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 [Search a list of Patent Appplications for class 386]   CLASS 386,MOTION VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR RECORDING OR REPRODUCING
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SECTION I - CLASS DEFINITION

This Class provides for apparatus and corresponding methods for processing an electrical signal, representative of a sequence of images, in which the light variation composing the images may change with time (e.g., natural or " live" scenes, etc.) for recording or reproducing.

The processing involves the following steps: (a) receiving an electrical signal representative of a sequence of images from a local (e.g., camera, etc.) or remote source (e.g., broadcasting station, satellite, cable, etc.) and converting the received sequence of images into a form suitable for storage, which form may or may not be reproduced later, or (b) converting retrieved information from a storage medium into a sequence of images.

This Class also provides for apparatus or processes for recording a single image of a sequence of images (i.e., a still or frame) using a dynamic recording device having relative movement between a transducer and a medium.

SCOPE OF THE CLASS

(1) Note. Significantly claimed apparatus external to this Class, claimed in combination with apparatus under the class definition, which records or reproduces quality or quantity related to such external apparatus or its function, is classified in the class appropriate to the external apparatus.
(2) Note. Nominally claimed apparatus external to this Class, claimed in combination with apparatus under the class definition, is classified in this Class unless provided for in the appropriate external class.
(3) Note. This Class is directed to recording and/or reproducing motion video images. Systems which are solely concerned with recording or reproducing of generic data, such as computer generated data, are classified elsewhere. See the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below.
(4) Note. This Class includes subject matter directed to recording of motion video images which may include audio signals. Systems which are solely concerned with processing of audio data signals are classified elsewhere. See the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below.
(5) Note. This Class provides for error or fault detection and/or correction of motion video signals during recording and/or reproduction operations. Systems which are related to generic error or fault detection and/or correction are classified elsewhere. See the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below.
(6) Note. This Class is limited to recording and/or reproducing of motion video images. Systems which are directed to interactive video transmission or distribution such as interactive video distribution on the internet between a user (i.e., subscriber) and a broadcaster are classified elsewhere. See the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below.
(7) Note. This Class is limited to locally establishing a user’s profile for the purposes of recording and/or reproduction of motion video images. Systems which are related to remotely establishing user’s profile for targeting or tailoring a broadcast, or generation of a video on demand or near video on demand via internet or server are classified elsewhere. See the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below.
(8) Note. This Class is limited to local interactions for trick-play processing of motion video images; systems directed to distributing motion video images over a distribution network are classified elsewhere. See the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below.

SECTION II - REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES

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29Metal Working,   subclass 603.01 for method of making magnetic transducers.
84Music,   subclass 601 for recording or reproducing means in combination with musical instruments.
226Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length,   appropriate subclasses for means for advancing a record carrier past a transducer.
235Registers,   subclasses 419 through 434for record controlled electromechanic calculators, and subclass 493 for magnetic records used in a register.
242Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding,   subclasses 324 through 358.1for magnetic tape or film.
312Supports: Cabinet Structure,   subclass 7.2 for television cabinets.
318Electricity: Motive Power Systems,   subclasses 41 through 44and 85 for synchronization circuitry; subclass 560 for positional servo systems; and subclasses 567-579 for program or pattern controlled systems.
324Electricity: Measuring and Testing,   subclass 112 for voltage or current storage means including magnetic storage; and subclasses 244-259 for magnetic field testing means usable in reproducing magnetic records.
329Demodulators,   appropriate subclasses for demodulators usable in magnetic reproduction.
330Amplifiers,   appropriate subclasses for amplifiers usable in magnetic recording or reproducing, especially subclass 149 for noise compensation.
331Oscillators,   subclass 20 and 172-174 for television-type oscillator synchronization.
332Modulators,   appropriate subclasses for modulators usable in magnetic recording.
333Wave Transmission Lines and Networks,   subclass 28 for equalizers usable in magnetic recording or reproducing.
336Inductor Devices,   appropriate subclasses for core and coil structures similar to those of magnetic recording or reproducing transducers.
340Communications: Electrical,   subclasses 13.1 through 13.37for phase, frequency, or amplitude responsive actuation systems; and subclasses 870.18-870.26 for frequency, phase, or amplitude modulated telemetry systems.
341Coded Data Generation or Conversion,   appropriate subclasses for code converters for using in video recording and reproducing operations.
345Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 418 through 475for computer graphics processing; and subclasses 606-610 for use of interpolation for changing surface display attributes of a graphic image.
346Recorders,   appropriate subclasses for recorders usually of the graphic type and record carriers therefore.
348Television,   appropriate subclasses for TV signal processing, particularly subclass 241 for noise reduction of a video signal for a camera; subclasses 606-624 and 683 for noise reduction or elimination of a TV color signal; subclasses 787 and 789 for projection type image reproducer cabinet or chassis; and subclass 794 for cabinet or chassis of a liquid crystal image reproducer.
352Optics: Motion Pictures,   appropriate subclasses for motion picture apparatus in combination with recorders or reproducers.
353Optics: Image Projectors,   appropriate subclasses for projectors combined with recorders or reproducers.
355Photocopying,   subclass 31 and 98 for copying optical sound records.
358Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing,   subclass 3.28 for watermarking in a print processing; and subclasses 296-304 for recording means combined with facsimile.
359Optical: Systems and Elements,   subclasses 281+ and subclasses 484.01 through 484.1 for magneto-optical polarization devices usable in magnetic signal reproduction.
360Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,   appropriate subclasses for dynamic magnetic information and storage retrieval and particularly subclass 13 for dynamic magnetic record editing in general; subclasses 15-17 for record copying; subclasses 22-24 for splitting an information signal for recording on plural distinct tracks or reproducing such signal; subclass 60 for dynamic magnetic recording or erasing prevention in general; subclass 124 for crosstalk prevention; subclass 129 for a magnetic head housing, and subclasses 77.14-77.15 for track centering a magnetic head by utilizing pilot signal.
361Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices,   subclass 143 , 159, and 267 for demagnetizing means for records and heads when not in combination with recorders or reproducers; and subclasses 600-837 for generic electrical component housing.
365Static Information Storage and Retrieval,   appropriate subclasses for the structure of a static storage/retrieval of information.
369Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval,   appropriate subclasses for dynamic optical storage or retrieval of information, particularly subclass 83 for optically editing of dynamic record in general and subclasses 84 and 85 for information copying optically.
370Multiplex Communications,   appropriate subclasses for frequency, phase, amplitude or time division multiplexing of a signal.
375Pulse or Digital Communications,   appropriate subclasses for digital communication per se, particularly subclasses 130 through 153for spread spectrum techniques in a digital communication system; subclasses 240.01-240.29 for digital television bandwidth compression systems; subclasses 271-284, 302-308, and 322-337 for frequency or phase modulated carrier wave pulse or digital communications; and subclasses 268-270, 301-302, and 320-321 for amplitude modulated carrier wave pulse or digital communications.
379Telephonic Communications,   subclass 41 , 51, and 67.1-88.28 for recorders or reproducers combined with telephones.
380Cryptography,   subclasses 201 through 204for cryptographic video copy protection or prevention; and subclasses 210-211 for video scrambling in a cryptographic video copy protection system.
381Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices,   appropriate subclasses for electrical audio signal handling in general, particularly subclass 106 for amplitude compression or expansion of audio signals.
382Image Analysis,   appropriate subclasses for image analysis or pattern recognition, particularly subclasses 260 through 273for use of image filter in an image analysis system; subclass 300 for using interpolation for image transformation; and subclasses 309-311 for image error checking or correction.
396Photography,   appropriate subclasses for pictorial information recording devices.
400Typewriting Machines,   subclass 69 for typewriting machines including magnetic storage means for storing retrievable information.
455Telecommunications,   appropriate subclasses for transmitters and receivers in general, particularly subclasses 347 through 351for a radio cabinet, housing, or chassis.
700Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications,   subclasses 1 through 89for generic data processing control systems; and subclasses 90-306 for particular application of data processing systems or calculating computers.
704Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression,   appropriate subclasses for audio signal processing, particularly subclass 278 for sound editing; and subclasses 500-502 for audio signal bandwidth compression or expansion.
705Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management or Cost/Price Determination,   subclasses 51 through 59for cryptographic protection of a distributed financial data file.
708Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and Calculating,   subclass 290 for using interpolation in general arithmetic calculation data processing.
713Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Support,   subclasses 176 through 179for computer communication authentication by utilizing digital watermark; subclasses 300-340 for computer power management; and subclasses 375-401 for synchronization of clock or timing signals in a computer processing system.
714Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery,   appropriate subclasses for data error or fault detection or correction in general, particularly subclass 758 for forward data correction by utilizing cyclic redundancy character; and subclasses 800-805 for data error/fault detection by utilizing parity bit.
715Data Processing: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing,   appropriate subclasses for use of graphical user interface, in general.
718Electrical Computers and Digital Processing System: Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control,   subclass 103 for computer task management or control by utilizing priority scheduling.
725Interactive Video Distribution Systems,   subclasses 39 through 56for use of electronic program guide in an interactive video distribution systems; subclasses 109-112 for video transmission or distribution connected to internet or via URL, and subclasses 88 and 102 for trick play processing in a video-on-demand and near video-on-demand systems respectively.
726Information Security,   appropriate subclasses for information security techniques in general, particularly subclasses 26 through 30for prevention of unauthorized use of data and access control of data in general.

SUBCLASSES

[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 200]    200WITH INTERFACE BETWEEN RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER LOCAL DEVICE:
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for providing communication or controlling between the recording/reproducing device and an additional device located close by, such as within a home.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 201]    201Synchronization:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for generating or detecting pulses at rates related to line and field/frame frequencies of a video signal for performing synchronization process among different components of a recording or reproducing operation or with another local device.

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348Television,   subclasses 500 through 551for generation and control of TV synchronization signal.
713Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Support,   subclasses 375 through 401for synchronization of clock or timing signals in a computer processing system.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 202]    202External synchronization for phase or frequency correction:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for correcting phase or frequency deviations during recording or reproducing operation from an externally provided synchronization signal.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 203]    203With variable delay:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  This subclass is indented Subject matter comprising means or steps for providing an alterable or adjustable delay time to correct or compensate synchronization deviations of a recording or reproducing device.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 204]    204With phase lock loop (e.g., ProcAmp, PLL, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for generating a signal that has a fixed relation to the phase of a reference signal for correcting synchronization deviations of a recording or reproducing device.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 205]    205For tape trick play:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for detecting and/or generating synchronization signals during trick play modes of operation of a tape type recording or reproducing device.
(1) Note. Trick play herein refers to reproduction of a video from a medium at speeds other than normal playback speed.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 206]    206For disk/disc trick play:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for detecting and/or generating synchronization signals during trick play modes of operation of a disk/disc type recording or reproducing device.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 207]    207Synchronization correction:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for correcting a video synchronization signal by adding to or substituting a synchronization signal.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 208]    208Sync block:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for using a synchronization code and an associated address code, i.e., sync block, for controlling tracking of a head to a specific position of the tracks in a recording and reproducing device.
(1) Note. The sync blocks are generated during a recording operation and utilized for tracking during the reproducing operation.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 209]    209Analog camera source to analog recorder:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for synchronizing video signals between an analog camera/CCD and an analog recorder to facilitate recording operation there between.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 210]    210Camera source to digital recording device:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for synchronizing a camera/CCD source to a digital recorder to facilitate recording operation there between.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 211]    211MPEG recorder (e.g., Time, PTS, DTS, STC, PCR, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 210.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for a recorder to facilitate MPEG recording.
(1) Note. Examples of MPEG timing signals are presentation time stamp (PTS), decoding time stamps (DTS), system time clock (STC), or program clock reference (PCR).
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 212]    212Analog tuner to analog recorder:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for synchronizing an analog tuner to an analog recorder.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 213]    213Tuner source to digital recorder:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for synchronizing a tuner source to a digital recorder.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 214]    214MPEG digital tuner to MPEG recorder (e.g., Time, PTS, DTS, STC, PCR, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 213.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for synchronizing an MPEG digital tuner to an MPEG recorder.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 215]    215Analog playback device to analog recorder:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  This subclass indented Subject matter comprising means or steps for synchronizing an analog playback device to an analog recorder.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 216]    216Playback device to digital recorder:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for synchronizing a playback device to a digital recorder.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 217]    217MPEG playback device to MPEG recorder (e.g., Time, PTS, DTS, STC, PCR, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 216.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for synchronizing an MPEG playback device to an MPEG recorder.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 218]    218Analog playback device to display device:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for synchronizing an analog playback device to a display device.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 219]    219Digital playback device to display device:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for synchronizing a digital playback device to a display device.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 220]    220MPEG playback device to display device (e.g., Time, PTS, DTS, STC, PCR, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 219.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for synchronizing an MPEG playback device to an MPEG display device.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 221]    221Controlling speed of tape:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter wherein the detected synchronization signal is utilized for dictating or controlling speed of a tape medium, e.g., for preventing video losses, etc.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 222]    222Controlling speed of disk:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter wherein the detected synchronization signal is utilized for dictating or controlling speed of a disk medium, e.g., for preventing video losses, etc.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 223]    223With plural cameras (e.g., multi-scene or angles, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein the other local devices comprise more than one camera for providing video signals either selectively or simultaneously for recording.
(1) Note. When recording of multiple signals are done, the video signals are normally simultaneously multiplexed.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

235,through 238, for systems adapted to perform simultaneous recording and reproduction operations.
337,for multiplexing a video signal with another signal.
341,for simultaneous recording of plural video signals.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 224]    224Camera and recording device:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein the other local device is a video camera for converting optical images into video signals for later processing and recording.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 225]    225Having still mode:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 224.  Subject matter wherein the camera device includes means or steps for capturing still images.
(1) Note. The video camera in this subclass performs selectively or simultaneously still mode (i.e., single frame image) or video mode operation (i.e., continuous series of frames).
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 226]    226Having time lapse recording mode (e.g., surveillance recording, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 224.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for recording images intermittently thereby thinning images or not recording all images from the video camera.
(1) Note. Time lapse recording mode is utilized in surveillance recording devices.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 227]    227Camera with additional external sensor (e.g., white balance, GPS, wheel, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 224.  Subject matter wherein the camera device includes a means for generating additional information of the environment associated with the camera to be used and/or stored for later use.
(1) Note. Examples of the additional external sensors associated with camera are white balance sensor, GPS, or wheel sensor for detecting movement of camera.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 228]    228Having triggered event:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 224.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for generating a triggered event to change a present operational mode of the recording device.
(1) Note. The change of the video recording mode may include marking based on the triggered events.
(2) Note. Based on the triggered event, the camera may include marking for identification purposes.
(3) Note. Example of such operation mode is from time lapse mode to full video recording (e.g., 30-frames/sec NTSC, etc.).
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 229]    229Delayed decision event (e.g., preserving time previous to trigger, loop-recording, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 228.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for providing a period prior to the occurrence of the triggered event or point thereby preserving the captured video signal.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 230]    230With a display/monitor device:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein the other local device is a display device for rendering a captured video signal.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 231]    231Digital interface (e.g., 1394/USB, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein the interface circuitry or coupling is a digital interface.
(1) Note. Examples of such digital interface coupling is IEEE 1394 (i.e., firewire) or USB.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 232]    232Format conversion (e.g., PAl, NTSC, HD, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein the interface comprises means or steps for modifying a video signal by changing a number of lines per frame and/or frames per second and/or from an interlace to a progressive scanning or vice versa format.

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348Television,   subclasses 441 through 459for format conversion of a TV video signal in general.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 233]    233Telecine:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 232.  Subject matter wherein the interface comprises means or steps for converting motion picture film at 24 frames per second to a video format.
(1) Note. Video format includes, for example, NTSC (i.e., 3:2), PAL or HD.

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348Television,   subclass 97 for use of telecine device for format conversion in television environment.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 234]    234Remote control:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for remotely controlling the operation of the recording/reproducing device.
(1) The remote controlling is performed by a handheld remote control device.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 235]    235VIDEO APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SIMULTANEOUS RECORDING AND REPRODUCING OPERATIONS (E.G., DOUBLE-TAPE DECKS, ETC.):
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for performing recording and reproducing operations at the same time.
(1) Note. Examples of such devices are double or triple deck units or a combination of disk and/or tape decks.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 236]    236Single unit system having two separate heads or double ported RAM:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 235.  Subject matter wherein the simultaneous recording and reproducing operations are done by at least two separate heads or a double ported RAM.
(1) Note. Each head performs independent recording or reproducing operations.

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711Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Memory,   subclass 149 for storage and retrieval of data from a multiport memory.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 237]    237Single unit having head with shared read/write operation:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 235.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for performing simultaneous recording and reproducing operations by utilizing a single head which is time-shared.
(1) Note. Timed-shared herein means that the head either performs recording or reproducing one at the time.
(2) Note. In order for the single head to be time-shared between read and write operations, I/O buffering is a requirement.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 238]    238Setting program event (e.g., using EPG, showing time line, TOC, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 235.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for setting program events related to simultaneous recording and/or reproducing operations.
(1) Note. Examples of program events include electronic program guide (i.e., EPG), time line or table of contents (i.e., TOC).
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 239]    239PROCESS OF GENERATING ADDITIONAL DATA DURING RECORDING OR REPRODUCING (E.G., VITC, VITS, ETC.):
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for inserting and/or extracting attributes or selected data from the video signal used for various purposes.
(1) Note. Examples of additional data are access points, entry or marks information used for playback, trick play, or editing purposes.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 240]    240Non-motion video content (e.g., URL, HTML, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 239.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for extracting or superimposing an object on the video signal from a non-motion video content source.
(1) Note. Examples of such a non-motion video content are HTML or URL information.

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715Data Processing: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing,   subclass 513 for structured document presentation processing.
725Interactive Video Distribution Systems,   subclasses 109 through 112for video transmission or distribution connected to internet or via URL.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 241]    241Video or audio bookmarking (e.g., bit rate, scene change, thumbnails, timed, entry points, user manual initiated, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 239.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for generating identification points selectively associated with the video or audio signals for bookmarking.
(1) Note. Examples of such bookmark points are date, bit rate, attributes, specified timing, or scene change.

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704Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression,   subclass 278 for sound editing.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 242]    242Video camera-related attribute analysis (e.g., shake, zooming, dollying, tilting, panning, moving sensor, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 239.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for determining various attributes related to the functionality of the video camera system.
(1) Note. Examples of such attributes include camera shake, zooming, dollying, panning or tilting.
(2) Note. Purpose of these detected attributes are for storage, retrieval, identification, or editing.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 243]    243Having table of contents user interface:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 239.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for visually and/or graphically displaying the generated additional data or attributes in a table or listed format.
(1) Note. This subclass includes visually shown bookmarks, entry points, indexes, or thumbnail images.

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715Data Processing: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing,   appropriate subclasses for use of graphical user interface in general.
725Interactive Video Distribution Systems,   subclasses 39 through 56for use of electronic program guide in an interactive video distribution systems over internet or a server.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 244]    244Character codes:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 239.  Subject matter wherein the additional data are character codes.
(1) Note. Character codes herein include, for example, sub-picture text or event titles.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 245]    245Teletext or blanking interval data (e.g., VBI, line 21, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 239.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for either extracting embedded data or embedding data to and/or from the blanking regions of a video signal or line 21 of the video signal.
(1) Note. The blanking region herein refers to vertical or horizontal blanking periods.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 246]    246Sub-code area:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 239.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for encoding the additional data into a channels region of a storage medium.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 247]    247Using auxiliary memory (e.g., tape chip, static memory, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 239.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for utilizing additional storage attached to a video cassette tape for storing the additional data associated with stored information of the video tape.
(1) Note. The additional storage may include tape chip or static memory storage device.
(2) Note. The additional information may be table of content (i.e., TOC) or edit decision list (i.e., EDL).
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 248]    248Additional data controlling recording or playback operation:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 239.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for utilizing the additional data for controlling the recording and/or playback operations.
(1) Note. The additional data could dictate what can be recorded or reproduced.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 249]    249Commercial identification (e.g., video and/or audio detectors, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 248.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for determining and/or generating commercial locations from the processing of the video and/or audio signals.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 250]    250Marking commercial locations:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 249.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for marking the commercial locations of the video signal on a medium.
(1) Note. The markings could be stored in a file on a storage device.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 251]    251Commercial elimination during recording:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 249.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for pausing or not recording the commercial locations or sections of the video signals during recording.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 252]    252Video copy protection (e.g., anti-copy, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 248.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for inhibiting recording, later re-recording, or playback operations.
(1) Note. Means for inhibiting includes additional signals or pulses mixed to the video signal.

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360Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclass 60 for dynamic magnetic recording or erasing prevention in general.
380Cryptography,   subclasses 201 through 204for cryptographic video copy protection or prevention and subclasses 210-211 for video scrambling in a cryptographic video copy protection system.
705Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management or Cost/Price Determination,   subclasses 51 through 59for cryptographic protection of a distributed data file.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 253]    253Having code table (e.g., CGMS, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 252. Subject matter comprising means or steps for comparing a code in the video signal for dictating whether recording is permitted.
(1) Note. Examples of code tables are CGMS, macrovision, or other standard table.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 254]    254Degrade/modify part of the video signal levels (e.g., back or front porch color burst, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 252. Subject matter comprising means or steps for modifying or degrading the video signal to make it less usable or desirable during reproduction of the video signal.
(1) Note. The video signal could be rendered, but recopying of the same video would result in an undesirable video quality, i.e., destroying the commercial viability of the recorded video signal.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 255]    255Defeating anti-copy modification (e.g., descrambler, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 254. Subject matter comprising means or steps for reversing the degraded video signal to make it more usable or desirable.
(1) Note. This subclass includes systems having means for disabling or reversing the effect of inhibiting recording, later re-recording, or playback operations.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 256]    256With spread spectrum (e.g., PN sequence, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 252. Subject matter comprising means or steps for superimposing a secure signal encoded with a copy protected data on the video signal.

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375Pulse or Digital Communications,   subclasses 130 through 153for spread spectrum techniques in a digital communication system.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 257]    257Diverse video copy protection:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 252. Subject matter comprising means or steps for subjecting the video signal to combined video copying protection techniques.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 258]    258Video scrambler:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 252. Subject matter comprising means or steps for transposing or inverting whole or parts of video scan lines to hide or remove horizontal or vertical sync pulses for making the video information unintelligible.

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358Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing,   subclass 3.28 for watermarking in a print processing.
713Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Support,   subclasses 176 through 179for computer communication authentication by utilizing digital watermark.
726Information Security,   appropriate subclasses for information security techniques in general.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 259]    259Video encryption:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 252.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for transforming video information to make it unreadable or to conceal or obscure intelligible video information.
(1) Note. The unreadable, concealed, or obscured intelligible video information would become readable and intelligible video information if a user or a receiver unit possess a special knowledge, usually referred to as a key.

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380Cryptography,   subclasses 201 through 204for cryptographic video copy protection or prevention and subclasses 210-211 for video scrambling in a cryptographic video copy protection system.
705Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management or Cost/Price Determination,   subclasses 51 through 59for cryptographic protection of a distributed data file.
713Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Support,   subclasses 150 through 194for use of cryptography techniques in multicomputer data processing.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 260]    260Video watermarking:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 252.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for placing, superimposing, or embedding logo, text, copyright label, or other types of information over video information for identifying a product thereby discouraging counterfeiting.

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358Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing,   subclass 3.28 for watermarking in a print processing.
713Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Support,   subclasses 176 through 179for computer communication authentication by utilizing digital watermark.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 261]    261Parental control (e.g., G, PG, R, X, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 248. Subject matter comprising means or steps for providing a capability to monitor or limit what a child can see or record.
(1) Note. Examples of parental capability includes utilization of password, key, or hardware switches.

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726Information Security,   subclasses 26 through 30for prevention of unauthorized use of data and access control of data in general.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 262]    262Playback based on user profile (e.g., Abecassis, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 248. Subject matter comprising means or steps for enabling playback operation based on preferences or characteristic usage of a user.
(1) Note. Examples of profile includes levels of nudity, vulgarity, age, sexual content, violence, G-, PG-, or R-rated.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 263]    263ERROR OR FAULT DETECTION DURING RECORDING OR REPRODUCING OPERATION FOR VIDEO SIGNAL:
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for detecting anomalies or abnormalities during recording or reproducing operations.

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382Image Analysis,   subclasses 309 through 311for image error checking or correction in an image analysis system.
714Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery,   appropriate subclasses for error or fault detection or correction in general.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 264]    264Video compensation or correction:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 263. Subject matter comprising means or steps for substituting or rectifying the detected errors or faults in the video signal during recording or reproducing operations.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 265]    265With redundancy (e.g., raid 0-5, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 264. Subject matter wherein the video compensation or correction is done by duplicating or repeating video data signal.
(1) Note. Included herein are data signal file management associated with the video data.

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714Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery,   subclass 758 for forward correction by utilizing cyclic redundancy character.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 266]    266Video shuffling:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 264. Subject matter wherein the video compensation is done by spreading or separating the detected errors or faults over the video signal or bit stream.
(1) Note. The video shuffling technique spreads loss of video signals upon detection of error or fault to prevent medium damage or data loss.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 267]    267Using memory:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 266. Subject matter utilizing memory for performing the video shuffling process.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 268]    268Parity coding video (inner/outer):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 264. Subject matter comprising means or steps for performing code error evaluations of the video signal.

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714Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/ Recovery,   subclasses 800 through 805for error/fault detection by utilizing parity bit.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 269]    269Equalizer/filter video signal (e.g., noise pre-emphasis, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 264. Subject matter comprising means to nullify or subtract noise in the video signal.

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348Television,   subclass 241 for noise reduction of a video signal for a camera, and subclasses 606-624 and 683 for noise reduction or elimination of a color TV signal.
382Image Analysis,   subclasses 260 through 273for use of image filter in an image analysis system.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 270]    270Drop-out detection:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 263. Subject matter comprising means or steps for detecting video losses during recording or reproducing operations.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 271]    271Interpolation:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 270. Subject matter comprising means or steps for replacing or inserting a related video signal in order to compensate for video drop-outs or losses.

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345Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 606 through 610for use of interpolation for changing surface display attributes of a graphic image.
382Image Analysis,   subclass 300 for using interpolation for image transformation.
708Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and Calculating,   subclass 290 for using interpolation in general arithmetic calculation data processing.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 272]    272Using static memory:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 271. Subject matter comprising a static memory for performing the interpolation processing of the video drop-outs.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 273]    273Tracking crosstalk:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 263. Subject matter comprising means or steps for adjusting tracking of a head to reduce or eliminate noise caused by interface between two reproduced channels.

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360Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclasses 77.01 through 78.15for track centering and changing in a dynamic magnetic storage or retrieval device.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 274]    274Phase-crosstalk:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 273. Subject matter comprising means or steps for compensating and correcting phase-crosstalk due to tracking deviation of heads during video tape reproducing operation.

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360Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclass 124 for crosstalk prevention.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 275]    275Pilot signal (e.g., helical, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 273. Subject matter comprising means or steps for recording and/or reproducing of multiple frequency signal for adjusting tracking deviation.

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360Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclasses 77.14 through 77.15for track centering a magnetic head by utilizing pilot signal.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 276]    276Envelop detection:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 273. Subject matter comprising means or steps for detecting a waveform of a modulated video signal during reproduction in order to adjust or correct tracking deviations.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 277]    277Power fault detection and compensation:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 263. Subject matter comprising means or steps for detecting and compensating for power failure in a recording or reproducing device.
(1) Note. Included herein are power management data files.

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713Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Support,   subclasses 300 through 340for computer power controlling.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 278]    278VIDEO EDITING:
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for modifying a previously recorded video signal.
(1) Note. This modification includes, for example, deleting from, adding to, or rearranging portions of a previously recorded video signal.

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360Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclass 13 for dynamic magnetic record editing in general.
369Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclass 83 for editing of dynamic record in general.
715Data Processing: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing,   subclasses 723 through 726for computer generated video editing by utilizing a GUI.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 279]    279Dubbing or mastering (e.g., normal and high speed, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 278.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for copying video signal from a first medium to a second medium.
(1) Note. Dubbing can be done at normal or higher speed.
(2) Note. The second medium could be any combination of sequential or random-type media.

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360Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclasses 15 through 17for record copying.
369Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclass 84 and 85 for information copying.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 280]    280Special effect:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 278.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for editing the video signal by adding transitional effects to the video signal.
(1) Note. Special effects herein include transition between video segments or clips for performing video filtering to cause, for example, blurring, smoothing, etc.

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348Television,   subclasses 578 through 601for adding special effects to a TV signal.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 281]    281Edit decision list (e.g., EDL, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 278.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for creating a file list of instructions for the video editing.
(1) Note. EDL list is created and utilized in on-line or off-line editing operations.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 282]    282With video GUI:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 278. Subject matter comprising graphical user interface for performing video segment editing.
(1) Note. GUI herein is utilized for graphical representation of edit segments or transition such as merging, fading, or cross-fading.

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715Data Processing: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing,   subclasses 723 through 726for computer generated video editing by utilizing a GUI.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 283]    283With MPEG:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 278.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for editing a video signal encoded in accordance to MPEG standards.
(1) Note. MPEG standards are I, P, B encoded video frames.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 284]    284With different standards:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 278.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for editing video signals of diverse formats.
(1) Note. Different standards herein include, for example, compression standard or video standards such as NTSC, PAL, or SECAM, etc.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 285]    285With at least one audio signal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 278. Subject matter comprising means or steps for editing an audio signal.
(1) Note. Examples of audio editing include audio clip editing or audio clip transition.

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704Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression,   subclass 278 for sound editing.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 286]    286Subsequent recording:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 278. Subject matter comprising means or steps for recording video signals to empty, unused, or blank areas of a storage medium after completion of an initial recording operation.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 287]    287Replacing signal (e.g., video or audio, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 286. Subject matter comprising means or steps for recording video signals after an initial or original video recording operation by either replacing, overwriting, or adding a video signal to the original video signal.
(1) Note. The subsequent recording maybe done on unused or blank areas of storage medium.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 288]    288Reproducing from medium and re-recording back to same medium:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 286. Subject matter comprising means or steps for reproducing a video signal from a first medium and reprocessing and re-recording back the video signal to the same medium.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 289]    289Having erasing head:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 278.  Subject matter wherein the video editing is performed by utilizing a head to remove a signal.

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360Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclass 57 , 66, and 118 for various erasing operations.
369Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclass 13.04 for erasing data in a dynamic optical storage or retrieval device.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 290]    290User defined sequence (e.g., virtual link list, double link list, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 278.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for linking of non-sequential video segments for playback.
(1) Note. This subclass includes virtual editing, which is the generation of a virtual link list for output rendering.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 291]    291PROGRAMMABLE RECORDER:
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for performing a future recording or reproducing event based on a stored scheduled or timed command.
(1) Note. An event is the commencement or ending of a recording or reproducing process.

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348Television,   subclasses 731 through 734for tuning of a receiver and for remote control of a receiver.
725Interactive Video Distribution Systems,   subclasses 37 through 61for setting interactive recording or reproduction events.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 292]    292Recording event conflict resolution (e.g., program space, time overrun, two-event conflict, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 291.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for resolving conflicting recording events.
(1) Note. Examples of conflicting events include program space, time overrun, or two-event conflict.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 293]    293Program event priority:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 292.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for setting a priority between occurrences of two simultaneous recording events.

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718Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control,   subclass 103 for computer task management or control by utilizing priority scheduling.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 294]    294Space resolution:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 292.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for resolving space or size storage for recording of an incoming video signal.
(1) Note. Examples of space resolution include setting of recording speed (i.e., SP, LP, EP), setting video compression ratio, or by transcoding, which involves decompression and recompression of the same video signal.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 295]    295Space management (e.g., erasure plan, FIFO, alternate storage, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 292.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for establishing or finding a suitable storage space for a recording event.
(1) Note. Space management herein includes either overwriting an existing video recording section by either a FIFO or a priority erasure plan or use of an alternate storage device.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 296]    296Automatic program events (e.g., profile, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 291.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for the video recording system to automatically set at least one event in response to a user profile or attribute, e.g., a recording title or a recording time, etc.
(1) Examples of a user profile or attribute are a recording title or a recording time.

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725Interactive Video Distribution Systems,   subclass 46 for using electronic program guide based on a user’s profile or preference.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 297]    297Electronic program guide (e.g., EPG, TOC-EPG, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 291.  Subject matter wherein the future recording or reproduction of events is set by a user in accordance with an electronic program guide.
(1) Note. The electronic program guide may include a series of program playback events.
(2) Note. The electronic program guide herein is locally generated or interacted with. For EPG, wherein a user interacts with a broadcaster via a server, classification is elsewhere.

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725Interactive Video Distribution Systems,   subclasses 39 through 55for using electronic program guide such that a user interacts with a broadcaster via a server.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 298]    298Delayed decision recording event:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 291.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for making a decision for preserving a recording event at a later time or a shifted-time from the beginning of a program recording event.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 299]    299Remote event setting (e.g., phone line, e-mail, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 291.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for remotely setting recording events.
(1) Note. The remote operation is, for example, performed via telephone, internet, or e-mail, etc.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 300]    300COLOR VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING:
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for processing of a color component or attribute of a video signal for recording or reproducing purposes.
(1) Note. Color components include chrominance and luminance.

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345Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 589 through 605and 690-697 for graphic image and display color processing.
348Television,   appropriate subclasses for color TV signal processing.
382Image Analysis,   subclasses 162 through 167for color image analysis.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 301]    301Color killer:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 300.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for generating a black and white video signal by suppressing or eliminating the color components of the video signal.

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348Television,   subclass 643 and 644 for utilizing color killer in television device.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 302]    302Separating color components:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 300.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for differentiating color components or attributes.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 303]    303By comb filter:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 302.  Subject matter wherein the separation of color components is done by use of a delay line and comparing the original and delayed signals to isolate the chrominance components.

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348Television,   subclasses 665 through 670for utilizing a comb filter for separating color components of a TV signal.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 304]    304Amplitude level control (e.g., AGC, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 300.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for controlling amplitude of video color signals during recording or reproducing operations.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 305]    305Color burst signal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 304.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for controlling the amplitude level of a color burst component of the video signal.
(1) Note. Color burst signal is also called a reference burst signal utilized for establishing a frequency and phase reference signal for the chrominance signal.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 306]    306Channel splitting:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 300.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for separating the color signal into separate components inputted into two or more paths before recording.

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360Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclasses 22 through 24for splitting information signal for recording on plural distinct tracks or reproducing such signal.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 307]    307Frequency modulation of luminance or chrominance:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 306.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for frequency modulating luminance or chrominance components of the color signal wherein the luminance and chrominance components occupy different frequency bands on a medium.
(1) Note. The specific frequency modulator or demodulator circuitry includes, for example, frequency mixer, converter, or shifter.

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332Modulators,   subclasses 117 through 143for frequency modulator, per se.
340Communications: Electrical,   subclasses 13.2 through 13.36for frequency modulated responsive selective systems and subclasses 870.18-870.26 for frequency, phase, or amplitude modulated telemetry systems.
348Television,   subclass 724 for modulating television signal.
370Multiplex Communications,   subclass 204 and 205 for plural diverse modulation techniques in a multiplex communication system.
375Pulse or Digital Communications,   subclasses 271 through 284,302-308, and 322-337 for frequency or phase modulated carrier wave pulse or digital communications.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 308]    308Sound carriers being frequency multiplexed between luminance carrier and chrominance carrier:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 307.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for frequency multiplexing or merging sound carriers between luminance carrier and chrominance carrier signals.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 309]    309Lowering frequency band of chrominance signal under frequency band of recorded brightness signal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 307.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for down-converting the frequency of the chrominance signal to a lower frequency than the luminance of the video signal before recording.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 310]    310Phase shifting:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 307.  Subject matter wherein the phase of the carrier frequency signal used to modulate at least one of the video color components is changed.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 311]    311Amplitude modulation of luminance or chrominance:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 306. Subject matter comprising means or steps for amplitude modulating luminance or chrominance components of the color signal wherein the luminance and chrominance components occupy different frequency bands on a medium.

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332Modulators,   subclasses 149 through 182for amplitude modulators, per se.
340Communications: Electrical,   subclass 13.37 for amplitude responsive selective systems and subclasses 870.18-870.26 for frequency, phase, or amplitude modulated telemetry systems.
348Television,   subclass 724 for modulating television signal.
370Multiplex Communications,   subclass 202 for amplitude modulation technique in a multiplex communication system.
375Pulse or Digital Communications,   subclasses 268 through 270,301, 302, 320, and 321 for amplitude modulated carrier wave pulse or digital communications.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 312]    312Phase modulation of luminance or chrominance:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 306. Subject matter comprising means or steps for phase modulating luminance or chrominance components of the color signal wherein the luminance and chrominance components occupy different frequency bands on a medium.

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332Modulators,   subclasses 144 through 148for phase modulators, per se.
340Communications: Electrical,   subclass 13.1 for phase modulated responsive selective systems and subclasses 870.18-870.24 for frequency, phase, or amplitude modulated telemetry systems.
348Television,   subclass 724 for modulating television signal.
370Multiplex Communications,   subclass 215 for phase modulation technique in a multiplex communication system.
375Pulse or Digital Communications,   subclasses 271 through 284,302-308, and 322-337 for frequency or phase modulated carrier wave pulse or digital communications.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 313]    313Using diffraction grating (e.g., strip filtering, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 300.  This subclass is indented Subject matter comprising means or steps for utilizing a diffraction grating or a parallel or non-parallel line strip color filter for encoding color video signal onto a medium.

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348Television,   subclasses 273 through 283and 285-293 for line strip color filters in combination with television cameras.
359Optical: Systems and Elements,   subclasses 566 through 576for using diffraction grating in optical systems.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 314]    314VIDEO TAPE RECORDING OR REPRODUCING (E.G., VCR, VTR, BETA, VHS, 8 MM (I.E., SEQUENTIAL R AND R), ETC.):
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for recording or reproducing video signals on a tape medium.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 315]    315Stationary head:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 314.  Subject matter wherein the tape is drawn past a fixed head at a linear motion speed.

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360Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,   appropriate subclasses for stationary magnetic head.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 316]    316Helical scanning (i.e., rotating heads):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 314.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for recording or reproducing video signals which are recorded in strips or segments along the tape by utilizing a tilted rotating head-drum.
(1) Note. Helical scanning permits recording of higher bandwidth signals.
(2) Note. In helical scanning, a rotating head is being utilized wherein the tape is wrapped around a circular drum at an angle.
(3) Note. In helical scanning, a rotating head and diagonal tracks allow a slow-traveling tape to provide a fast transfer rate.

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369Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclass 111 for storage or retrieval of information in spiral or helical tracks.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 317]    317Heads with different azimuth:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 316.  Subject matter wherein recording is performed by utilizing heads which are tilted with respect to the head-drum.
(1) Note. In helical scanning, having heads at different azimuth angles would eliminate the need for guard bands.

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360Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclass 21 for head gap azimuth multiplex and subclass 76 for controlling the head azimuth.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 318]    318With control track (e.g., VISS, VASS, audio, time code, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 316.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for recording control track information along a linear or continuous track along the tape medium adjacent to the helical scans or stripping patterns.
(1) Note. Examples of control track information are VHS index search system (i.e., VISS), VHS address search system (i.e., VASS), audio, or time-code.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 319]    319Guard band:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 316.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for establishing bands which are unrecorded areas or spaces between the helical scanning or strips for providing isolation there between.

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360Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclass 264.6 and 267 for using guard band in a magnetic head.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 320]    320With servo control:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 316.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for generating control signals to a servo mechanism for controlling recording head position with respect to the tape medium.

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360Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,   appropriate subclasses for servo control of a magnetic head.
369Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclasses 43 through 44.42for servo control of an optical head.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 321]    321With Hi-Fi audio (e.g., surround, 5.X, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 314.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for recording or reproducing video with wide-spectrum audio signals.
(1) Note. Wide-spectrum audio signals include, for example, stereo, surround sound or 5.1 surround sound signal.
(2) Note. The wide-spectrum audio signal herein is tape-based or sequential access- type medium.

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339,for advance audio recording or reproducing non-specific to tape medium.

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381Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices,   appropriate subclasses for surround sound signal processing.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 322]    322Time lapse tape recording (e.g., intermittent recording, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 314.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for recording intermittently on a taped-based medium for purpose of extending recording time.

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226,for time lapse recording in conjunction with an interface circuitry.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 323]    323Digital tape recording or reproducing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 314.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for recording or reproducing digital video signals on a tape medium.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 324]    324With multiple streams:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 323.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for recording or reproducing multiple audio or video signals on a tape-based medium.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 325]    325Pause mode:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 323.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for rendering one or more particular frame repeatedly.

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349,for trick play pause processing.

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369Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclass 47.11 and 47.42 for pause mode signal generation/control.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 326]    326VIDEO PROCESSING FOR RECORDING:
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for processing a received video signal to record the video signal on a medium.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 327]    327With A/D or D/A converter:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 326.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for converting an analog video signal into a digital video signal or for converting a digital video signal into an analog video signal.

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360Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclass 32 for similar subject matter in dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval; and subclasses 39-54 for general processing of a digital signal in dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 328]    328With compression (e.g., DCT/MJPEG, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 326.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for reducing the quantity of video data to minimize storage or transmission requirements.

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341Coded Data Generation or Conversion,   appropriate subclasses for code converters which may include bandwidth reduction.
348Television,   subclasses 384.1 through 440.1for bandwidth reduction in an analog television system.
370Multiplex Communications,   subclass 7 for multiplex systems with amplitude compression of incoming signal and corresponding expansion, subclass 109 for time compression or expansion in time division multiplexing, and subclass 118 for bandwidth conservation techniques.
375Pulse or Digital Communications,   subclasses 240.01 through 240.29for digital television bandwidth compression system.
381Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices,   subclasses 29 through 35for bandwidth or time compression or expansion of audio signals.
382Image Analysis,   subclasses 232 through 253for image compression or coding.
704Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression,   subclasses 500 through 502for audio signal bandwidth compression or expansion.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 329]    329MPEG1 or MPEG2 (e.g., GOP/GOF (I, P, and B frames), etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 328.  Subject matter wherein the compression is performed on a frame-by- frame basis and/or by processing or coding the difference between two successive frames.
(1) Note. Compression on a frame- by-frame basis is a spatial coding technique for generating I-frames/pictures or intra frames (e.g., I, P, B frames, etc.).
(2) Note. Compression on the difference between two successive frames is a temporal encoding technique for generating predictive and bidirectional frames (i.e., P or B).

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375Pulse or Digital Communications,   subclass 240 and 241 for bandwidth reduction or expansion of television video signal.
382Image Analysis,   subclass 236 for image coding using inter-frame coding.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 330]    330MPEG2 transport stream (e.g., 188-packets or data structure, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 329.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for formatting data structure of a video signal into 188-packet groups data structure.
(1) Note. The 188-packet group data structure is advantageous in error prone environment.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 331]    331With MPEG4 or MPEG7 (e.g., place META data, VOP, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 328.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for compression encoding of a video signal into object planes.
(1) Note. An object plane is a separate and independent stream of video data representation, for example, a character object or a background object.
(2) Note. MPEG4 is the representation of audio and visual data in terms of objects.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 332]    332DVD with MPEG2 program stream (i.e., VOB):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 326.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for encapsulating an MPEG2 program stream into a DVD data structure.
(1) Note. The DVD data structure formats includes a video object (i.e., VOB) having cell, video object unit (i.e., VOBU) and MPEG2 (GOP/GOF) data structure.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 333]    333With still picture:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 332.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for incorporating a still image into the DVD data structure.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 334]    334DVD with MPEG2 transport stream:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 326.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for encapsulating an MPEG2 transport stream into a DVD data structure.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 335]    335High definition video:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 326.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for recording a video signal having more than 512 scanning lines.
(1) Note. Standard definition includes, for example, NTSC or PAL.
(2) Note. The high definition video herein could be recorded on a DVD or on a tape, i.e., non-medium specific.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 336]    336DVD with high definition video (e.g., holographic, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 335.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for encapsulating high definition video signals into a high density DVD data structure.
(1) Note. The high definition video DVD utilizes a blue laser for recording and reproducing wherein the wavelength of a blue laser is half of a red laser, thereby increasing the storage space by four- fold.
(2) Note. Holographic processing involves a three-dimensional representation of a data, thereby reducing data structure.
(3) Note. A high definition video signal has more scanning lines than a standard video definition signal such as NTSC (i.e., 700-1200 scanning lines versus 512 scanning lines).

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369Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclass 103 for holographic data storage or retrieval.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 337]    337Multiplexing video and second signal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 326.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for multiplexing or merging an additional signal to the video signal for recording.
(1) Note. The second signal, for example, may be a secondary video signal, timing signal, graphic or picture information data, or message data.

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235,through 238, for simultaneously recording of a plurality of television signals.
308,for frequency multiplexing a sound signal with a modulated color television signal.

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348Television,   subclasses 473 through 486for television signal including additional information.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 338]    338With mono or stereo audio signal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 337.  Subject matter wherein the additional signal is a mono or stereo audio signal.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 339]    339With advance audio (e.g., surround or 5.1, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 337.  Subject matter wherein the additional signal is a high quality surround audio signal.
(1) Note. The surround signal includes, for example, 5.1 or more audio channels.
(2) Note. The advance audio signal herein includes random access- type medium.

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321,for advance audio signal recording or reproduction for sequential access - type medium (i.e., tape-based medium).

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381Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices,   appropriate subclasses for surround sound signal processing.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 340]    340Bilingual audio (e.g., SAP, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 337.  Subject matter wherein the additional signal is an audio signal in a different language that is either selectively or additionally recorded with another audio signal.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 341]    341Simultaneous recording of plural video signals (e.g., multi-angle/scene recording, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 326.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for recording two or more video signals at the same time.

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223,for interface circuitry for recording simultaneously a plurality of multiplexed video signals.
235,through 238, for systems adapted to perform simultaneous recording and reproducing operations.
337,for multiplexing a video signal with another signal.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 342]    342Light or beam (e.g., EBR, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 326.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for recording a video signal on a medium by utilizing a stream of electron beams generated by a CRT or light.
(1) Note. Included herein are, for example, electron beam recorder for high quality video tape-to-film conversion or transfer using an electron scanning beam to sequentially expose a single film strip.

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369Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclasses 121 through 123for utilizing a particular light source such as a CRT beam or laser for dynamic storage or retrieval of information.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 343]    343LOCAL TRICK PLAY PROCESSING:
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for reproducing a video from a medium at speeds other than normal playback speed.
(1) Note. The other-than-normal playback speed includes, for example, fast forward play, fast reverse play, pause, and slow play.
(2) Note. This subclass is directed for trick play processing at a user s device (i.e., local device). Trick play processing for use in an interactive distribution system (e.g., headend or server, etc.) are classified elsewhere. See the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below.

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725Interactive Video Distribution Systems,   subclass 88 and 102 for trick play processing in a video-on-demand and near video-on-demand systems respectively.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 344]    344With randomly accessible medium (e.g., hard disk, disc, DVD, RAM, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 343.  Subject matter wherein the trick play is performed by utilizing a non-sequentially accessible medium.
(1) Note. Randomly accessible medium includes, for example, hard disk, DVD, RAM, or disc.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 345]    345Fast forward MPEG using I and any combination of P or B frame:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 344.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for fast forward playback of an MPEG-encoded video signal from a medium by utilizing I and any combination of P and/or B type frames.
(1) Note. I-frame stands for intra-frame encoded video signal, P-frame stands for predictive encoded video signal, and B-frame stands for bidirectional predictive encoded frame.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 346]    346MPEG I frame-only mode:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 345.  Subject matter wherein the trick playback uti- lizes only MPEG encoded video I-type frame.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 347]    347Fast reverse MPEG using I and any combination of P or B frames:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 344.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for fast reverse playback of an MPEG encoded video signal from a medium by utilizing I and any combination of P- and/or B- type frames.
(1) Note. Multiple memories are normally used for storing decoded video frames in order to facilitate fast reverse playback.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 348]    348MPEG I frame-only mode:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 347.  Subject matter wherein the trick playback utilizes only MPEG I-type frame encoded video.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 349]    349Pause:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 344.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for rendering one or more particular frames repeatedly.
(1) Note. For example, repeating an I frame more than once constitutes a pause mode.

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369Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclasses 47.11 and 47.42 for pause mode signal generation/control.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 350]    350Trick play transition:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 344.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for changing a playback mode to another playback mode.
(1) Note. The playback mode herein includes normal and trick modes of playback operation.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 351]    351With trick play table (e.g., time code, sector number, LUT, address, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 344.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for utilizing a list of trick play information for searching particular frames to perform trick play operation.
(1) Note. The table herein refers to a look-up table for pointing to an address, time code, or sector number associated with a frame.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 352]    352Trick for analog laser disk/disc:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 343.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for performing trick play operations from information read from an analog laser disk/disc medium.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 353]    353VIDEO PROCESSING FOR REPRODUCING (E.G., DECODING, ETC.):
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for converting retrieved information from a storage medium into a sequence of motion video images.
(1) Note. Subject matter in this subclass includes decompression or decoding of a video signal during reproduction processing.

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341Coded Data Generation or Conversion,   appropriate subclasses for data encoding or decoding in general.
382Image Analysis,   subclass 233 for details of image decompression or decoding in an image analysis system.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 354]    354Parallel decompression or decoding:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 353.  Subject matter comprising means or steps for simultaneously decompressing or decoding plural compressed video signals to restore back to their original forms.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 355]    355Digital decompression or decoding (e.g., DCT or MJPEG, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 353. Subject matter comprising means or steps for digital decompressing or decoding of a compressed video signal so as to restore back to the original form of the video signal.

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382Image Analysis,   subclass 233 for image decompression in an image analysis system.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 356]    356MPEG decompression or decoding (e.g., MPEG1, MPEG2, inter-frame, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 353. Subject matter comprising means or steps for decompression of an MPEG-encoded video signal so as to restore back to the original video signal.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 357]    357De-multiplexing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 353. Subject matter comprising means or steps for separating different components of a reproduced signal into different channels.
(1) Note. The components herein include, for example, at least one video and another video or audio signal.
(2) Note. Channels herein refer to different signal paths.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 358]    358HOUSING:
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter comprising enclosure or housing details for a video recording and/or reproducing device.

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312Supports: Cabinet Structure,   subclass 7.2 for TV cabinet, per se.
348Television,   subclasses 836 through 843for television housing support structure; subclasses 787 and 789 for projection- type image reproducer cabinet or chassis; and subclass 794 for cabinet or chassis of a liquid crystal image reproducer.
360Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclass 129 for a magnetic head housing.
361Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices,   subclasses 600 through 837for generic electrical component housing.
455Telecommunications,   subclasses 347 through 351for radio cabinet, housing, or chassis.
720Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval,   subclasses 600 through 657for a particular cabinet structure for optical media.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 359]    359For combined TV and video recording/reproducing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 358.  Subject matter wherein the housing is capable of providing a combined enclosure for a TV and a video recording/reproducing device.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 360]    360Single housing for plural deck devices or systems (e.g., VCR and VCR, VCR and DVD/hard drive, etc.):
 This subclass is indented under subclass 358.  Subject matter wherein the housing is a unitary or single housing capable of providing an enclosure for plural decks devices.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 361]    361For DVD or CD:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 358.  Subject matter wherein the housing is adapted for enclosing a DVD or CD video recording or reproducing device.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass 362]    362For portable video device:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 358.  Subject matter wherein the housing for the video recording or reproducing device is such that it could be carried by a user.
  

E-SUBCLASSES

The E-subclasses in U.S. Class 386 provide for processes and apparatus specially adapted for treating a television signal for dynamic storage or retrieval.

[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.001]    E5.001TELEVISION SIGNAL RECORDING (EPO):
 This subclass provides for subject matter comprising processes and apparatus for the dynamic storage or retrieval of a television signal. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/76.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.002]    E5.002Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/765.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.003]    E5.003Television signal processing therefor (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/91.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.004]    E5.004For scrambling; for copy protection (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.003. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/913.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.005]    E5.005For field- or frame-skip recording or reproducing (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.003. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/915.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.006]    E5.006With sound multiplexing (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.005. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/915S.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.007]    E5.007For bandwidth reduction (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.003. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/917.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.008]    E5.008By dividing samples or signal segments (e.g., television lines, etc.) among a plurality of recording channels (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.007. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/919.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.009]    E5.009Transformation of the television signal for recording (e.g., modulation, frequency changing, etc.); inverse transformation for playback (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.003. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/92.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.01]    E5.01By recording or reproducing the baseband signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.009. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/921.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.011]    E5.011Using pre-emphasis of the signal before modulation and de-emphasis of the signal after demodulation (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.009. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/923.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.012]    E5.012By pulse code modulation (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.009. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/926.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.013]    E5.013Involving data reduction (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.012. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/926B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.014]    E5.014Using predictive coding (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.013. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/926B2.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.015]    E5.015Using transform coding (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.013. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/926B3.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.016]    E5.016With processing of the sound signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.012. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/926S.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.017]    E5.017Using time division multiplex of the PCM audio and PCM video signals (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.016. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/926S2.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.018]    E5.018With insertion of the PCM audio signals in the vertical blanking interval of the PCM video signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.017. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/926S2B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.019]    E5.019The sound signal being pulse code modulated and recorded in time division multiplex with the modulated video signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.009. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/928.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.02]    E5.02Involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the video signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.009. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/92N.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.021]    E5.021The additional signal being a sound signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.02. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/92N2.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.022]    E5.022Using time division multiplex (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.021. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/92N2B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.023]    E5.023Using frequency division multiplex (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.021. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/92N2D.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.024]    E5.024The additional signal being at least another television signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.02. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/92N4.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.025]    E5.025The additional signal being a character code signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.02. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/92N6.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.026]    E5.026For teletext (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.025. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/92N6B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.027]    E5.027Involving the use of subcodes (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.025. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/92N6D.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.028]    E5.028Regeneration of the television signal or of selected parts thereof (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.003. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/93.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.029]    E5.029For restoring the level of the reproduced signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.028. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/931.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.03]    E5.03The level control being frequency dependent (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.029. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/931F.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.031]    E5.031Regeneration of analogue synchronization signals (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.028. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/932.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.032]    E5.032Regeneration of digital synchronization signals (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.028. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/935.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.033]    E5.033By assembling picture element blocks in an intermediate store (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.028. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/937.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.034]    E5.034Involving the mixing of the reproduced video signal with a non-recorded signal (e.g., a text signal, etc.) (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.028. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/93M.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.035]    E5.035Signal drop-out compensation (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.028. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/94.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.036]    E5.036For signals recorded by pulse code modulation (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.035. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/945.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.037]    E5.037Time-base error compensation (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.028. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/95.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.038]    E5.038By using an analogue memory (e.g., a CCD shift register, etc.) the delay of which is controlled by a voltage controlled oscillator (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.037. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/953.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.039]    E5.039By using a digital memory with independent write-in and read-out clock generators (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.037. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/956.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.04]    E5.04For the suppression of noise (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.003. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/911.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.041]    E5.041Using magnetic recording (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/78.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.042]    E5.042On discs or drums (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.041. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/781.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.043]    E5.043On tape (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.041. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/782.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.044]    E5.044With stationary magnetic heads (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.043. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/7822.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.045]    E5.045With rotating magnetic heads (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.043. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/7824.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.046]    E5.046Involving helical scanning of the magnetic tape (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.045. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/7826.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.047]    E5.047For recording on tracks inclined relative to the direction of movement of the tape (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.046. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/7826B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.048]    E5.048Using more than one track for the recording of one television field or frame (i.e., segmented recording) (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.047. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/7826B2.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.049]    E5.049Involving transversal scanning of the magnetic tape (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.045. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/7828.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.05]    E5.05Recording using a special track configuration (e.g., crossing, overlapping, etc.) (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.043. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/782B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.051]    E5.051Involving recording in different depths of the magnetic tape (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.043. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/782D.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.052]    E5.052Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.043. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/783.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.053]    E5.053On a sheet (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.041. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/784.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.054]    E5.054Recording or playback not using ind uctive heads (e.g., magneto-optical, thermomagnetic, magnetostrictive, galvanomagnetic, etc.) (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.041. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/78C.

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E5.055,for electrostatic recording.
E5.061,for photographic recording.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.055]    E5.055Using electrostatic recording (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/80.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.056]    E5.056On discs or drums (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.055. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/80B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.057]    E5.057Using deformable thermoplastic recording medium (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.055. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/82.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.058]    E5.058On discs or drums (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.057. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/83.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.059]    E5.059Using holographic recording (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/89.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.06]    E5.06On discs or drums (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.059. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/90.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.061]    E5.061Using optical recording (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/84.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.062]    E5.062On film (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.061. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/84F.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.063]    E5.063The film moving intermittently (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.062. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/84F2.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.064]    E5.064On discs or drums (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.061. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/85.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.065]    E5.065Producing a motion picture film from a television signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.061. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/87.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.066]    E5.066Using variable electrical capacitive recording (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/903.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.067]    E5.067Using static stores (e.g., storage tubes, semiconductor memories, etc.) (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/907.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.068]    E5.068On discs or drums (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/76B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.069]    E5.069Between a recording apparatus and a television camera (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.068. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/77.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.07]    E5.07Between a recording apparatus and a television receiver (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.068. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/775.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.071]    E5.071The recorder being connected to, or coupled with, the antenna of the television receiver (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.07. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/775B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E5.072]    E5.072The recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E5.07. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N5/77B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.001]    E9.001PROCESSING OF COLOR TELEVISION SIGNALS IN CONNECTION WITH RECORDING (EPO):
 This subclass provides for processes and apparatus having specific utility for treating a television signal having a chrominance component for dynamic storage or retrieval. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/79.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.002]    E9.002For controlling the level of the chrominance signal (e.g., by means of automatic chroma control circuits, etc.) (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/793.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.003]    E9.003The level control being frequency-dependent (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.002. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/793F.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.004]    E9.004By using a pre-emphasis network at the recording side and a de-emphasis network at the reproducing side (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.003. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/793F2.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.005]    E9.005Using intermediate digital signal processing (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/79D.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.006]    E9.006Suppression of interfering signals at the reproducing side (e.g., noise, etc.) (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/79E.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.007]    E9.007The interfering signals being intermodulation signals (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.006. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/79E2.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.008]    E9.008The interfering signals being cross-talk signals (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.006. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/79E4.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.009]    E9.009For more than one processing mode (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/79M.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.01]    E9.01For more than one standard (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.009. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/79M2.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.011]    E9.011Transformation of the television signal for recording (e.g., modulation, frequency changing, etc.); inverse transformation for playback (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/80.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.012]    E9.012Involving pulse code modulation of the color picture signal components (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.011. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/804.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.013]    E9.013Involving data reduction (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.012. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/804B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.014]    E9.014Using predictive coding (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.013. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/804B2.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.015]    E9.015Using transform coding (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.013. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/804B3.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.016]    E9.016With processing of the sound signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.012. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/806.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.017]    E9.017Using time division multiplex of the PCM audio and PCM video signals (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.016. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/806S.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.018]    E9.018With insertion of the PCM audio signals in the vertical blanking interval of the PCM video signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.017. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/806S2.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.019]    E9.019Involving pulse code modulation of the composite color video-signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.011. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/808.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.02]    E9.02Involving data reduction (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.019. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/808B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.021]    E9.021Using predictive coding (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.02. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/808B2.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.022]    E9.022With processing of the sound signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.019. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/808S.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.023]    E9.023Using time division multiplex of the PCM audio and PCM video signals (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.022. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/808S2.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.024]    E9.024With insertion of the PCM audio signals in the vertical blanking interval of the PCM video signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.023. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/808S2B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.025]    E9.025The individual color picture signal components being recorded sequentially only (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.011. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/81.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.026]    E9.026The individual color picture signal components being recorded simultaneously only (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.011. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/82.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.027]    E9.027The luminance and chrominance signals being recorded in separate channels (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.026. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/825.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.028]    E9.028With sound processing (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.027. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/825S.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.029]    E9.029The recorded chrominance signal occupying a frequency band under the frequency band of the recorded brightness signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.026. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/83.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.03]    E9.03Involving processing of the sound signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.029. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/835.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.031]    E9.031The sound carriers being frequency multiplexed between the luminance carrier and the chrominance carrier (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.03. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/835M.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.032]    E9.032Using intermediate digital signal processing (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.029. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/83D.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.033]    E9.033Using an increased bandwidth for the luminance or the chrominance signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.029. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/83H.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.034]    E9.034With selection of the conventional or the increased bandwidth signal (e.g., VHS or SVHS signal selection, etc.) (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.033. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/83H2.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.035]    E9.035The recorded signal showing a feature, which is di fferent in adjacent track parts (e.g., different phase or frequency, etc.) (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.029. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/84.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.036]    E9.036Involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the color video signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.026. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/82N.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.037]    E9.037The additional signal being a sound signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.036. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/82N2.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.038]    E9.038Using time division multiplex (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.037. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/82N2B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.039]    E9.039Using frequency division multiplex (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.037. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/82N2D.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.04]    E9.04The additional signal being at least another television signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.036. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/82N4.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.041]    E9.041The additional signal being a character code signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.036. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/82N6.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.042]    E9.042For teletext:
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.041. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/82N6B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.043]    E9.043Involving the use of subcodes (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.041. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/82N6D.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.044]    E9.044The recorded brightness signal occupying a frequency band totally overlapping the frequency band of the recorded chrominance signal (e.g., frequency interleaving, etc.) (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.026. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/85.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.045]    E9.045Involving processing of the sound signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.011. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/802.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.046]    E9.046The individual color picture signal components being recorded sequentially and simultaneously (e.g., corresponding to SECAM-system, etc.) (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.011. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/86.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.047]    E9.047For recording the signal in a plurality of channels, the bandwidth of each channel being less than the bandwidth of the signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/797.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.048]    E9.048By dividing the luminance or color component signal samples or frequency bands among a plurality of recording channels (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.047. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/797D.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.049]    E9.049By spectrum folding of the high frequency components of the luminance signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.047. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/797F.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.05]    E9.05Regeneration of color television signals (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.001. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/87.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.051]    E9.051For restoring the color component sequence of the reproduced chrominance] signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.05. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/873.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.052]    E9.052By assembling picture element blocks in an intermediate memory (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.05. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/877.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.053]    E9.053Using a demodulator and a remodulator (e.g., for standard conversion, etc.) (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.05. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/87B.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.054]    E9.054Involving the mixing of the reproduced video signal with a non-recorded signal (e.g., a text signal, etc.) (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.05. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/87M.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.055]    E9.055Regeneration of a color reference signal (e.g., the color synchronization burst signal, the chrominance signal carrier, etc.) (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.05. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/87R.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.056]    E9.056Signal drop-out compensation (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.05. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/88.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.057]    E9.057The signal being a composite color television signal (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.056. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/882.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.058]    E9.058Using a digital intermediate memory (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.057. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/885.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.059]    E9.059For signals recorded by pulse code modulation (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.056. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/888.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.06]    E9.06Time-base error compensation (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.05. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/89.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.061]    E9.061Using an analogue memory (e.g., a CCD shift register, etc.) the delay of which is controlled by a voltage controlled oscillator (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.06. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/893.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.062]    E9.062Using a digital memory with independent write-in and read-out clock generators (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.06. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/896.
  
[List of Patents for class 386 subclass E9.063]    E9.063Using frequency multiplication of the reproduced color signal carrier with another auxiliary reproduced signal (e.g., a pilot signal carrier, etc.) (EPO):
 This subclass is indented under subclass E9.05. This subclass is substantially the same in scope as ECLA classification H04N9/898.
  

FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS

The definitions below correspond to abolished subclasses from which these collections were formed. See the foreign art collection schedule of this class for specific correspondences. [Note: The titles and definitions for art collections include all the details of the one(s) that are hierarchically superior.]

FOR 100PROCESSING OF COLOR TELEVISION SIGNAL FOR DYNAMIC RECORDING OR REPRODUCING:
 This foreign art collection is indented under the class definition. Foreign art collection comprising apparatus having specific utility in treating a television signal including a chrominance component for dynamic storage or retrieval of the signal.
  
FOR 101Drop-out correction:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection comprising means for repairing a detected unsatisfactory signal condition (e.g., loss of signal or discontinuities in a signal, etc.) by substitution or regeneration.
  
FOR 102Including switching means and delay means:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 101. Foreign art collection wherein means for repairing includes (a) an interrupter activated during the occurrence of the detected unsatisfactory signal condition and (b) a device which retards the television signal.
  
FOR 103Editing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection including means for deleting from, adding to, or rearranging portions of a previously recorded color television signal.
  
FOR 104Line, field, or frame skipping:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection including means for deleting at least one line, field, or frame for every H lines, fields, or frames (H is an integer greater than two) of the color television signal at the time of recording.
  
FOR 105Fast reproducing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection wherein a duration (i.e., a time interval by which a certain number of television frames is recorded or reproduced) of the color television signal at the time of reproducing is less than that at the time of recording.
  
FOR 106Slow reproducing:
 This foreign art coll ection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection wherein a duration (i.e., a time interval by which a certain number of television frames is recorded or reproduced) of the color television signal at the time of reproducing is greater than that at the time of recording.
  
FOR 107Still reproducing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection in which one frame of the color television signal is repeatedly reproduced for a predetermined period of time.
  
FOR 108Signal amplitude level control:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection comprising means for controlling the instantaneous amplitude level or the envelope level of the color television signal during recording or reproducing.
  
FOR 109Including color burst or reference signal:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 108. Foreign art collection where the amplitude of a color burst component signal is controlled, or a reference signal is monitored for controlling the amplitude of the color television signal.
(1) Note. The reference signal may include, for example, a pilot or a color burst signal.
  
FOR 110Color killer:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 109. Foreign art collection comprising means for suppressing or eliminating the amplitude of a chrominance component signal.
  
FOR 111Synchronization signal modification:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection comprising means for generating a signal which is added to or substituted for a synchronizing component of the color television signal.
  
FOR 112Time (e.g., phase or frequency) correction:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection for correction of timing error introduced during recording or reproducing of the color television signal.
  
FOR 113By controlling relative transducer/record medium speed:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 112. Foreign art collection where the time correction is effected by regulating a speed of a transducer in relation to a record medium.
  
FOR 114Disc:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 113. Foreign art collection where the record medium has a thin circular shape.
  
FOR 115Using recorded reference (e.g., pilot signal):
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 112. Foreign art collection where the time correction is effected by using a signal recorded on the record medium for that purpose.
(1) Note. The recorded signal is not a standard component (e.g., luminance, chrominance, synchronization signals, color burst, etc.) of the television signal.
  
FOR 116Phase or frequency matching of color television signal component to an external reference:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 112. Foreign art collection where the time correction is effected by comparing phase or frequency of a recorded color television component with that of a specified inputted signal from a remotely located source.
  
FOR 117Using variable delay:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 116. Foreign art collection having a delay means, the delay time of which is alterable.
  
FOR 118Color burst:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 116. Foreign art collection where the recorded color television component is a reference burst signal which serves as a color synchronizing signal to establish a frequency or phase reference for the chrominance signal.
  
FOR 119Digital technique:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 112. Foreign art collection wherein the color television signal is converted to or from a signal composed of a series or pattern of identical pulse bits characterized solely by their presence or absence.
  
FOR 120Recorder or reproducer fault condition compensation:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection including means for correcting error introduced during recording or reproducing of the color television signal.
  
FOR 121Crosstalk:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 120. Foreign art collection for the reduction or elimination of noise introduced by interference between at least two reproduced channels or two reproduced tracks.
(1) Note. This subclass includes reduction of crosstalk between different tracks or channels, or cross talk between audio and video portions of the color television signal.
  
FOR 122Heads having different azimuth angles:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 121. Foreign art collection wherein the reduction or elimination of crosstalk is effected by an arrangement of recording or reproducing heads in such a manner that angular displacements formed between head gaps and their respective recorded tracks are dissimilar.
  
FOR 123Different phase between adjacent lines or fields of color television signal:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 121. Foreign art collection wherein the reduction or elimination of crosstalk is effected by continuously changing a phase of a carrier frequency signal which is used to modulate at least a color television component.
  
FOR 124Comb filtering:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 120. Foreign art collection comprising a multiple-series bandpass filter means for passing only frequencies within a number of narrow bands.
  
FOR 125Frequency modulation for recording on the same track:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection wherein components of the color television signal (e.g., luminance or chrominance, etc.), which occupy different frequency bands, are processed using specific frequency modulator or demodulator circuitry and are added for recording purpose.
(1) Note. The specific frequency modulator or demodulator circuitry includes, for example, frequency mixer, converter, or shifter.
  
FOR 126Compressing when recording or decompressing when reproducing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 125. Foreign art collection wherein a parameter (bandwidth, data, time etc.) of at least one of the components of the color television signal is reduced at the time of writing-in, or increased at the time of reading-out while preserving its information content.
  
FOR 127Phase shifting:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 125. Foreign art collection wherein the phase of a carrier frequency signal used to modulate at least one of the color television components is continuously changed.
  
FOR 128Having another signal:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 125. Foreign art collection wherein at least one auxiliary signal (e.g., audio signal, pilot signal, graphic or picture information data, etc.) in addition to the frequency modulated color television signal is processed and recorded.
  
FOR 129Using diffraction technique or strip filter:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection including the use of a diffraction grating or a parallel or nonparallel line strip color filter for encoding color information onto a noncolor record receiver.
  
FOR 130Separately processed primary color signals:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection wherein primary color signals (i.e., red, blue, and yellow) are manipulated or treated as distinct signals before or after recording.
  
FOR 131Separately recorded:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 130. Foreign art collection in which the processed primary color signals are recorded on separate tracks of a record receiver.
  
FOR 132Compressing when recording or decompressing when reproducing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection wherein a parameter (bandwidth, data, time, etc.) of a component of the color television signal is reduced at the time of writing-in, or increased at the time of reading out while preserving its information content.
  
FOR 133Digitizing, processing, and converting of analog color television signal:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection comprising (1) means for converting an electrical analog color television signal into digital signal, (2) means for processing the converted digital signal, and (3) means for converting the processed digital signal back to an analog signal.
  
FOR 134Selective recording or reproducing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection comprising means for specifying any of a plurality of color television signals, in different formats, to be recorded or reproduced.
(1) Note. The different formats include, for example, NTSC (National Television System Committee), PAL (Phase Alternation Line), etc.
  
FOR 135Channel splitting:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection comprising means for separating the color television signal into signals inputted into two or more paths before recording.
  
FOR 136High definition television recording or reproducing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection comprising means for recording or reproducing a high resolution or wide band color television signal having more scanning lines than that of a standard NTSC television signal.
  
FOR 137Including television camera:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection comprising a television camera having optical-electrical converting means for converting an optical image signal, obtained in a selected recording mode (e.g., still or motion, etc.), into an electrical image signal representing the color television signal.
  
FOR 138Including audio signal:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection wherein the color television signal and associated electrical signal containing frequency in the audible range are recorded onto a recording medium.
  
FOR 139Digital recording or reproducing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection wherein the color television signal is recorded or reproduced in a form of a signal composed of a series or pattern of identical pulse bits characterized solely by their presence or absence.
  
FOR 140Phase control of carrier signal:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection wherein phase of a signal used to modulate at least a component of the color television is controlled.
(1) Note. This subclass includes phase modulation of a carrier signal.
  
FOR 141Using light or beam:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection including means for recording the color television signal onto a dynamic photographic record medium (e.g., film, etc.), or for reproducing the signal therefrom.
(1) Note. This subclass includes apparatus for recording video images on a film by scanning a light or beam across the film or by creating a hologram on the film.
  
FOR 142Color signal in nonpictorial form:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 141. Foreign art collection including means for recording the color television signal in a form of a modulated track which is visibly unintelligible, or for reproducing such a signal.
  
FOR 143Separately processed luminance and chrominance:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection wherein components of the television signal (e.g., luminance or chrominance, etc.) are manipulated or treated as distinct signals before or after recording.
  
FOR 144Using disc:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 100. Foreign art collection wherein the color television signal is recorded onto a record medium having thin circular shape.
  
FOR 145PROCESSING OF TELEVISION SIGNAL FOR DYNAMIC RECORDING OR REPRODUCING:
 This foreign art collection is indented under the class definition. Foreign art collection comprising apparatus having specific utility for treating a television signal for dynamic storage or retrieval of the signal.
  
FOR 146Drop-out correction:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection comprising means for repairing a detected unsatisfactory signal condition (e.g., loss of signal or discontinuities in a signal, etc. ) by substitution or regeneration.
  
FOR 147For synchronization signal:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 146. Foreign art collection wherein a television signal component composed of pulses at rates related to line and field frequencies for synchronizing scanning processes is detected and corrected.
  
FOR 148Using static memory or delay means:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 146. Foreign art collection omprising a storage means (e.g., static memory or delay means, etc.) for temporarily holding information related to the detected unsatisfactory signal condition.
  
FOR 149Interpolation:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 148. Foreign art collection comprising means for generating a compensated television signal by a mathematical process for estimating portions of the television signal.
  
FOR 150Specific drop-out detection:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection comprising details of circuitry for detecting an unsatisfactory signal condition.
  
FOR 151Editing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection comprising means for deleting from, adding to, or rearranging portions of a previously recorded television signal.
  
FOR 152Fading-in and fading-out:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 151. Foreign art collection including means for gradually and simultaneously increasing and decreasing the amplitudes of two image or video signals of previously recorded television signals in a manner that the amplitude of one image signal is attenuated to zero while that of the other is increased to a maximum value.
  
FOR 153Audio signal:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 151. Foreign art collection wherein an electrical signal containing frequency in the audible range (15-20,000 hertz) is edited.
  
FOR 154Editing decision list (EDL):
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 151. Foreign art collection wherein the previously recorded television signal is edited by means of a lookup table containing at least address data associated with edit commands.
  
FOR 155Rewrite after read:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 151. Foreign art collection including means for writing edited television signal in place of the previously recorded television signal reproduced from a recording medium by which the edited television signal is written onto.
  
FOR 156Control track:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 151. Foreign art collection including a pulse signal recorded in a separate track, distinguished from television track for carrying out editing of the previously recorded television signal.
  
FOR 157Phase comparison:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 156. Foreign art collection comprising a phase comparator means for generating a phase error signal by comparing phases of the signal recorded in the separate track with that of a reference signal.
  
FOR 158Counting control pulse:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 156. Foreign art collections including a counter for counting a predetermined number of pulses in the pulse signal, thereby controlling the editing.
  
FOR 159Numerical code:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 156. Foreign art collection wherein the pulse signal recorded in the separate track represents numbers.
  
FOR 160Using synchronization signal:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 151. Foreign art collection wherein a television signal component composed of pulses at rates related to line and field frequencies for synchronizing scanning processes is used to specify portions of the television signal to be edited.
  
FOR 161Numerical code:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 160. Foreign art collection wherein the television signal component includes coded data representing numbers.
  
FOR 162Having erasing head:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 151. Foreign art collection comprising an erasing transducer having means for deleting portions of the recorded television signal.
  
FOR 163Having auxiliary dynamic memory means:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 151. Foreign art collection wherein edited television is recorded onto a relative movable recording medium (e.g., film, tape, card, disk, etc.) that is distinguished from a first recording medium for storing the previously recorded television signal.
  
FOR 164Having time code for addressing signal:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection wherein video information is recorded on a recording medium along with associated coded data for identifying location of the video information in hours, minutes, and seconds.
  
FOR 165Synchronizing of recording or reproducing devices:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection comprising means for maintaining a correct time relationship between events which occurred in at least two apparatus for processing television signals for dynamic recording or reproducing of the signals.
  
FOR 166Long play recording:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection wherein more information in the television signal is recorded by a reduction of recording medium speed without changing relative head-to-recording medium velocity.
  
FOR 167Fast, slow, or stop reproducing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection for reproducing the television signal in such a manner that its duration is different from that at the time of recording.
  
FOR 168Track searching:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 167. Foreign art collection wherein the television signal is reproduced by randomly accessing a desired track on a recording medium.
  
FOR 169Disc:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 168. Foreign art collection wherein the recording medium has a thin circular shape.
  
FOR 170Synchronization signal modification:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 167. Foreign art collection comprising means for generating a signal which is added to or substituted for a synchronizing component of the television signal.
  
FOR 171Including head switching means:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 167. Foreign art collection including an interrupter activated during fast, slow, or stop reproducing for outputting video signal read out by a special reproducing head.
  
FOR 172Interpolation:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 167. Foreign art collection including means for performing a mathematical process for estimating portions of the reproduced television signal.
  
FOR 173Different azimuth:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 167. Foreign art collection including heads arranged in such a manner that angular displacements formed between head gaps and their respective recorded tracks are dissimilar.
(1) Note. The heads include, for example, reproducing heads, recording and reproducing heads, and main and auxiliary heads.
  
FOR 174Having audio:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 167. Foreign art collection including an electrical signal containing frequency in the audible range (15-20,000 hertz).
  
FOR 175Noise reducing circuit:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 167. Foreign art collection including means for compensating effect of an unwanted electrical disturbance signal.
  
FOR 176Having static memory:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 167. Foreign art collection comprising nonrelative movable storage means for temporarily storing the television signal during the fast, slow, or stop reproducing.
  
FOR 177Locus or track control:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 167. Foreign art collection where a path that a reproducing transducer follows relative to a recorded track is controlled.
  
FOR 178Using control signal on the recording medium:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 177. Foreign art collection wherein the path a reproducing transducer follows relative to a recorded track is controlled by a signal recorded on the recording medium for that purpose.
  
FOR 179Automatic control of the speed of the medium:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 167. Foreign art collection wherein the fast, slow, or stop reproducing is carried out by controlling the speed of a record medium using a feedback signal.
  
FOR 180Tape:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 167. Foreign art collection wherein the television signal is reproduced from a non-transparent elongated dynamic recording medium.
  
FOR 181Disc:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 167. Foreign art collection wherein the television signal is reproduced from a recording medium having thin circular shape.
  
FOR 182Including programmable apparatus:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection including means for storing timed commands for executing a future recording or reproducing function.
  
FOR 183Synchronization signal modification:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection comprising means for generating a signal which is added to or substituted for a synchronizing component of the television signal.
  
FOR 184Time (e.g., phase or frequency) correction:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collections for correction of a timing error introduced during recording or reproducing.
  
FOR 185Of relative transducer/record medium speed:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 184. Foreign art collection where the time correction is effected by controlling a speed of a transducer in relation to a record medium.
  
FOR 186By controlling speed of record medium:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 185. Foreign art collection wherein the relative speed is controlled by controlling speed of the record medium.
  
FOR 187Using recorded reference (e.g., pilot signal):
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 184. Foreign art collection where the time correction is effected by using a signal recorded on the record medium for that purpose.
(1) Note. The recorded signal is not a standard component (e.g., luminance, chrominance, synchronization signals, color burst , etc.) of the television signal.
  
FOR 188Using variable delay:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 184. Foreign art collection having a delay means, the delay time of which is alterable.
  
FOR 189Digital technique:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 184. Foreign art collection wherein a television signal subjected to time base correction is a signal composed of a series or pattern of identical pulse bits characterized solely by their presence or absence.
  
FOR 190By controlling read-write operations:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 189. Foreign art collection wherein the time base correction is carried out by generating write-in clock signal as a function of read-out clock signal.
  
FOR 191Simultaneously recording of a plurality of television signals:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection wherein at least two separated television signals are recorded at the same time.
  
FOR 192Signal amplitude level control:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection comprising means for controlling the instantaneous amplitude level or the envelope level of the television signal during recording or reproducing.
  
FOR 193Record protection (e.g., anti-copying):
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection comprising means for modifying the television signal for inhibiting it from being recorded or reproduced.
(1) Note. Means for modifying includes signal or pulse mixed to the television signal.
(2) Note. This subclass includes systems for disabling the effect of means for inhibiting.
  
FOR 194Having another signal:
 This foreign art coll ection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection wherein at least one auxiliary signal (e.g., code signal, timing signal, graphic or picture information data, message data, etc.) in addition to the television signal is processed and recorded.
(1) Note. The auxiliary signal may be a secondary television signal.
  
FOR 195Audio signal:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 194. Foreign art collection wherein the auxiliary signal is an electrical signal, the frequency of which is within the audio range (15-20,000 hertz).
  
FOR 196Selective mode (e.g., mono, stereo, or bilingual):
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 195. Foreign art collection including means for designating one of a plurality of different types of inputted audio signals (e.g., mono, stereo, bilingual, etc.) for recording or reproducing.
  
FOR 197Multiplexing or demultiplexing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 195. Foreign art collection wherein the television signal and the audio signal are combined and recorded such that at any instant of time either the television signal or the audio signal is presented at an output channel for recording, or the television signal and the audio signal are separated from a combined multiplexed signal to be outputt ted at two separated channels for reproducing.
  
FOR 198Plurality of audio channels:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 197. Foreign art collection comprising at least two channels for inputting audio signals to be multiplexed with the television signal; or at least two output channels for outputting audio signals separated from the combined multiplexed signal.
  
FOR 199Fault condition compensation:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 195. Foreign art collection including means for correcting an introduced error.
(1) Note. The introduced error may be contained in the audio signal or may be caused by the presence of the audio signal.
  
FOR 200Time compressing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 195. Foreign art collection comprising means for reducing a length of time required for recording of the audio signal while preserving its information content.
  
FOR 201Including mixing or adding means:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 195. Foreign art collection comprising means for combining the television signal and the audio signal to provide a composite signal for a unitary recording.
  
FOR 202On a different substrate of the recording medium:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 195. Foreign art collection wherein the audio signal and the television signal are recorded on different layers of a recording medium.
  
FOR 203Digital audio signal:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 195. Foreign art collection wherein the audio signal is provided in a form of a pulse train signal composed of a series or pattern of identical pulse bits characterized solely by their presence or absence.
  
FOR 204Disc:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 203. Foreign art collection wherein the digital audio signal is recorded onto a record medium having thin circular shape.
  
FOR 205Disc:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 195. Foreign art collection wherein the audio signal is recorded onto a record medium having thin circular shape.
  
FOR 206Including television camera:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 195. Foreign art collection comprising a television camera having optical-electrical converting means for converting an optical image signal, obtained in a selected recording mode (e.g., still or motion, etc.), into an electrical image signal representing the television signal.
  
FOR 207Television signal:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 194. Foreign art collection wherein the auxiliary signal is a secondary television signal.
  
FOR 208Compressing in recording or decompressing in reproducing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection wherein at least a parameter (bandwidth, data, time, etc.) of the television signal is reduced at the time of writing-in, or increased at the time of reading-out while preserving its information content.
  
FOR 209Line, field, or frame skipping:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 208. Foreign art collection comprising means for deleting at least one line, field, or frame for every H lines, fields, or frames (H is an integer greater than two) of the television signal at the time of recording.
  
FOR 210Intraframe or interframe:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 208. Foreign art collections wherein data of television signal is reduced for recording by coding each frame on a frame by frame basis, or by coding difference between video information in successive frames.
  
FOR 211Digital compressing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 208. Foreign art collection wherein the television signal to be compressed for recording is provided in a form of a pulse train signal composed of a series or pattern of identical pulse bits characterized solely by their presence or absence.
  
FOR 212Recorder or reproducer fault condition compensation:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection including means for correcting an error introduced during recording or reproducing.
  
FOR 213Noise reduction:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 212. Foreign art collection wherein the introduced error includes an unwanted electrical disturbance signal.
  
FOR 214Crosstalk:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 213. Foreign art collection wherein the electrical disturbance signal is noise caused by interference between at least two reproduced channels or two reproduced tracks.
(1) Note. Included are reduction of crosstalk between different tracks or channels, and crosstalk between audio and video portions of the television signal.
  
FOR 215Digital technique:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 212. Foreign art collection in which the error to be corrected is in a form of a pulse train signal composed of a series or pattern of identical pulse bits characterized solely by their presence or absence.
  
FOR 216Including television camera:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection comprising a television camera having optical-electrical converting means for converting an optical image signal into an electrical image signal representing the television signal.
  
FOR 217Housing or mounting:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 216. Foreign art collection comprising means for enclosing or supporting at least a part of the television camera, or for mechanically connecting the camera with the apparatus for treating the television signal.
  
FOR 218Synchronizing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 216. Foreign art collection comprising means for locking operation of the television camera with that of the apparatus for treating the television signal.
  
FOR 219Selective mode (e.g., still or motion):
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 216. Foreign art collection wherein recording operation of the television camera can be switched between different processes to obtain the optical image signal.
  
FOR 220Single still or frame recording:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection wherein the television signal to be recorded is a signal representing information displayed on a total area of one television screen (e.g., 525 horizontal scanning lines for NTSC, etc.).
  
FOR 221Channel splitting:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection comprising means for separating the television signal into signals inputted into two or more paths before recording.
  
FOR 222High definition television recording or reproducing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection comprising means for recording or reproducing a high resolution or wide band television signal having more scanning lines than that of a standard NTSC television signal.
  
FOR 223Digital recording or reproducing:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection wherein the television signal is recorded or reproduced in a form of a pulse train signal composed of a series or pattern of identical pulse bits characterized solely by their presence or absence.
  
FOR 224Using disc:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection wherein the television signal is recorded onto a record medium having a thin circular shape.
  
FOR 225Optical:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 224. Foreign art collection wherein the disc is responsive to a light beam (e.g., laser, etc.) for recording or reproducing of the television signal.
  
FOR 226Onto thermoplastic record:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection including the use of a plastic recording medium, onto which an electrostatic charge pattern corresponding to the television signal to be recorded is placed, then the plastic is heated so that it is deformed by electrostatic and surface tension forces in proportion to the charge laid down, the plastic is then allowed to cool, forming a recording of the television signal.
  
FOR 227Using light or beam:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection wherein the television signal is reproduced from or recorded onto a dynamic photographic record medium (e.g., film, etc.).
(1) Note. This subclass includes apparatus for recording video images on a film by scanning a light or beam across the film or by creating a hologram on the film.
  
FOR 228Recording at different frame rate:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 227. Foreign art collection wherein the television signal, occurring at 30 frames per second, is subjected to a 3:2 pull down technique such that it can be recorded on film moved at a rate of 24 frames per second.
  
FOR 229Cathode-ray tube:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 227. Foreign art collection wherein the television signal is recorded on the record medium using a beam formed by a stream of electrons emitted from a cathode of an evacuated envelope.
  
FOR 230Converting one television format to another:
 This foreign art collection is indented under FOR 145. Foreign art collection comprising means for changing a television signal transmitted or recorded at a first standard scanning frequency to a television signal received or reproduced at a second standard scanning frequency without loss of information.