Programmed timer for VTR
First Claim
1. A programmed timer for presetting a controlling device for a plurality of time when the device starts and ends, comprising clock means, means for entering reservation data, means for processing the entered data, display means for displaying the current time data from said clock means and the entered data, and means for sequentially displaying a procedure to be next entered according to the predetermined procedure order thereof, each time data is entered through said reservation data entering means.
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Abstract
A programmed timer for presetting a video tape recorder for the time and reception channel when the video tape recorder starts and ends, comprising a processor circuit for processing the type of the data entered for reservation in a predetermined order, and means for sequentially displaying a procedure to be next entered each time data are entered. The operator is required to enter the necessary data simply according to the displayed procedure in order to set the desired reservation data for the programmed timer.
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10 Claims
- 1. A programmed timer for presetting a controlling device for a plurality of time when the device starts and ends, comprising clock means, means for entering reservation data, means for processing the entered data, display means for displaying the current time data from said clock means and the entered data, and means for sequentially displaying a procedure to be next entered according to the predetermined procedure order thereof, each time data is entered through said reservation data entering means.
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5. A programmed timer for presetting a video tape recorder for the time and reception channel when the video tape recorder starts and ends, comprising clock means, data input means for entering different data of desired time, day and reception channel when the video tape recorder starts and ends, means for processing in a predetermined order the data entered through said data input means, display means for displaying the current time data from said clock means and the data entered through said data input means, and procedure-order indicating means for sequentially indicating the type of data to be next entered each time different data are entered from said data input means.
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6. A programmed timer for presetting a controllable device for a plurality of times when operation of the device is to start and end, comprising clock means for generating current time data;
- memory means for storing reservation data;
means for entering in said memory means reservation data for a plurality of programs by storing at least the operation starting time and the operation ending time for each program;
means for processing the stored data;
display means for selectively displaying the current time data from said clock means and the entered data in said memory means; and
procedure order indicating means for sequentially displaying indications of different kinds of reservation data to be next entered in each program according to a predetermined procedure order each time data is entered through said reservation data entering means. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
- memory means for storing reservation data;
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10. A programmed timer for presetting a video tape recorder for the times and reception channels when operation of the video tape recorder is to start and end, comprising clock means for generating current time data;
- memory means for storing data;
data input means for entering in said memory means different data for a plurality of programs by setting the operation starting time and operation ending time of said video tape recorder and the reception channel as a group for each program;
means for processing in a predetermined order the data entered through said data input means;
display means for displaying the current time data from said clock means and the data entered through said data input means; and
procedure order indicating means for sequentially displaying the indication of different kinds of data to be next ordered according to the predetermined procedure order thereof each time data is entered through said data input means.
- memory means for storing data;
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