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System for recording an instantaneous configuration of moving bodies
Assignee: Konan Camera Research Institue Inc
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Filing: 1973-04-06
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Granted: 1975-05-13
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Expires: 1993-04-06
Abstract
Abstract A system for recording an instantaneous configuration of moving bodies wherein a television camera tube scans a line covering the location of moving bodies, a memory tube received video signals of the camera tube produces a striated photo-images on a photosensitive paper, and the paper is moved at the constant speed in the direction approximately perpendicular to the striated photo-images and is developed after receiving the striated photo-images thereby to obtain the configuration of said bodies.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshizo Ikegami
- 👤 Kenzo Yamanouchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 23:11
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/84
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
152 words
A system for obtaining a record of the configuration at a required location of bodies moving in the same general direction, comprising fixed camera means for constantly scanning a line covering a location at which it is desired to obtain a record and for producing video output signals indicative thereof, video signal memory means responsive to said video output signals for synchronously converting said video output signals to photosignals to be recorded, and recording material means movable in a predetermined direction relative to said video signal memory means, said recording material means being responsive to said photo-signals for producing on the surface thereof a photo-image corresponding to the scene scanned by said camera means, said video signal memory means including line means for producing on the photo-image on the surface of said recording material means lines extending transversely to the direction of movement thereof and being indicative of predetermined intervals of time.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
152 words
A system for obtaining a record of the configuration at a required location of bodies moving in the same general direction, comprising fixed camera means for constantly scanning a line covering a location at which it is desired to obtain a record and for producing video output signals indicative thereof, video signal memory means responsive to said video output signals for synchronously converting said video output signals to photosignals to be recorded, and recording material means movable in a predetermined direction relative to said video signal memory means, said recording material means being responsive to said photo-signals for producing on the surface thereof a photo-image corresponding to the scene scanned by said camera means, said video signal memory means including line means for producing on the photo-image on the surface of said recording material means lines extending transversely to the direction of movement thereof and being indicative of predetermined intervals of time.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein said line means produces vertical lines on the photo-image on the surface of said recording material means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A system according to claim 2, wherein said line means includes means for varying the brightness of said video output signals generated in accordance with at least one scanning line of said camera means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
A system according to claim 3, wherein said line means includes means for varying the brightness of said video signals generated in accordance with a varying number of scanning lines of said camera means in a step-wise manner so as to vary to thickness of said vertical lines on the photo-image on the surface of said recording material means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
83 words
A system according to claim 3, wherein said line means includes clock means providing an output to a deflection circuit of said camera means and said video signal memory means, said line means further including counter means for receiving an output of said clock means and providing an output in response to the output of said clock means, pulse width control means responsive to the output of said counter means for providing an output for varying the brightness of the video output signals.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
A system according to claim 2, wherein said line means includes means for superimposing on same line of the photo-image on the surface of said recording material means video signals corresponding to at leasT two scanning lines of said camera means so as to produce said vertical lines.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
59 words
A system according to claim 6, wherein said line means includes means for varying the number of video signals corresponding to scanning lines of said camera means which are superimposed on the same lines of the photo-image on the surface of said recording material means in a step-wise manner so as to vary the thickness of said vertical lines.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
120 words
A system according to claim 6, wherein said lines means includes clock means providing an output to a deflection circuit of said camera means and a deflection circuit of said video signal memory means, said line means further including counter means receiving an output of said clock means and providing an output in accordance therewith, multi-exposure control circuit means receiving an output from said clock means and said counter means for providing an output in accordance therewith, step-wave generator means responsive to the output of said multi-exposure control circuit means for providing an output, and vertical deflection circuit means for controlling the vertical deflection of said video signal memory means in response to the output of said step-wave generator means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
60 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein said video signal memory means includes means for reversing the polarity of video output signals produced in correspondence to predetermined scanning lines of said camera means for a predetermined time so as to reverse the normal color photo-image produced on the surface of said recording material means for said predetermined period of time.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
86 words
A system according to claim 9, wherein said polarity reversing means includes counter means responsive to an output from a clock means providing outputs to a deflection circuit of said camera tube means and a deflection circuit of said video signal memory means for providing an output to a polarity reversal pulse generator means, said polarity reversal pulse generator means providing an output to a polarity reversal circuit means receiving an input of said video output signals for reversing the polarity of said video output signals.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
65 words
A system according to claim 10, wherein said video signal memory means further includes time counter means responsive to an output of said counter means for providing an output at predetermined intervals, character pattern generator means responsive to an output of said clock means and said time counter means for generating a character indicative of a predetermined time for recording on said recording material means.
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