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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
May. 25, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
386 83 ; 360 32 ;
Abstract
A video tape recorder operating apparatus operates a video cassette recorder comprehending a recorder body and a remote controller. A first key group including a pause key and a VCR/TV switchover key is provided on the recorder body 10 for instructing the basic operations thereof, and a second key group including a menu-mode key and a select key is provided on the remote controller 18 for instructing secondary operations, such as menu display in the menu mode and the selection of processes itemized therein, which are different from the basic operations. With this apparatus, the first key group can be empowered to instruct the secondary operations.