Method and device for recording and reading on a large-capacity medium
First Claim
1. Method of recording and reading audio and/or video information broadcast as individual programs via one or several channels by air broadcasting, by satellite or by cable TV, comprising the following steps:
- selecting at least one channel to simultaneously provide one or more received signals;
digitally encoding the received signals;
compressing and/or multiplexing the encoded digital signals;
recording the compressed and/or multiplexed digital signals on a large-capacity recording medium;
creating an index on the recording medium for each individual program recorded;
creating at least one menu of recorded programs;
selecting one or several programs from a menu of recorded programs displayed on a screen;
reading said signals indicative of said selected program(s);
decompressing and/or demultiplexing the signals read;
decoding the signals decompressed and/or demultiplexed;
reproducing the corresponding audio and/or video information; and
wherein said recording on and reading from said large capacity recording medium are independent of each other, in order to enable reading of a recorded program while simultaneously recording a plurality of other programs, said other programs not always being recorded in continuous form on said large capacity recording medium, without erasing said recorded program being read.
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a recording and reading apparatus constituting a kind of video reservoir in the home of the consumer. Thanks to a large-capacity storing technique with suitable technical device, broadcasters transmit numerous programs via specific channels and the consumer may control the content of his reservoir (by recording, reading and erasing programs). The invention is applicable to on-demand video in the consumer'"'"'s home with a video reservoir constituting a video-library that is regularly updated by broadcasters and/or by the consumer himself.
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16 Claims
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1. Method of recording and reading audio and/or video information broadcast as individual programs via one or several channels by air broadcasting, by satellite or by cable TV, comprising the following steps:
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selecting at least one channel to simultaneously provide one or more received signals; digitally encoding the received signals; compressing and/or multiplexing the encoded digital signals; recording the compressed and/or multiplexed digital signals on a large-capacity recording medium; creating an index on the recording medium for each individual program recorded; creating at least one menu of recorded programs; selecting one or several programs from a menu of recorded programs displayed on a screen; reading said signals indicative of said selected program(s); decompressing and/or demultiplexing the signals read; decoding the signals decompressed and/or demultiplexed; reproducing the corresponding audio and/or video information; and wherein said recording on and reading from said large capacity recording medium are independent of each other, in order to enable reading of a recorded program while simultaneously recording a plurality of other programs, said other programs not always being recorded in continuous form on said large capacity recording medium, without erasing said recorded program being read. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 16)
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6. Recording and reading device recording and reading audio and/or video information broadcast as individual programs via one or several channels by air broadcasting, by satellite or by cable TV, including:
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means of reception frequency selection enabling reception of one or more broadcasting channels simultaneously; means of digital encoding of the received signals; means of recording and reading said encoded digital signals, including a large-capacity recording medium in the form of at least one magnetic tape with N longitudinal parallel tracks (N>
2), a magnetic recording head composed of N×
M recording elements (M≧
1), and a magneto-optic read head capable of reading the N tracks simultaneously;means of control enabling the recording and reading of programs to be controlled independently; means of processing the reading signals in order to reproduce the sound and/or image; and
wherein;said recording on and reading from said large-capacity recording medium by said means for recording and reading are performed independently of each other in order to enable reading of a recorded program while simultaneously recording a plurality of other programs, said other programs not always being recorded in continuous form on said large-capacity recording medium, without erasing said recorded program being read. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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