Television film scanner synchronization system

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING INFORMATION RECORDED IN A SUCCESSION OF FRAMES ON A RECORD STRIP HAVING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED APART SYNCHRONIZING INDICIA RECORDED THEREIN IN PREDETERMINED RELATION TO SAID FRAMES, THE COMBINATION OF (A) MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING A RECORD STRIP THROUGH A SCANNING ZONE, (B) SCANNER MEANS FOR SUBJECTING SAID RECORD STRIP, IN SAID ZONE, TO A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED APART TRANSVERSE LINE SCANS EXECUTED IN SUCCESSION IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE RECORD STRIP, TO GENERATE FIRST SIGNALS REPRESENTING INFORMATION RECORDED IN SAID FRAMES, (1) SAID SUCCESSION OF LINE SCANS DEFINING A RASTER EXTENDING IN THE DIRECTION OF RECORD STRIP MOVEMENT A DISTANCE EQUAL TO TWICE THE FRAME PITCH DISTANCE ON THE RECORD STRIP, (C) MEANS FOR SCANNING SYNCHRONIZING INDICIA RECORDED ON SAID RECORD STRIP TO GENERATE SECOND SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE THEREOF, (D) CONTROL SIGNAL RESPONSIVE VERTICAL SCANNING SIGNAL GENERATOR MEANS FOR SAID SCANNER MEANS, AND (E) MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE OUTPUT OF SAID SCANNING SIGNAL GENERATOR MEANS AND TO SAID SECOND SIGNALS FOR SUPPLYING A CONTROL SIGNAL OUTPUT TO SAID SCANNING SIGNAL GENERATOR MEANS.