Apparatus and methods for selectively replaying a number of features recorded on a recording medium having a support, in which markings are provided on said support indicative of the beginnings of said features and designating selected ones of said features for replay, and in which feature replay operations are controlled in response to a sensing of said markings to effect replay of said selected features.

An apparatus for selectively replaying a number of features recorded on a recording tape having a casing has an adjustable memory register on the casing for preselecting features for replay. The apparatus further includes a selectively actuable device for overriding the memory register in order to bypass a preselected feature.

Methods and apparatus for selectively replaying a number of features recorded on a recording medium having a support in which adjustable markings are provided on the support for alternatively indicating preselections of the features for replay.

A tape recorder system having separate and independently controllable recording and playback devices with a variable-capacity tape storage between the recording and playback heads and means to position recorded tape accurately at the playback head so as to enable the recorded portion of the tape to be instantly played back upon demand. The system is also capable of re-recording previously recorded material with new material being recorded therewith, and the system is also capable of playing back...

Apparatus for controlling replay of video and/or audio material comprises cursor control means for providing user control of a cursor on the display screen; selection control means for selecting an operation to be performed by the apparatus in dependence on the current position of the cursor on the display screen when the selection control means is activated by the user; means for defining a shuttle control display screen area for use in controlling shuttle replay operation; means for detecting ...

An apparatus for reproducing a digitally encoded signal from a medium, comprises a transducer for transducing the digitally encoded signal and generating a bit stream therefrom. A processor is coupled to receive the bit stream for controllably processing the bit stream. A memory is coupled to the processor for storing the processed bit stream information. A controller is coupled to control the memory and the processor for controlling identification of information within the bit stream, wherein t...

A combined binocular viewing and digital recording device includes a binocular telescope wherein the binocular telescope includes a pair of monocular components (12a, b). Each monocular component (12a, b) has an image viewing end and an image receiving end. The monocular components (12a, b) include a focusing mechanism (18) to adjust images viewed through the image viewing end of the monocular components. Also, the device includes a digital video camera (15) mounted to and displaced between each...

Replay instruction morphing. One disclosed apparatus includes an execution unit to execute an instruction. A replay system replays an altered instruction if the execution unit executes the instruction erroneously.

A first method for acquiring data from a recording on a disk medium, comprises the steps of, successively reading bits defining a data set from different parts of the disk, continuously error correcting the bits to validate at least a part of the data set read from the disk, and, terminating reading upon successful validation of the data set by the error correcting step. A second method for acquiring data from a recording on a disk medium, comprises the steps of reading a data set beginning from...

In one embodiment, a processor comprises one or more execution resources configured to execute instruction operations and a scheduler coupled to the execution resources. The scheduler is configured to maintain an ancestor tracking vector (ATV) corresponding to each given instruction operation in the scheduler, wherein the ATV identifies instruction operations which can cause the given instruction operation to replay. The scheduler is configured to set the ATV of the given instruction operation t...