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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1987
Masahiko Kajitani, Neyagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Takeda, Katano, JP;
Koji Isono, Neyagawa, JP;
Masumi Hirose, Kyoto, JP;
Kouji Matsubara, Moriguchi, JP;
Etsuji Shuda, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The desired program information are read by an optical bar code reading section from a program medium containing program information for automatic broadcast program recording, such as, channels, dates, start times and end times in bar code form. After the program information thus read have been temporarily stored in a program memory section, a transfer switch is operated so that the program information stored in the program memory section are converted to infrared remote control signals and are then transmitted in a wireless manner to an electronic equipment (e.g., a video tape recorder) to be controlled, thereby recording the program for the recording of the desired broadcast program.