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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1994
Kenji Ichige, Chigasaki, JP;
Takao Arai, Yokohama, JP;
Masuo Oku, Kamakura, JP;
Hiroo Okamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording and/or reproducing image signals compressed according to different compressing methods. This recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a compressing circuit for compressing first image data according to a first image data compressing method, a selecting circuit supplied with the first image data thus compressed and encoded by the compressing circuit and second image data compressed and encoded according to a second image data compressing method and selecting any one of the first and second compressed image data, and a first error correction encoding circuit for error correction encoding the selected compressed image data. The recording and/or reproducing apparatus further includes a recording and/or reproducing circuit for recording and/or reproducing the error correction encoded data on and/or from a recording medium, a first error correction decoding circuit for error correction decoding the compressed image data reproduced by the recording and/or reproducing circuit, an image data expanding circuit for expanding the compressed image data that has been error-corrected by the error correction decoding circuit, and an output circuit for outputting the first image data expanded by the image data expanding circuit. The second image data has a bit rate not greater than that of the first image data.