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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1990
Kentaro Hamma, Katsuta, JP;
Yasunori Kobori, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Okada, Yokohama, JP;
Shoji Ohno, Katsuta, JP;
Osamu Numata, Katsuta, JP;
Kotaro Kawamura, Mito, JP;
Hideo Nishijima, Katsuta, JP;
Naohiro Ozawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
During the playback operation for freezing and storing a specific frame of a picture in a memory and thereafter printing the frame, the recording medium is turned reversely for a prescribed amount according to an instruction from a printer in response to the entry of the freeze command in order to accurately search the frame at the entry of the freeze, and thereafter the recording medium is played back in normal mode. The amounts of reverse turn and the successive forward turn in normal playback are counted and compared, and when the difference has become a prescribed value, a freeze signal is produced and the frame of the picture selected by the freeze command is stored in the memory and printed when required. This control method for use in a video print system is designed so that the recording medium is turned reversely for a prescribed amount according to an instruction from the printer and then stopped until the next command is entered.