APPARATUS FOR INSERTING OSD CHARACTERS AND IMAGES INTO ORIGINAL PICTURES ON THE SCREEN OF A TVCR AND FOR RECORDING THE PICTURES WITH THE OSD CHARACTERS AND IMAGES ON TAPE

摘要

PURPOSE: An apparatus is provided which allows an audience to insert additional OSD(on-screen display) characters and images into original pictures on the screen of a TVCR where a television and a video cassette recorder are in one body and to record the pictures with the OSD characters and images on tape. CONSTITUTION: The apparatus includes a cassette tape for storing original picture data, a storage for storing character and image data, an OSD controller for controlling the storage in response to an instruction of an audience to output appropriate an OSD data, a TV image signal processor for mixing a picture data from the cassette tape with the OSD data, and a recording circuit for recording an output of the TV image signal processor into the cassette tape.