Recording device capable of recording broadcast signals at a desired time
First Claim
1. A recording apparatus comprising:
- a tuner;
a storage unit for holding in memory timer information concerning at least a broadcast reception start time of said tuner and a broadcast reception end time of said tuner;
a timer;
a housing section for holding a plurality of recording media;
a recording unit for effecting recording on a recording medium taken out from the housing section; and
a controller for controlling the operation of said tuner and the recording unit based on an output signal from said timer and timer information held in memory in said storage unit;
said controller also for comparing an output signal from the timer and the broadcast reception start time, causing said recording unit to start recording of an output signal from said tuner on a recording medium taken out from the housing section, and causing the recording unit to terminate the recording of the output signal from said tuner based on the results of a comparison of an output signal of the timer and the broadcast reception end time; and
said controller also for judging whether or not signals are already recorded on the recording medium taken out from the housing section and controlling the recording start position of the output signal on the recording medium by said recording unit based on results of the judgment.
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a tuner, a storage unit for holding on memory the timer information concerning at least the broadcast reception start time and the broadcast reception end time by the tuner, a timer, a recording unit for effecting recording on a recording medium taken out from a housing section holding a plurality of recording mediums and a controller for controlling the operation of the tuner and the recording unit based on an output signal from the timer and the timer information stored in the storage unit. The controller compares the output signal from the timer and the broadcast reception start time of the timer information held on memory in the storage unit, causes the recording unit to start recording of an output signal from the tuner on the recording medium thus taken out and causes the recoding unit to terminate the recording operation for the output signal from the tuner by the recording unit based on the results of comparison of the output signal of the timer and the broadcast reception end time of the timer information held on memory in the storage unit.
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28 Claims
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1. A recording apparatus comprising:
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a tuner; a storage unit for holding in memory timer information concerning at least a broadcast reception start time of said tuner and a broadcast reception end time of said tuner; a timer; a housing section for holding a plurality of recording media; a recording unit for effecting recording on a recording medium taken out from the housing section; and a controller for controlling the operation of said tuner and the recording unit based on an output signal from said timer and timer information held in memory in said storage unit; said controller also for comparing an output signal from the timer and the broadcast reception start time, causing said recording unit to start recording of an output signal from said tuner on a recording medium taken out from the housing section, and causing the recording unit to terminate the recording of the output signal from said tuner based on the results of a comparison of an output signal of the timer and the broadcast reception end time; and said controller also for judging whether or not signals are already recorded on the recording medium taken out from the housing section and controlling the recording start position of the output signal on the recording medium by said recording unit based on results of the judgment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A recording apparatus for a recording medium having a first recording area in which to record signals and a second recording area in which to record the table-of-contents information concerning signals recorded in the first recording area, comprising:
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a tuner; a storage unit for holding in memory timer information concerning at least a broadcast reception start time of said tuner and a broadcast reception end time of said tuner; a timer; a housing section for holding a plurality of recording media; a recording unit for recording an output signal from the tuner on a recording medium taken out from the housing section; and a controller for controlling the operation of said tuner and the recording unit based on an output signal from said timer and the timer information held in memory in said storage unit; said controller for controlling the reception operation of the tuner based on the timer information from said storage unit and comparing the output signal from the timer to the broadcast reception start time, said controller causing a sole recording medium to be taken out from the housing section based on the results of the comparing, said controller also causing the recording unit to start recording the output signal of said tuner in a vacant recording area in the first recording area of the recording medium taken out from the housing section, said controller also causing the recording unit to terminate recording of the output signal based on the results of a comparison of the timer output signal to the broadcast reception end time; and said controller also for judging whether or not signals are already recorded on the recording medium taken out from the housing section and controlling the recording start position of the output signal on the recording medium by said recording unit based on results of the judgment. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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