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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1987
Seishi Sasaki, Kobe, JP;
Mitsuo Chiba, Osaka, JP;
Tatsushi Bannai, Osaka, JP;
Shigeru Awamoto, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A video signal recording and playback apparatus and method which is applicable to wide-band recording in which a video signal is divided into a plurality of channels by time-axis expansion, and the channels are recorded in parallel on respective tracks. Prior to recording, a reference signal consisting of a plurality of different signal bursts, each having a specific frequency and each being superimposed on a specific DC level, is inserted into blanking intervals of the video signal and recorded therewith. On playback, the amplitudes of the signal bursts in the reference signal are monitored, and playback equalizers are controlled accordingly such as to maintain a predetermined equalizer characteristic and to maintain identical overall frequency characteristics for the various channels.