Video and/or audio signal receiving and recording arrangement

• US 5,282,092 A
• Filed: 01/30/1991
• Issued: 01/25/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rolf E. Wilhelms
• Original Assignee: Rolf E. Wilhelms
• Inventors: Wilhelms, Rolf E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hajec, Donald
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kim, Won Tae C.
• Application Number:
  US07/647,653
• Time in Patent Office: 1,091 Days
• Field of Search: 360/5, 360/7, 360/69, 360/61, 358/908, 369/7
• US Class Current: 360/5
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19669 Event triggers storage or change of storage policy
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19676 Temporary storage, e.g. cyclic memory, buffer storage on pre-alarm
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/20 Disc-shaped record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/90 Tape-like record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/002 Programmed access in sequence to a plurality of record carriers or indexed parts, e.g. tracks, thereof, e.g. for editing; transfer of record carriers from magazine G11B15/68, G11B17/10; G11B17/22
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/024 on tapes G11B27/028, G11B27/029 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/026 on discs G11B27/028, G11B27/029 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3138 using arrays of modulated light sources electroluminescent display devices G09G3/30

Abstract

A device or arrangement for recording video and/or audio data with at least one receiving and recording device and a connected or integrated additional audio and/or video data storage means of limited capacity, of 2 to 10 minutes, preferably 3.5 to 6.5 minutes which, when the receiving device is set in operation, commences storage of the data received and stores it in the same sequence as reception and for the storage period corresponding to the limited storage capacity and then in the sequence in which it is stored erases it or disposes of it and accordingly fills up the storage space with the continuously received data and upon commencement of the per se known storage on per se known storage material (recording tape cassettes, video cassettes) either stops or continuously transfers the received data for recording purposes, with a time lag corresponding to the limited capacity of the interim storage means, to the per se known recording carrier.

Claims

1. A signal receiving and recording arrangement consisting of a broadcast signal receiver means for receiving at least one of broadcast video and audio signals and a recording instrument with

an interim data storage means for storing data signals which correspond to the broadcast signals received by the broadcast signal receiver means, said interim data storage means being connected so as to be switched on whenever the signal receiver means is switched on, and having a storage capacity that is limited to a specific period of said data signals and which cyclically stores said data signals for the specified period, and

an access and connecting device that is connected to the interim data storage means and the recording instrument and which enables the data signals stored in the interim data storage means to be transferred from the interim data storage means to the recording instrument in response to operation of the recording instrument by a user;

wherein said access and connecting device is operable for commencing the transferring of said data signals stored in the interim data storage means from the interim data storage means to the recording instrument immediately upon said operation of the recording instrument by a user, and for delaying termination of said transference of the data signals, after deactivation of said recording instrument by the user, for a period of time corresponding to the storage capacity of said interim data storage means.

2. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the access and connecting device includes means for transferring to the recording instrument, when the recording instrument is in operation, data signals stored in the interim data storage means as well as data signals subsequently received by the broadcast signal receiver means after an intermediate storage thereof in the interim data storage means.

3. An arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the interim data storage means is a memory having a means for releasing the oldest of said data signals as new data signals are received when the storage capacity of the memory is exceeded.

4. An arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the specific period to which the capacity of the interim data storage means is limited corresponds to a recording time of 2 to 10 minutes.

5. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the interim data storage means is selected from the group consisting of an annular loop of a strip-like data carrier and a storage disc.

6. An arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the specific period to which the capacity of the interim data storage means is limited corresponds to a recording time of 2 to 10 minutes.

7. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the interim data storage means is a memory having a means for releasing the oldest of said data signals as new data signals are received when the storage capacity of the memory is exceeded.

8. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast signal receiver means is a radio receiver and the recording instrument is a cassette recorder.

9. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast signal receiver means is a television receiver and the recording instrument is a video recorder.

10. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the specific period to which the capacity of the interim data storage means is limited corresponds to a recording time of 2 to 10 minutes.

11. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the signal receiver means is a radio receiver and the recording instrument is a cassette recorder.

12. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast signal receiver means is a television receiver and the recording instrument is a video recorder.

13. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the specific period to which the capacity of the interim data storage means is limited corresponds to a recording time of 2 to 10 minutes.

14. An arrangement according to claim 1, further comprising an output means for producing a respective one of a visual and an audio output from said broadcast signal receiver means;

and

user operable actuating means for commencing transferrence of the data signals stored in said interim data storage to the recording instrument for recording thereof and for terminating said transference of the data signals;

wherein production of said output signals by said output means is unaffected by operation of said user operable means.