Abstract:
A device for use in an apparatus for demodulating the signal reproduced from a recording medium in a still video camera or the like in which the phase of the demodulated signal is always accurately detected. Horizontal periods in which the respective line-sequential color difference signals B-Y and R-Y are present are discriminated, and a timer is operated during periods when the B-Y signal is present. Data is read from the reproduced modulated signal at predetermined points within a half cycle of the waveform of the signal as designated by outputs of the timer.
Abstract:
An image signal recording and reproducing system of this invention includes an apparatus for reproducing an image signal from a recording medium on which the image signal is recorded in a recording format selected between a first recording format for recording a reference signal for time base correction together with the image signal and a second recording format for recording the image signal without the reference signal for time base correction. The apparatus is arranged to detect whether or not the reference signal for time base correction is present in a signal reproduced from the recording medium and then to process and reproduce the signal reproduced from the recording medium on the basis of a reproduction format selected between a first reproduction format corresponding to the first recording format and a second reproduction format corresponding to the second recording format in accordance with the detection result. Accordingly, it is possible to reproduce the image signal in a correct format corresponding to the recording format of the image signal.
Abstract:
In a video signal recording/reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing two-channel component signals, input two-channel component signals are processed separately from each other by two recording signal processing circuits to be recordable two-channel component signals. The recordable two-channel component signals are exchanged at predetermined intervals by a first switching circuit to be two combined signal each containing the recordable two-channel component signals which appear at periods corresponding to the exchanging invervals. The two combined signals are recorded on a recording medium via recording heads and reproduced from the recording medium via reproducing heads. The reproduced two combined signals are exchanged at the predetermined intervals by a second switching circuit to be the recordable two-channel component signals, which are thereafter processed separately from each other by two reproduced signal processing circuit to be the original two-channel component signals.
Abstract:
Apparatus is disclosed for processing an incoming video signal having line sequential R-Y and B-Y color difference signals at respective different DC offsets. The apparatus includes first and second memory circuits for receiving the incoming signal and for respective storage of the offsets of the R-Y and B-Y color difference signals. A computing circuit is operative selectively to subtract the contents of the first and second memory circuits from the incoming signal line sequence parts to provide offset-free versions thereof.
Abstract:
A video tape recorder which records video signals on a magnetic tape in such a manner that a first signal having luminance information and a second signal having chrominance information are recorded alternately on each track and the first signal recorded on each track is adjacent to the first signal recorded on an adjacent track and the second signal recorded on each track is adjacent to the second signal recorded on the adjacent track. The first signal and the second signal are exchanged every predetermined period L to obtain two combined signals each composed of the first and second signals which occur alternately at intervals of the predetermined period L.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording apparatus for carrying out a recording by selectively using one of two kinds of recording systems comprises first through fourth rotary magnetic heads, a first circuit for producing an FM luminance signal, second and third circuits for producing first and second frequency division multiplexed signals, and a switching circuit. The first and second heads are mounted on a rotary body at mutually opposing positions, and have the same height position. The third and fourth heads are mounted on the rotary body at mutually opposing positions respectively in vicinities of the first and second heads along a rotating direction of the rotary body, and have the same height position. The switching circuit selectively supplies the output signals of the first and second circuits to the first through fourth heads when a luminance/color separation recording system is selected as the recording system, and selectively supplies the output signal of the third circuit to the first and second heads or to the third and fourth heads when a low band conversion color recording system is selected as the recording system.
Abstract:
In a time base corrector for correcting time base fluctuations of signals reproduced from a record medium, on which a plurality of time-compressed component signals occurring within one horizontal period in a predetermined sequential order are recorded in response to a clock signal with a predetermined frequency, a write clock pulse generator used in the time base corrector includes a phase shifter for shifting the phase of an incoming write clock signal, whereby the write clock signal having a frequency different from the predetermined frequency is generated in response to a horizontal synchronizing signal, the start time of each of the plurality of reproduced component signals is detected and the shifting amount of the write clock signal by the phase shifter is switched in accordance with the detected output so as to synchronize the write clock signal with the start time of each of the reproduced component signal.
Abstract:
A non-linear digital emphasis circuit for non-linearly emphasizing a high frequency component of an input digital video signal in accordance with an amplitude of the digital video signal. This emphasis circuit comprises: a digital filter for emphasizing the high frequency component of the digital video signal; and a memory in which a data conversion table to non-linearly compress the amplitude of the digital video signal is written and to which the digital video signal is supplied as an address input. The respective polarities of the address input of the memory and of the readout output therefrom are inverted by a polarity inverter in accordance with the polarity of the digital video signal. With this emphasis circuit, an error of the frequency characteristic and time and temperature changes thereof are not caused and no adjustment of the characteristic is needed. Also, this circuit can be formed as an integrated circuit by utilizing only digital circuits.
Abstract:
A color video signal recording and reproducing system includes a recording system which comprises first head gaps mounted on a rotary body, second head gaps mounted on the rotary body at locations lagging each of the first head gaps by a predetermined distance along a rotating direction of the rotary body, and a recorder for recording signals onto a tape which is caused to travel in a state where the tape is wrapped around a peripheral surface of the rotary body. The recorder first records a low-band converted carrier chrominance signal onto a first track by one of the first head gaps, and thereafter records a frequency modulated luminance signal onto a second track by one of the second head gaps. The second track has a track width which is larger than a track width of the first track and is formed over the first track in an overlapping manner with a track pitch which is at least larger than the track width of the first track. A reproducing system comprises a circuit for separating the low-band converted carrier chrominance signal from a signal which is reproduced from the tape by the first or second head gaps, and a circuit for separating the frequency modulated luminance signal from a signal which is reproduced from the tape by the second head gaps.
Abstract:
In a magnetic reproducing apparatus for reproducing a luminance signal and timebase-compressed chrominance component signals recorded on separate tracks of a record medium, the reproduced chrominance component signals are directly supplied to a timebase expander and this timebase expander uses a reference clock which reference clock is employed in the timebase correction of the luminance signal and frequency-divided by the timebase compression ratio whereby to perform the timebase expansion and the timebase correction at the same time. Thus, it is not necessary that the timebase correction and the timebase expansion are performed by separate circuits and this leads to a simple circuit arrangement.