Recording and reproducing apparatus having program information
First Claim
1. Apparatus for recording on and reproducing from a record medium event signals supplied at particular times from at least one source as well as preset data selectively input by a user which data establishes an event signal to be recorded and the time of recording that event signal, said apparatus comprising:
- data input means for selectively producing preset data to select source, time and duration of event signals to be recorded on said record medium;
temporary storage means operatively coupled to said data input means for storing said preset data produced by said data input means for recording on said record medium and for storing preset data reproduced from said record medium;
display means connected to display preset data stored in said storage means; and
control means operatively coupled to said display means, said data input means and said temporary storage means for controlling said display means to display on a first time zone preset data representing time and duration of event signals which have already been selected for recording ("already preset data") and also to display on a second time zone preset data representing time and duration of event signals which are in the process of being selected for recording ("currently preset data"), said first and second time zones being aligned to display temporal overlaps between the already preset data and the currently preset data.
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Abstract
Apparatus is provided for recording on and reproducing from a record medium events supplied at particular times from at least one source, as well as preset data selectively input by a user to establish an event to be recorded and the time of recording that event. Preset data to select source, time and duration of events to be recorded on the record medium are selectively input and stored in a temporary storage device for recording on the record medium. A display operates to display preset data stored in the storage device and is controlled to provide indications of events to be (and that may have been) recorded.
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30 Claims
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1. Apparatus for recording on and reproducing from a record medium event signals supplied at particular times from at least one source as well as preset data selectively input by a user which data establishes an event signal to be recorded and the time of recording that event signal, said apparatus comprising:
- data input means for selectively producing preset data to select source, time and duration of event signals to be recorded on said record medium;
temporary storage means operatively coupled to said data input means for storing said preset data produced by said data input means for recording on said record medium and for storing preset data reproduced from said record medium;
display means connected to display preset data stored in said storage means; and
control means operatively coupled to said display means, said data input means and said temporary storage means for controlling said display means to display on a first time zone preset data representing time and duration of event signals which have already been selected for recording ("already preset data") and also to display on a second time zone preset data representing time and duration of event signals which are in the process of being selected for recording ("currently preset data"), said first and second time zones being aligned to display temporal overlaps between the already preset data and the currently preset data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- data input means for selectively producing preset data to select source, time and duration of event signals to be recorded on said record medium;
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10. Apparatus for recording on and reproducing from a record medium events supplied at particular times from at least one source as well as preset data selectively input by a user which data establishes an event to be recorded and the time of recording that event, said apparatus comprising:
- data input means for selectively producing preset data to select source, time and duration of events to be recorded on said record medium;
temporary storage means operatively coupled to said data input means for storing the preset data produced by said data input means for recording on said record medium and for storing preset data reproduced from said record medium;
display means for displaying preset data stored in said storage means; and
control means operatively coupled to said display means, said data input means and said temporary storage means for controlling said display means to display preset data associated with plural events in a two-dimensional display array comprised of first and second time zones aligned in horizontal and vertical directions, respectively, thereby displaying graphical indications along one of said time zones of the recording time and duration of events selected for recording. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- data input means for selectively producing preset data to select source, time and duration of events to be recorded on said record medium;
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19. Apparatus for recording on and reproducing from a record medium events supplied at particular times from at least one source as well as preset data selectively input by a user which data establishes an event to be recorded and the time of recording that event, said apparatus comprising:
- data input means for selectively producing preset data to select source, time and duration of events to be recorded on said record medium;
temporary storage means operatively coupled to said data input means for storing the preset data produced by said data input means for recording on said record medium and for storing preset data reproduced from said record medium;
display means for displaying preset data stored in said storage means; and
control means operatively coupled to said data input means, said temporary storage means and said display means and responsive to select data produced by said data input means which represents particular information included in said preset data for retrieving from said storage means preset data having said particular information and for controlling said display means to display the retrieved preset data in tabulated form. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
- data input means for selectively producing preset data to select source, time and duration of events to be recorded on said record medium;
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27. Apparatus for recording on and reproducing from a record medium events supplied at particular times from at least one source as well as preset data selectively input by a user which data establishes an event to be recorded and the time of recording that event, said apparatus comprising:
- data input means for selectively producing preset data to select source, time and duration of events to be recorded on said record medium;
temporary storage means operatively coupled to said data input means for storing the preset data produced by said data input means for recording on said record medium and for storing preset data reproduced from said record medium;
display means for displaying in a predetermined format preset data stored in said storage means;
format selecting means manually operable for selecting one of plural display formats; and
display control means operatively coupled to said data input means, said temporary storage means, said format selecting means and said display means and responsive to a predetermined format selection for displaying a one-month calendar formed of portions of successive months and indicating thereon events that have been selected for recording by said user. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
- data input means for selectively producing preset data to select source, time and duration of events to be recorded on said record medium;
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