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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1995
Filed:
May. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuo Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Hashimoto Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358335 ; 360 331 ; 348906 ; 348705 ; 348706 ;
Abstract
A video cassette recorder (VCR) automatically controlled by the 'G Code' ('Plus Code') and a television set for monitoring purposes each have their own tuner. A user is able to monitor on the TV set a program designated by the 'G Code,' even though the VCR does not operate because no videotape has been loaded into the VCR. On the other hand, when a videotape is loaded into the VCR, the user is also able to monitor on the TV set the program, which is being recorded on the VCR, without manually operating the TV set, or monitor on the TV set a program on a channel different from that of the VCR by changing the channel of the tuner for the TV set.