公开(公告)号：US5329376A

公开(公告)日：1994-07-12

申请号：US160759

申请日：1993-12-03

申请人： Sung Jo Kim ,  Alfred J. Schick ,  John H. Furrey

发明人： Sung Jo Kim ,  Alfred J. Schick ,  John H. Furrey

IPC分类号： G11B15/02 ,  G11B31/00 ,  H03J1/00 ,  H03J9/00 ,  H04N5/00 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N5/7826 ,  H04Q9/00 ,  H04N5/50

CPC分类号： H03J1/0025

摘要： A VCR includes circuitry for controlling a cable converter unit, circuitry for detecting the presence of a television signal, and control code transmission means for remotely controlling a cable converter unit. Advantageously, because the VCR is coupled to the output of the cable converter unit, the VCR can monitor the television signals received from the cable converter unit to ensure that commands sent to the cable converter unit from the VCR are executed. In one embodiment, infrared (IR) transmission of commands from the VCR to the cable converter unit is employed.

摘要翻译： VCR包括用于控制电缆转换器单元的电路，用于检测电视信号的存在的电路，以及用于远程控制电缆转换器单元的控制代码传输装置。 有利地，因为VCR耦合到电缆转换器单元的输出，所以VCR可以监视从电缆转换器单元接收的电视信号，以确保执行从VCR发送到电缆转换器单元的命令。 在一个实施例中，采用从VCR到电缆转换器单元的命令的红外（IR）传输。

公开(公告)号：US5303063A

公开(公告)日：1994-04-12

申请号：US807472

申请日：1991-12-13

申请人： Sung J. Kim ,  Alfred J. Schick ,  John H. Furrey

发明人： Sung J. Kim ,  Alfred J. Schick ,  John H. Furrey

IPC分类号： G11B15/02 ,  G11B31/00 ,  H03J1/00 ,  H03J9/00 ,  H04N5/00 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N5/7826 ,  H04Q9/00 ,  H04N5/50

CPC分类号： H03J1/0025

摘要： A VCR includes circuitry for controlling a cable converter unit, circuitry for detecting the presence of a television signal, and control code transmission means for remotely controlling a cable converter unit. Advantageously, because the VCR is coupled to the output of the cable converter unit, the VCR can monitor the television signals received from the cable converter unit to ensure that commands sent to the cable converter unit from the VCR are executed. In one embodiment, infrared (IR) transmission of commands from the VCR to the cable converter unit is employed.

摘要翻译： VCR包括用于控制电缆转换器单元的电路，用于检测电视信号的存在的电路，以及用于远程控制电缆转换器单元的控制代码传输装置。 有利地，因为VCR耦合到电缆转换器单元的输出，所以VCR可以监视从电缆转换器单元接收的电视信号，以确保执行从VCR发送到电缆转换器单元的命令。 在一个实施例中，采用从VCR到电缆转换器单元的命令的红外（IR）传输。

公开(公告)号：US5473442A

公开(公告)日：1995-12-05

申请号：US382931

申请日：1995-02-01

申请人： Sung J. Kim ,  Alfred J. Schick

发明人： Sung J. Kim ,  Alfred J. Schick

IPC分类号： G11B15/02 ,  G11B31/00 ,  H03J1/00 ,  H03J5/02 ,  H03J9/00 ,  H04N5/00 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N5/7826 ,  H04Q9/00

CPC分类号： H03J1/0075 ,  H03J1/0025 ,  H03J5/029

摘要： A VCR includes circuitry for controlling a cable converter unit, circuitry for detecting the presence of a television signal, and control code transmission circuitry for remotely controlling a cable converter unit. Advantageously, because the VCR is coupled to the output of the cable converter unit, the VCR can monitor the television signals received from the cable converter unit to ensure that commands sent to the cable converter unit from the VCR are executed. It is herein recognized that a skip list programmed into a VCR may be used by the VCR to control a cable box. That is, in response to a channel up command received by the VCR, the VCR would not change channels itself, but rather controls the cable box to select the next preferred channel entered in the skip list of the VCR. In this mode of operation, the channel tuning keys (e.g., CHAN UP, CHAN DN) of the VCR remote control are used to control an external source of signals, while the VCR mechanism control keys (e.g., PLAY, STOP, RECORD, FAST FORWARD) control the operation of the VCR.

摘要翻译： 录像机包括用于控制电缆转换器单元的电路，用于检测电视信号的存在的电路以及用于远程控制电缆转换器单元的控制码传输电路。 有利地，因为VCR耦合到电缆转换器单元的输出，所以VCR可以监视从电缆转换器单元接收的电视信号，以确保执行从VCR发送到电缆转换器单元的命令。 这里认识到，编程到VCR中的跳过列表可以被VCR用于控制电缆箱。 也就是说，响应于VCR接收到的通道增加命令，VCR将不会改变通道本身，而是控制电缆箱来选择输入到VCR的跳过列表中的下一个优选通道。 在这种操作模式下，VCR遥控器的通道调谐键（例如CHAN UP，CHAN DN）用于控制外部信号源，而VCR机构控制键（例如PLAY，STOP，RECORD，FAST FORWARD）控制录像机的操作。

公开(公告)号：US5550642A

公开(公告)日：1996-08-27

申请号：US343265

申请日：1994-11-21

申请人： Sung J. Kim ,  Alfred J. Schick

发明人： Sung J. Kim ,  Alfred J. Schick

IPC分类号： G11B15/02 ,  G11B31/00 ,  H03J1/00 ,  H03J9/00 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/7826 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04Q9/00

CPC分类号： H03J1/0025 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N7/161

摘要： A VCR includes circuitry for controlling a cable converter unit, circuitry for detecting the presence of a television signal, and control code transmission circuitry for remotely controlling a cable converter unit. Advantageously, because the VCR is coupled to the output of the cable converter unit, the VCR can monitor the television signals received from the cable converter unit to ensure that commands sent to the cable converter unit from the VCR are executed. It is herein recognized that a skip list programmed into a VCR may be used by the VCR to control a cable box. That is, in response to a channel up command received by the VCR, the VCR would not change channels itself, but rather controls the cable box to select the next preferred channel entered in the skip list of the VCR. In this mode of operation, the channel tuning keys (e.g., CHAN UP, CHAN DN) of the VCR remote control are used to control an external source of signals, while the VCR mechanism control keys (e.g., PLAY, STOP, RECORD, FAST FORWARD) control the operation of the VCR. It is further recognized that those portions of the VCR concerned with channel tuning should receive power from the standby power supply normally provided for powering the IR receiver.

摘要翻译： 录像机包括用于控制电缆转换器单元的电路，用于检测电视信号的存在的电路以及用于远程控制电缆转换器单元的控制码传输电路。 有利地，因为VCR耦合到电缆转换器单元的输出，所以VCR可以监视从电缆转换器单元接收的电视信号，以确保执行从VCR发送到电缆转换器单元的命令。 这里认识到，编程到VCR中的跳过列表可以被VCR用于控制电缆箱。 也就是说，响应于VCR接收到的通道增加命令，VCR将不会改变通道本身，而是控制电缆箱来选择输入到VCR的跳过列表中的下一个优选通道。 在这种操作模式下，VCR遥控器的通道调谐键（例如CHAN UP，CHAN DN）用于控制外部信号源，而VCR机构控制键（例如PLAY，STOP，RECORD，FAST FORWARD）控制录像机的操作。 进一步认识到，与信道调谐相关的VCR的那些部分应该从通常为IR接收机供电的备用电源接收电力。

公开(公告)号：US5450135A

公开(公告)日：1995-09-12

申请号：US326170

申请日：1994-10-19

申请人： Alfred J. Schick

发明人： Alfred J. Schick

IPC分类号： G11B15/02 ,  G04G15/00 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N5/7826

CPC分类号： G04G15/006 ,  H04N5/782

摘要： In a videocassette recorder including VCR PLUS+.TM. videocassette recorder programming system capability and used in conjunction with a cable box and also having direct access to the cable, the channel-mapping procedure may be greatly simplified deleting all premium channels from the channel guidelist, and by automatically substituting the cable box output channel for all decoded VCR PLUS+.TM. video cassette recorder programming system channel guide channel numbers not appearing in the channel guide list, instead of causing the user to remap all of the premium channels to one of channels 2, 3, or 4.

摘要翻译： 在包括VCR PLUS + TM录像机记录器编程系统能力的盒式录像机中，与电缆盒结合使用并且还具有对电缆的直接访问的频带映射过程可以大大简化，从信道指导者中删除所有优质信道，并且通过 自动将电缆箱输出通道替换为不出现在频道指南列表中的所有解码的VCR PLUS + TM录像机编程系统频道指南频道号，而不是使用户将所有优质频道重新映射到频道2,3， 或4。