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US 2003/0222972 A1Published application
Device with repeat function for receiver apparatus, in partcular video, and apparatus equipped therewith
OwnerBernard Hodacinventor
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OwnerBernard Hodacinventor
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An apparatus such as a television receiver set, an encrypted programme decoder, etc., has, in particular on its remote control unit, a key (44) with multiple mobility for triggering repetitive reproduction, slightly delayed, of a most recent completed fragment of the sequence currently received live. The multiple mobility of the key (44) enables to parameterize the delayed reproduction for forward, rewind, slow motion, fast motion, picture-by-picture reproduction, the starting point of the delayed reproduction in the recorded fragment. The invention enables to acquire more accurate knowledge of details selected from a sequence occurring normally in real time.
A repeating device for a receiving apparatus, in particular a video apparatus, comprising a memory of the first in first out type (13) for storing at each instant of time a fragment preceding in a substantially adjacent manner a current element that is being processed in real time, repeating means (16, 19, 23) for providing slightly deferred repeating of the retrieval of the stored fragment, and control means (38, 41, 69, 71) for selectively activating the repeating means, said control means comprising configuration means (44, 57, 69) for configurating the deferred repeating, characterized in that the control means are designed as a single multiple mobility key (44) making it possible to enter the repeating process, to configure the repeating and to initiate the actual repeating.
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