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Apparatus and method for recording, reproducing and displaying a video signal received by a signal receiver

  • US 6,427,048 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/1998
  • Issued: 07/30/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A video apparatus for use with a signal receiver, said video apparatus comprising:

  • display means for displaying moving image information of a signal received by said receiver;

    recording means for recording the received signal in predetermined units each having a fixed data length on a random-access recording medium;

    time-divisional means for dividing the recorded signal into segments each having a predetermined time interval, said segments each including one or more of said predetermined units;

    picture plane division display means for dividing a picture plane area of said display means into a plurality of small picture plane areas and displaying in each of the plurality of small picture plane areas an index image representing a respective one of said segments;

    input means for designating one of said index images; and

    means for retrieving the segment corresponding to said designated index image based upon an elapsed time and a number of said predetermined units from said recording medium, wherein said display means displays image information of the retrieved segment.

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