Method of adding titles to a directory of television programs recorded
on a video tape
    3.
    发明授权
    Method of adding titles to a directory of television programs recorded on a video tape 失效
    将标题添加到记录在录像带上的电视节目目录的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06125231A

    公开(公告)日:2000-09-26

    申请号:US916618

    申请日:1997-08-22

    摘要: A method for recording on video tape and indexing programs carried by a television signal. The title of some, but not all, of the programs is embedded real time in the television signal. A video tape cassette is loaded in a VCR for recording. A data file corresponding to a plurality of television program listings is stored in memory. The data file includes the channel and start time of each program listing, and the title if available. The program listings are displayed on a video monitor. One of the displayed program listings is selected for recording. The data corresponding to the program listing selected for recording is transferred from the data file to a VCR recording stack so the VCR records the program represented by the program listing selected for recording. A directory of programs recorded on the video tape, including program titles and tape locations, is created. If the title of the program being recorded is embedded real time in the television signal, it is added to the directory as the program title. If the title of the program being recorded is not embedded real time in the television signal, the title from the data file corresponding to the program listing selected for recording is added to the directory as the program title. The tape location of the video tape in the VCR at the beginning of the recording of the program represented by the program listing selected for recording is measured and added to the directory.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在电视信号携带的录像带和索引节目上进行记录的方法。 一些但不是全部的节目的标题被实时嵌入电视信号。 录像带装载在VCR中用于记录。 对应于多个电视节目列表的数据文件被存储在存储器中。 数据文件包括每个程序列表的通道和开始时间,以及可用的标题。 程序列表显示在视频监视器上。 显示的程序列表之一被选择用于记录。 与所选择的用于记录的程序列表相对应的数据从数据文件传送到VCR记录堆叠,以便VCR记录由选择用于记录的程序列表表示的程序。 创建录制在录像带上的程序目录,包括节目标题和磁带位置。 如果正在录制的节目的标题被实时嵌入电视信号中,则将其作为节目标题添加到目录中。 如果正在记录的节目的标题没有实时地嵌入在电视信号中,则将与所选择的用于记录的节目列表相对应的数据文件的标题作为节目标题添加到目录中。 在由录制节目列表表示的程序记录开始时录像机中录像带的磁带位置被测量并添加到目录中。

    VBI inserter
    7.
    发明授权
    VBI inserter 有权
    VBI插入器

    公开(公告)号:US06636268B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-10-21

    申请号:US09640894

    申请日:2000-08-18

    申请人: Hing Y. Ngai

    发明人: Hing Y. Ngai

    IPC分类号: H04N7087

    摘要: A command controller reads and extracts predetermined key words and parameters from a configuration file. The command controller inserts digital data into a television signal according to the extracted predetermined key words and parameters. The command controller initiates a self-recovery operation to purge stored data and re-initialize the VBI inserter based on the extracted predetermined key words and parameters and time or access time. The command controller also extracts digital data from another video signal to be compared to stored diagnostic data or transmitted to another external source.

    摘要翻译: 命令控制器从配置文件中读取并提取预定的关键字和参数。 指令控制器根据所提取的预定关键字和参数将数字数据插入电视信号。 命令控制器启动自恢复操作以清除存储的数据,并且基于所提取的预定关键字和参数以及时间或访问时间重新初始化VBI插入器。 命令控制器还从另一视频信号中提取数字数据,以与存储的诊断数据进行比较或传输到另一个外部源。

    Apparatus and methods for audio tape indexing with data signals recorded
in the guard band
    8.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and methods for audio tape indexing with data signals recorded in the guard band 失效
    用于记录在保护带中的数据信号的音频带索引的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5706145A

    公开(公告)日:1998-01-06

    申请号:US295600

    申请日:1994-08-25

    摘要: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for providing an indexed audio tape. The method includes the step of recording data in a guard band interposed between and parallel to two signal tracks used to record audio signals on an audio tape. The recorded data is shifted to frequencies higher than the bandwidth of the audio signals. A plurality of programs are recorded onto the two signal tracks with spaces between the programs. A nonaudible program presence signal is recorded onto the two signal tracks coincident with the plurality of programs. The nonaudible program presence signal is not recorded in the spaces between the programs. A program directory is recorded onto the guard band just before the start of each program recorded on the two signal tracks. In an embodiment, text is recorded onto the guard band parallel to and corresponding to audio in the programs recorded on the two signal tracks of the audio tape. Methods and apparatus are provided for reading the directory from the guard band and for accessing a program on the tape using the directory. Methods and apparatus are also provided for playing a program from the two signal tracks on an audio tape and simultaneously reading text from a guard band parallel to and between the two signal tracks, the text corresponding to audio in the programs recorded on the two signal tracks.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于提供索引的音频磁带的装置和方法。 该方法包括以下步骤:将数据记录在介于和并行于用于在音频磁带上记录音频信号的两个信号轨道之间的保护带中。 记录的数据被转换到高于音频信号的带宽的频率。 多个节目被记录在具有节目之间的空格的两个信号轨道上。 将可编程节目存在信号记录在与多个节目一致的两个信号轨道上。 可编程节目存在信号不记录在节目之间的空格中。 在两个信号轨道上记录的每个节目的开始之前,将程序目录记录在保护频带上。 在一个实施例中,文本被记录在与记录在音频磁带的两个信号轨道上的程序中的音频平行并对应于保护带上。 提供了用于从保护频带读取目录并使用目录访问磁带上的程序的方法和装置。 还提供了用于从音频磁带上的两个信号轨道播放节目的方法和装置,并且同时从与两个信号轨道平行并在两个信号轨道之间的保护频带读取文本,对应于记录在两个信号轨道上的节目中的音频的文本 。

    Method and apparatus for reading and writing audio and digital data on a
magnetic tape
    9.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for reading and writing audio and digital data on a magnetic tape 失效
    用于在磁带上读取和写入音频和数字数据的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5619383A

    公开(公告)日:1997-04-08

    申请号:US441392

    申请日:1995-05-05

    申请人: Hing Y. Ngai

    发明人: Hing Y. Ngai

    摘要: A method and apparatus for recording and reading magnetic tape that contains audio signals and data that is related to the audio signals. In the preferred embodiment, the audio signals are music, and the related data are lyrics to the music displayed in real time to the music as it is being played. The lyrics are modulated onto an ultrasonic carrier signal and mixed with the audio signal on one track of the tape. The tape may be played on a conventional tape recorder without having interference from the recorded data at ultrasonic frequencies. In a suitably equipped tape player, the mixed signal is read and filtered to generate a high pass filtered signal and a bandpass filtered signal. The bandpass filtered signal filters out frequencies outside the range of human hearing to generate an audio signal. The high pass filtered signal is demodulated by the carrier frequency to reconstruct the lyrics. A two-track system records an unmodulated carrier frequency on the second track and is subtracted from the modulated carrier frequency to generate the lyrics. This compensates for variations in tape speed that shift the frequency of the data modulated carrier signal.

    摘要翻译: 用于记录和读取包含与音频信号相关的音频信号和数据的磁带的方法和装置。 在优选实施例中,音频信号是音乐,并且相关数据是对正在播放的音乐实时播放的音乐的歌词。 歌词被调制到超声载波信号上,并与音频信号混合在磁带的一个轨道上。 磁带可以在传统的磁带录音机上播放,而不会以超声波频率的记录数据产生干扰。 在适当装备的带式播放器中,对混合信号进行读取和滤波,以产生高通滤波信号和带通滤波信号。 带通滤波信号滤除超出人类听觉范围的频率,以产生音频信号。 高通滤波信号由载波频率解调,以重建歌词。 双轨道系统在第二轨道上记录未调制的载波频率,并从调制的载波频率中减去以产生歌词。 这补偿了移动数据调制载波信号频率的磁带速度变化。