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US 4,734,791 AGranted
Video tape recorder having status display mode
AssigneeAmpex Corporation
InventorsJohn C. Stearns, Michael D. Arbuthnot
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AssigneeAmpex Corporation
InventorsJohn C. Stearns, Michael D. Arbuthnot
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A video recording and reproducing system provides an operator with the ability to view the status of all operating conditions of a system at one time. When it is desired to view the status, an operator generates a request for a display mode. In this mode, all of the operating conditions are displayed on the television signal monitor in place of normal television signal image information. Information regarding the status of each condition is presented to a character generator, which causes the appropriate status to be placed next to each condition listed on the monitor. All of the information relating to the configuration of the system is thereby provided to an operator at once, and can be viewed not only at the location of the system itself, but also at any remotely located monitors, such as those found in a control booth.
A video recording and/or reproducing system which facilitates rapid assessment of the operating states of multiple components which determine the configuration of the system, comprising:
In a video tape recording and reproducing machine in which a video signal is reproduced from a tape and displayed on a television monitor and having multiple operating subsystems each of which can be set in at least two different selectable states to configure the machine for a particular mode of operation, a method for indicating the selected states of said subsystems which determine the current configuration of the machine, comprising the steps of:
A video signal recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.