Patent ID: 7197228

Claim:
A multifunction remote controlled recording/playback system for recording full motion video signals comprising a series of sequential “still” frames, the recording/playback system comprising: a. a recorder/player; b. a central processing unit for controlling the recording/playback system; c. a video signal source for providing a video signal; d. a video signal display monitor; e. a video signal transmission system; f. a video signal switching system responsive to commands from the central processor unit for selectively distributing the video signal to the recorder/player, the display monitor and the transmission system, wherein a full motion video signal may be distributed to the recorder/player while simultaneously a selected still frame of the video is distributed to other components of the system, wherein a user may record, capture, transmit, view or retrieve the selected still frame without interruption of the continuous recording or playback of the full motion video signal by the recorder/player; and g. a marking signal generator, whereby specific, selected still frames of the recorded full motion video signal may be marked, the system being adapted to select said frames by searching for the marks, for distribution of the recorded marked frames by the video switching system.