Sony Corporation

Kaichi Tatsuzawa

Takao Abe

Tetsuo Ogawa

Hiroki Kotani

Shigeaki Koike

Shosuke Tanaka

Hisanori Kominami

Norio Ebihara

Hiroyuki Yamauchi

Toshiya Asai

Tetsuro Suma

Hideo Haraguchi

Michael A Kutner

Left and right video cameras L and R are disposed on both sides of a front video camera M. Solid-pictorial video signals used upon signal transmission are generated by using video signals outputted from the left and right video cameras with respect to a video signal outputted from the front video camera. The left and right video cameras make use of simplified video cameras and are cameras with no zoom functions or the like. The video signals obtained from the left and right video cameras are used as signals for forming a solid picture. In the present example, only solid information with respect to a main picture is transmitted as a video signal to reduce the amount of transmission. Since a motion-compensated DCT encode process using the front video signal as a reference picture is performed to extract only the video signal having the solid information from the left and right video signals. Since the simplified video cameras can be utilized, solid-pictorial video signals can be generated at low cost.

SOLID-PICTORIAL VIDEO SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS, SOLID-PICTORIAL VIDEO SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, SOLID-PICTORIAL VIDEO SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS AND SOLID-PICTORIAL VIDEO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SWITCHING APPARATUS

Left and right video cameras L and R are disposed on both sides of a front video camera M. Solid-pictorial video signals used upon signal transmission are generated by using video signals outputted from the left and right video cameras with respect to a video signal outputted from the front video camera. The left and right video cameras make use of simplified video cameras and are cameras with no zoom functions or the like. The video signals obtained from the left and right video cameras are used as signals for forming a solid picture. In the present example, only solid information with respect to a main picture is transmitted as a video signal to reduce the amount of transmission. A motion-compensated DCT encode process using the front video signal as a reference picture is performed to extract only the video signal having the solid information from the left and right video signals. Since the simplified video cameras can be utilized, solid-pictorial video signals can be generated at low cost.

In photomagnetic recording device and photomagnetic reproducing device where a record light beam is irradiated to a photomagnetic record medium in response to a record light thereby a pit is formed on the photomagnetic record medium, and a reproducing light beam is irradiated to the pit on the photomagnetic record medium thereby the record information is reproduced, since the record light beam is emitted intermittently in the light irradiation period that the pit is to be formed on the photomagnetic record medium among the record signal, the pit of nearly circular shape can be formed on the photomagnetic record medium, thus the information can be recorded on the photomagnetic record medium at high accuracy.

Photomagnetic recording device and photomagnetic reproducing device

In a photomagnetic recording device where a record light beam irradiates a photomagnetic record medium to form a pit on the photomagnetic record medium, and a reproducing light beam irradiates the pit to reproduce the record information, the record light beam is pulsed intermittently at least at the beginning of the irradiation period so that a pit of substantially circular shape is formed on the photomagnetic record medium, whereby information is recorded with high accuracy.

Apparatus for transmitting video signals includes a primary storage device having a plurality of storage units for storing and reading video signals selectively supplied thereto by a coupling circuit. An alternate storage device functions as a backup and receives and stores all of the video signals that are supplied to the primary storage device; and reads out therefrom the video signals which are in the process of being read from the primary storage device in the event a failure is detected in the primary storage device.

Apparatus for transmitting video signals comprising a memory backup

A video signal processing circuit carries out error correction, error concealment and weighted mean processing sequentially on video signals reproduced by a video tape recorder. One and two dimensional error concealment modes are provided respectively utilizing sample data on the same line as erroneous sample data to be concealed, and sample data in peripheral and/or time displaced relation to the erroneous sample data. One of a plurality of error concealment modes is selected depending upon the state of error flags for the peripheral and/or time displaced sample data. In certain advantageous embodiments, original sample data for which a gray code has been set, is compared with error concealed data and the original sample data is output in place of the error concealed data where such comparison indicates that the difference between the two is within a predetermined acceptance threshold. Weighted mean sample data processing provides the capability of producing a first field of a video signal from a second field thereof by summing sample data from a plurality of lines of the second field to form the signals of the first field. In certain advantageous embodiments, the signals of the second field are multiplied by selectably variable coefficients, the selection of which is based on a detection that at least one of the line signals of the second field is outside an effective image information portion thereof.

Video signal processing circuit

In recording a time code signal together with digital video and audio signals, at least one channel of a digital audio signal is supplied to rotary heads scanning successive slant tracks on a tape for recording in intermediate sections of the slant tracks, a digital video signal is supplied to the same heads for recording in other sections of the slant tracks situated before and after the intermediate sections and being relatively longer than the latter, and the time code signal is also supplied to the rotary heads for recording in the intermediate sections with the same time codes being represented by the time code signal recorded in the intermediate sections of a successive plurality of the slant tracks which contain the digital video signal for a respective frame.

Recording and reproducing digital video and audio signals together with

A servo circuit is provided for use with a reproducing apparatus wherein an information signal is reproduced from an elongated slant track formed on a tape which is wrapped on the periphery of a guide drum having a rotary head. The servo circuit includes a circuit for detecting an intermediate point of the length of the slant track and generating a timing signal at the detection of the intermediate point and a circuit for comparing the timing signal with a reference pulse to generate a control signal. A relative position of the slant track to the rotary head is controlled in accordance with the control signal.

Servo for VTR drum motor with external reference signal phase modulation

A recorded video signal reproduction in digital process involves switching among a plurality of field memories into which to store image data for one video field picked up by a rotary head and from which to retrieve image data for reproduction, each time the scanning for one record area is completed. The method also includes a process for detecting reversal of a tape drive direction and disabling the switching among field memory for a given period so as to hold the video image reproduced on a video monitor unchanged.

Method and apparatus for reproducing recorded video signal

Apparatus for decoding an error detecting or correcting code constructed from digital information data and redundant data for detecting or correcting errors in the digital information data, the digital information data and redundant data being reproduced from a record medium by a playback apparatus that operates in a normal speed mode and fast and slow speed modes, includes a first decoder for decoding the error detecting or correcting code and for generating flag data indicating error conditions of the digital information data, a first memory for storing the digital information data subjected to the decoding in the first decoder, and a second memory for storing flag data. A controller is provided with a mode signal indicating a normal playback mode or a fast playback mode of the record medium playback apparatus for controlling the first and second memories so as to read out the digital information data and flag data, respectively, when the mode signal indicates the normal reproducing mode and so as to read out the digital information data without error and the flag data, respectively, when the mode signal indicates the fast reproducing mode.

Apparatus for decoding error correcting code

A generating circuit regenerates a color sub-carrier of a PAL color television system on the basis of a reproduced horizontal sync (synchronizing) pulse and a color burst signal. In order to avoid discontinuity of the regenerated sub-carrier due to signal drop-outs, the reproduced sync pulse is supplied to a counter type automatic frequency control (AFC) circuit which can supply a continuous horizontal frequency signal in spite of drop-outs of the reproduced horizontal sync pulse. When the reproduced burst signal is dropped out, the phase of the sub-carrier signal is changed from one phase to another, for example, from +135.degree. to -135.degree., in order to maintain the swinging conditions of the sub-carrier sequence of the color television system.

Continuous carrier wave generating circuit

A method of and apparatus for reducing the noise of an input signal, such as a composite video signal. An orthogonal transform of the input signal is derived, this orthogonal transform having n transformed signal components. At least some of these signal components are suppressed if their respective signal levels are less than a threshold level. Preferably, the n transformed signal components correspond to different portions of the input signal; and those components representing the higher frequency portions are suppressed if their signal levels are less than the threshold level. Following this signal suppression, the n transformed signal components are reconverted into substantially the input signal, less the suppressed components.

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