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Method and apparatus for generating, storing, reproducing, and displaying image information

  • US 5,177,645 A
  • Filed: 10/02/1991
  • Issued: 01/05/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1955
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for recording information in a record member and transducing selective portions of said information to form monitorable still images, said method comprising the steps of generating a first group of information signals, recording said first group of information signals on a first portion of said record member, generating and predeterminately recording a first code on said record member for locating and identifying the recording of said first group of information signals, repeating the preceding steps to generate and record a plurality of additional groups of information signals and respective codes, each of which code identifies and defines the location of a respective one of said additional groups of information signals, and when it is desired to monitor the information contained in a selected one of said recorded groups of information signals, selectively reproducing an address signal representative of the first code which identifies and locates the selected group of information signals, and employing said first code to effect the selective reproduction of said information signals from said record member and the application of said information signals to a display means operable for generating images, and generating an image derived from said selectively reproduced information signals on said display, means and wherein a plurality of different characteristic codes are recorded, each of which defines a characteristic of the information contained in one of said recorded groups of information signals, and wherein each of the plurality of different characteristic codes differs from the others and is related to a different characteristic other than location of the group of information signals defined thereby.

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