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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2003
Applicants:
Taketo Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuharu Ichihashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Taketo Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuharu Ichihashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A designated program is recorded in a hard disk by a hard disk controller according to a program reservation database. A unique number is indicated at the head block of a video cassette tape for identifying the tape, and a genre of programs is recorded in the subsequent block of the tape. When the video cassette tape is loaded, the information concerning the genre is read, and if there is record information of the same genre as that of the tape contained in the hard disk, it is additionally recorded in the video cassette tape.