Color television recording and reproducing system

Claim 1

A COLOR SIGNAL RECORDING AND REPRODUCING SYSTEM COMPRISING, IN THE RECORDING SYSTEM, MEANS FOR PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF COLOR SIGNALS, MEANS COMPRISING A MATRIX CIRCUIT FOR RESPONDING TO SAID COLOR SIGNALS TO PRODUCE A LUMINANCE SIGNAL AND A CHROMINANCE SIGNAL, MEANS INCLUDING SWITCHING MEANS RESPONDING TO THE ENTIRE LUMINANCE SIGNAL AND THE ENTIRE CHROMINANCE SIGNAL ALTERNATELY IN LINE-SEQUENCE AND PROVIDING ONLY THE ENTIRE LUMINANCE SIGNAL IN ONE LINE INTERVAL BOTH OF THE LATTER SIGNALS COMPRISING TOGETHER A CONTINUOUS LINE-SEQUENCE COLOR SIGNAL, AND ONLY THE CHROMINANCE SIGNAL IN THE NEXT LINE INTERVAL, AND A MAGNETIC RECORDER FOR RECORDING SAID CONTINUOUS LINESEQUENCE COLOR SIGNAL; AND IN THE REPRODUCING SYSTEM, A MAGNETIC REPRODUCING DEVICE FOR REPRODUCING SAID CONTINUOUS LINE-SEQUENCE COLOR SIGNAL RECORDED IN SAID RECORDING SYSTEM, A DELAY CIRCUIT FOR DELAYING SAID CONTINUOUS LINESEQUENCE COLOR SIGNAL BY ONE SCANNING LINE PERIOD THEREBY OBTAINING A DELAYED CONTINUOUS LINE-SEQUENCE SIGNAL INCLUDING A DELAYED LUMINANCE SIGNAL AND A DELAYED CHROMINANCE SIGNAL, MEANS INCLUDING SWITCHING MEANS FOR SWITCHING SAID CONTINUOUS LINE-SEQUENCE COLOR SIGNAL AND SAID DELAYED CONTINUOUS LINE-SEQUENCE SIGNAL AND FOR PROVIDING A LINE-SEQUENCE LUMINANCE SIGNAL CONSISTING OF SAID LUMINANCE SIGNAL AND SAID DELAYED LUMINANCE SIGNAL ALTERNATING IN LINE-SEQUENCE AND A LINE-SEQUENCE CHROMINANCE SIGNAL CONSISTING OF SAID CHROMINANCE SIGNAL AND SAID DELAYED CHROMINANCE SIGNAL ALTERNATING IN LINE-SEQUENCE, MEANS COMPRISING A MATRIX CIRCUIT FOR OBTAINING A PLURALITY OF COLOR SIGNALS FROM SAID LINE-SEQUENCE LUMINANCE AND CHROMINANCE SIGNALS, AND MEANS FOR REPRODUCING A COLOR PICTURE FROM SAID COLOR SIGNALS.