Automatic telerecording apparatus

• US 6,006,005 A
• Filed: 07/11/1997
• Issued: 12/21/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Okitsu, Hiromi
• Primary Examiner(s): Garber, Wendy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Boccio, Vincent F.
• Application Number:
  US08/893,480
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• Field of Search: 386/83, 386/95, 386/4, 386/14, 386/29, 386/63, 386/80, 386/91, 386/94, 386/46, 360/5, 358/908, 348/907
• US Class Current: 386/291
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 358/908 Pause control, i.e. "commercial killers"

Abstract

An automatic telerecording apparatus is comprised of a television antenna which receives a television signal, and a key view-designating block which designates as a key view a view appearing in an identical or similar pattern every time a television program desired to be recorded is broadcast, out of moving picture information based on the television signal received by the antenna. The designated key view is stored in a key view memory, and the moving picture information based on the received television signal is monitored, to detect the key view appearing in the moving picture information. When the key view is detected, the moving picture information is stored over a preset time period.

Claims

1. An automatic telerecording apparatus comprising:

receiver means for receiving a television signal;

key view-designating means for designating as a key view a view appearing in an identical or similar pattern in a particular television program desired to be recorded every time said television program desired to be recorded is broadcast, out of moving picture information based on said television signal received by said receiver means, said key view being selected by a user;

key view-storing means for storing said key view designated by said key view-designating means;

key view-detecting means for monitoring said moving picture information based on said received television signal, to detect said key view appearing in said moving picture information; and

moving picture-storing means for storing said moving picture information including said key view over such a present time period as to record a predetermined part or a whole of said particular television program when said key view is detected by said key view-detecting means.

2. An automatic telerecording apparatus as claimed in claim 1, including recording time period-setting means for setting said preset time period, based on timing in which said key view is detected, to a time period from a starting time of said television program desired to be recorded to a terminating time of the same.

3. An automatic telerecording apparatus as claimed in claim 1, including telerecording-instructing means for instructing starting of recording of said television program and terminating of the same, and wherein said key view-designating means designates as said key view said view appearing in said identical or similar pattern out of said moving picture information based on said television signal received from a timing of said starting of said recording designated by said telerecording-instructing means to a timing of said terminating of the same designated by said telerecording-instructing means.

4. An automatic telerecording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said moving picture-recording means is a random-accessible recording medium.

5. An automatic telerecording apparatus according to claim 1, further including comparison area-designating means for designating part of said key view stored in said key view-storing means as a comparison area for comparison with said moving picture information based on said television signal received by said receiver means, said key view-detecting means comparing said designated comparison area in said key view stored in said key view-storing means with said moving picture information received by said receiver means, to detect said key view appearing in said moving picture information.

6. An automatic telerecording apparatus comprising:

receiver means for receiving a television signal;

key view-designating means for designating as a key view a view appearing in an identical or similar pattern in a particular television program desired to be recorded every time said television program desired to be recorded is broadcast, out of moving picture information based on said television signal received by said receiver means, said key view being selected by a user;

key view-storing means for storing said key view designated by said key view-designating means;

key view-detecting means for monitoring said moving picture information based on said received television signal, to detect said key view appearing in said moving picture information;

moving picture-storing means for storing said moving picture information including said key view over such a present time period as to record a predetermined part or a whole of said particular television program when said kev view is detected by said key view-detecting means; and

telerecording-instructing means for instructing starting of recording of said television program and terminating of the same,

wherein said key view-designating means designates as said key view said view appearing in said identical or similar pattern out of said moving picture information based on said television signal received from a timing of said starting of said recording designated by said telerecording-instructing means to a timing of said terminating of the same designated by said telerecording-instructing means, and

wherein said moving picture-storing means always stores said moving picture information based on said received television signal while erasing older moving picture information stored in said moving picture-storing means by overwriting of said moving picture information based on said received television signal, said automatic telerecording apparatus including overwrite-inhibiting means for inhibiting erasure of said older moving picture information over said preset time period.

7. An automatic telerecording apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein said overwrite-inhibiting means is responsive to detection of said key view by said key view-detecting means, for inhibiting erasure by said overwriting of said moving picture information stored in said moving picture-storing means at storage locations from a storage location earlier than timing of said detection of said key view, by a time interval from said timing of said starting of said recording designated by said telerecording-instructing means to a timing of designation of said key view by said key view-designating means, to a storage location later than said timing of said detection of said key view, by a time interval from said timing of said designation of said key view to said timing of said terminating of said recording designated by said telerecording-instructing means.

8. An automatic telerecording apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said moving picture-storing means sequentially erases said older moving picture information stored therein, erasure of which has been inhibited by said overwrite-inhibiting means, when an amount of moving picture information stored in said moving picture-storing means exceeds capacity of the same.

9. An automatic telerecording apparatus according to claim 7, including location-designating means for designating a location of a particular television program from said moving picture information stored in said moving picture-storing means, and second overwrite-inhibiting means for inhibiting erasure by overwriting of said moving picture information stored in said moving picture-storing means, based on said location designated by said location-designating means.

10. An automatic telerecording apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said moving picture-storing means sequentially erases said older moving picture information stored therein, erasure of which has been inhibited by said overwrite-inhibiting means, when an amount of moving picture information stored in said moving picture-storing means exceeds capacity of the same.

11. An automatic telerecording apparatus according to claim 6, including location-designating means for designating a location of a particular television program from said moving picture information stored in said moving picture-storing means, and second overwrite-inhibiting means for inhibiting erasure by overwriting of said moving picture information stored in said moving picture-storing means, based on said location designated by said location-designating means.

12. An automatic telerecording method comprising:

a receiving step of receiving a television signal;

a key view-designating step of designating as a key view a view appearing in an identical or similar pattern in a particular television program desired to be recorded every time said television program desired to be recorded is broadcast, out of moving picture information based on said television signal received in said receiving step, said key view being selected by a user;

a key view-storing step of storing said key view designated in said key view designating step;

a key view-detecting step of monitoring said moving picture information based on said received television signal, to detect said key view appearing in said moving picture information; and

a moving picture-storing step of storing said moving picture information including said key view over such a preset time period as to record a predetermined part or a whole of said particular television program when said key view is detected in said key view-detecting step.

13. An automatic telerecording method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising a telerecording-instructing step of instructing starting of recording of said television program and terminating of same.

14. An automatic telerecording method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising an overwriting step of overwriting older stored moving picture information with new moving picture information.