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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2000
Harold Rhea Mckee, Franklin, IN (US);
Karl Francis Horlander, Indianapolis, IN (US);
John Homer Furrey, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Joseph Craig Engle, Carmel, IN (US);
Harold Rhea McKee, Franklin, IN (US);
Karl Francis Horlander, Indianapolis, IN (US);
John Homer Furrey, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Joseph Craig Engle, Carmel, IN (US);
Thomson Licensing SA, Boulogne Cedex, FR;
Abstract
A system and method for eliminating absent or poor quality video sections from a video recording, such as a second generation of video recording. Synchronizing pulses associated with a video signal to be recorded are analyzed to determine whether a video signal is present and, further, to determine whether the video signal is not distorted (i.e., non-trick play mode). A recording device is selectively paused in response to the absence of a valid video signal or the presence of a video signal that is distorted, of poor quality or otherwise not worth recording.