APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC CONTROL AND MONITORING OF THE OPERATION OF CONSUMER ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS

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EP 0 648 401 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	19.04.1995 Bulletin 1995/16

(21)	Application number: 93911277.0

(22)	Date of filing: 12.05.1993

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H04N 5/ 44^{( . )}
G11B 27/ 10^{( . )}
H04B 1/ 20^{( . )}
H04N 5/ 765^{( . )}
H04N 5/ 92^{( . )}
H04Q 9/ 00^{( . )}

G11B 15/ 02^{( . )}
G11B 31/ 00^{( . )}
H04H 9/ 00^{( . )}
H04N 5/ 782^{( . )}
H04N 7/ 16^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1993/004508

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1993/023957 (25.11.1993 Gazette 1993/28)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE DE ES FR GB IT

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Priority:

13.05.1992 US 19920882291

(71)	Applicant: MANKOVITZ, Roy J.
	Encino, CA 91316 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	MANKOVITZ, Roy J. Encino, CA 91316 (US)

(74)	Representative: Ninnemann, Detlef, Dipl.-Ing.
	Patentanwälte Maikowski & Ninnemann, Xantener Strasse 10 D-10707 Berlin D-10707 Berlin (DE)

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