Patent ID: 6058237
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
In a video cassette recorder (VCR) comprising a recording unit and a VCR tuner having an RF terminal, a signal processing device for permitting immediate recording of a broadcast signal comprising:a switching system constructed and arranged to selectively connect the recording unit to one of:the RF terminal for recording a broadcast signal inputted from the VCR tuner, andan AV line terminal connected to a television for recording a broadcast signal inputted from a television via an AV line;a synchronous signal separator constructed and arranged to separate a synchronous signal from a video signal inputted to the VCR from a television;a teletext decoder constructed and arranged to extract broadcasting station identification data from a vertical blanking interval of said video signal;a microcomputer constructed and arranged to recognize a channel to which the television is tuned based on said extracted broadcasting station identification data and to output tuning data corresponding to said recognized television channel and a control signal for controlling a recording operation of the VCR; anda tuner constructed and arranged to a select a VCR channel matching said recognized television channel based on said tuning data received from said microcomputer.