Apparatus and method for storing and interrelating visual data and computer information
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1. An information storage system, comprising:
- (a) a video tape recorder subsystem for recording and storing information of a visual nature at specified video addresses for subsequent visual display;
(b) a computer subsystem for recording and storing related data information at specified data addresses for subsequent output;
(c) interfacing means interconnecting said video tape recorder subsystem and said computer subsystem for causing both said subsystems to automatically record and store the address location of information being recorded in its own subsystem as well as the address location of the related information being recorded in the other subsystem; and
(d) means for independently obtaining the output of each subsystem, said output including the address location of the related information on the other subsystem.
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Abstract
A system which combines a video tape recorder with a computer in such a manner that these two components each automatically record and display where related information is stored in its own mechanism as well as in its counterpart mechanism. This allows the user to determine the location of all the corresponding data stored both on video tape and on diskette, by examining only one storage medium.
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13 Claims
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1. An information storage system, comprising:
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(a) a video tape recorder subsystem for recording and storing information of a visual nature at specified video addresses for subsequent visual display; (b) a computer subsystem for recording and storing related data information at specified data addresses for subsequent output; (c) interfacing means interconnecting said video tape recorder subsystem and said computer subsystem for causing both said subsystems to automatically record and store the address location of information being recorded in its own subsystem as well as the address location of the related information being recorded in the other subsystem; and (d) means for independently obtaining the output of each subsystem, said output including the address location of the related information on the other subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for storing data in an information storage system, comprising the steps of:
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(a) placing a document on a camera bed in position for video recording; (b) determining the address location in the video recording on which the document will be recorded; (c) typing information related to the document into a microprocessor of a computer system; (d) determining the address location in the microprocessor where the related information will be stored; (e) causing the system to video tape the documents on the video recorder and store the information typed into the microprocessor; (f) including the video recording address location as part of the information stored in the microprocessor and including the microprocessor address location as part of the document taped; and (g) independently displaying the stored information in the microprocessor with the video recording address location and displaying the video taped document with the microprocessor address location, as two separate outputs. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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