Patent ID: 7295751
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A disk recorder apparatus for authenticating a disk containing a digital video signal of at least one camera, recorded onto a fresh disk by a disk recorder, said disk recorder comprising: controller including code generator for generating an exclusive code and a corresponding code signal for said fresh disk, said exclusive code including data identifying the data source of the digital video signal recorded on the disk, and a code mixer for mixing said digital video signal and said code signal; a pull lever; a fresh disk tray for receiving said fresh disk including one or more cutouts, and one of notches and projections for engagement by said pull lever; a fresh disk tray compartment for loading one or more fresh disk trays including an elevating platform for raising or lowering said fresh disk tray into a feeding position; a printer comprising an imprinting head supported by a reciprocal up-down arm, for comprising said exclusive code onto the label side of said fresh disk contained in said tray when said tray is in said feeding position; a disk driver, a recording head and a pulling table including said pall lever for engaging and transporting said fresh disk tray with an imprinted fresh disk from said feeding position to said disk driver and said recording head for recording said digital video signals mixed or combined with said code signal onto said imprinted fresh disk; a disk collection compartment for collecting recorded disks contained in said trays including a disk collection elevating platform which is raised or lowered along with the collected trays to a receiving position for receiving a subsequent tray, wherein a tray containing recorded disk is pushed into said receiving position by said fresh disk tray, or by an additional pull lever included in said pulling table during said transporting and wherein said label side is the surface opposite to the recording surface of said disk.