Video signal recording apparatus with facility for displaying of identification information relating to the video signal

• US 5,719,984 A
• Filed: 07/06/1994
• Issued: 02/17/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ogura, Tokihiko, Yamagata, Shigeo, Suzuki, Yasutomo, Takei, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Sniezek, Andrew L.
• Application Number:
  US08/271,230
• Time in Patent Office: 1,322 Days
• Field of Search: 360/33.1, 360/31, 360/18, 360/27, 360/14.1, 360/14.2, 358/906, 358/909, 358/224, 358/209, 358/181, 358/183, 358/142, 358/335, 340/748, 340/750, 386/95
• US Class Current: 386/239
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/20 Disc-shaped record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3054 Vertical Interval Time code [VITC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9208 involving the use of subcodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/95 Time-base error compensation H04N5/932 takes precedence

Abstract

A recording apparatus for recording a video signal on a recording medium together with data signals relative to the video signal comprises a first signal processing channel in which the data signals are supplied to a monitor in a state of being superimposed on the video signal, a second signal processing channel in which the data signals are supplied to the monitor without being superimposed on the video signal and a selector which selectively renders the first signal processing channel or the second signal processing channel operative. Where a display of the recording video signal on the monitor is excessively covered and hidden by that of the data signal, the second signal processing channel is selected and operated to permit adequate visual confirmation on the monitor of the video signal to be recorded.

Claims

1. A recording device for recording on a recording medium a first identification information signal indicative of a first identification information corresponding to an image information signal and a second identification information signal indicative of a second identification information corresponding to said image information signal, said second identification information but different from said first identification information, comprising:

(a) input means for receiving the image information signal, the first identification information signal and the second identification information signal;

(b) display means for displaying an image corresponding to the signal received by said input means;

(c) recording means for recording on said recording medium the image information signal, the first identification information signal and the second identification information signal received by the input means; and

(d) control means for controlling a displaying action of said display means to change, on a display means, a displaying position of a character image corresponding to the first identification information signal, according to whether the first identification information signal is received alone or together with the second identification information signal by the input means.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein each of said first identification information signal and said second identification information signal is code data corresponding to one of the plurality of kinds of information including those in the year, month, day and in the hour, minute, second corresponding to the image information signal.