Video cassette recorder having a program reserving function involving a user-colorable opaque mark
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKwon-pyo Hoong
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Abstract
A video cassette recorder having a program reserving function for easily reserving a program by coloring in a desired time and date using a black marker and a program board is disclosed. For the programming method, a program board including sections for date (day) and time of da is provided on a VCR, so that anyone can easily execute a program recording function by merely coloring in the appointed starting time, ending time and date of a program with the marker.
Claims6
A video cassette recorder having a program reserving function, comprising a tuner for selecting a broadcasting channel according to the tuning voltage of a phase-locked loop driven by a key signal generated from and controlled in a key matrix, a digitron displaying various functions of a VCR, and a timer control portion for generating a control signal driving an on-screen display which displays a character signal on a television screen and audio/video unit whenever the function of a VCR or a television is carried out, and for generating control signals to drive said phase-locked loop, said digitron, and said on-screen display, said VCR further comprising:
- program board means installed in the front plate of said VCR and formed with a track consisting of a signal detecting section and a plurality of sections which are related to the appointed time and date of a program;
- sensor means for detecting the programmed time and date displayed on said program board means and providing program reserving data to said timer control portion;
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- wherein said sensor means comprises a light emitting portion for generating a predetermined light to detect the time and date of the program displayed on said program board means and a light receiving portion for providing a data signal for the appointed time and date of a program to said timer control portion according to a blocking or an absorption of the light generated in said light emitting portion by the sections of the time and date of the program board means.
A video cassette recorder, having a program reserving function comprising a tuner for selecting a broadcasting channel according to the tuning voltage of a phase-locked loop driven by a key signal generated from and controlled in a key matrix, a digitron displaying various functions of a VCR, and a timer control portion for generating a control signal driving an on-screen display which displays a character signal on a television screen and audio/video deck whenever the function of a VCR or a television is carried out and for generating control signals to drive said phase-locked loop, said digitron, and said on-screen display, said VCR further comprising:
- program board means installed in the front plate of said VCR and formed with a track consisting of a signal detecting section and a plurality of sections which are related to the appointed time and date of a program;
- sensor means for detecting the programmed time and date displayed on said program board means and providing program reserving data to said timer control portion;
- wherein said program board means has a plurality of sections for days of the week and a plurality of sections for twenty four hours formed in an X-Y matrix;
- wherein said sections for twenty four hours are subdivided by fifteen-minute units or thirty-minute units;
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- wherein the sections of said program board means represent an opaque mark according to the appointed date and time of broadcast of a program and provide an input signal for a programming function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.