal to encode time and date data and said GPS information onto a SMPTE time code for each of a plurality of frames of said video data;
(d) a video cassette recorder connected to said GPS to SMPTE converter to receive said video signal and said SMPTE time code for each of said plurality of frames of said video data, said video cassette recorder recording said video signal in an 8-bit digital component recording format on a cassette tape placed within said video cassette recorder and inserting said SMPTE time code for each of said plurality of frames of said video data onto said cassette tape, wherein said cassette tape provides for a recording time of approximately 184 minutes when said cassette tape is a standard size cassette tape; and
(e) a Liquid Crystal Display located on a control panel for said video cassette recorder, said Liquid Crystal Display displaying said video data and said SMPTE time code recorded on said cassette tape when said video cassette recorder is operating in a playback mode. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for recording video data in a digital format generated by a video source located on board an aircraft, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving GPS information from a GPS source wherein said GPS information includes Time, and Space, Position Information data;
(b) receiving a video signal containing said video data generated by a video source located on board said aircraft;
(c) adding a color burst to said video signal when said video signal from said video source consist of black and white video data;
(d) stabilizing said video signal wherein a video frame sync module stabilizes said video signal and adds said color burst to said video signal;
(e) transferring said video signal to a converter;
(e) encoding time and date data and said GPS information onto a time code for each of a plurality of frames of said video data, wherein said converter utilizes said video signal to encode said time and date data and GPS information onto said time code for each of said plurality of frames of said video data;
(f) passing said video signal through said converter to a video cassette recorder which contains a cassette tape (g) transferring said time code for each of said plurality of frames of said video data to said video cassette recorder in a digital signal format; and
(h) recording said video signal including said time code for each of said plurality of frames of said video data on said cassette tape within said video recorder. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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