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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1995
Hiroaki Nogami, Matsudo, JP;
Hironobu Katayama, Noda, JP;
Koichi Kawaguchi, Chiba, JP;
Kenichi Shiraishi, Noda, JP;
Kazuya Aoki, Chiba, JP;
Saori Akimoto, Narashino, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A digital VTR which is able to record a band-compressed signal having a bit-rate of 17 to 60 Mbps of a program while creating a low-bit-rate signal (1.5 to 5 Mbps) having the same program content as well as utilizing the low-bit-rate signal as a signal for the special playback. Variable speed playback data for a certain speed, which is recorded in the limited recording areas for variable-speed playback mode, is adapted to be used for playback at another speed in the variable-speed playback mode. The data structure of variable-speed playback data is adapted to change depending on the image areas on the image frame. Either of these embodiments or the combination of them, improves the quality of a reproduced picture during variable-speed playback mode in which a less amount of data is available than that of data read out at the time of a normal playback mode.