Apparatus for inserting an address signal in a frame of the vertical blanking period of a television signal

Claim 1

An editing system comprising: (a) means for inserting a first address signal in the frames of a vertical blanking period of a video signal recorded on a video track of a tape; (b) means for generating a second address signal recorded on a longitudinal track of said tape; (c) a first reading circuit for reading said first address signal reproduced from said video track; (d) a second reading circuit for reading said second address signal reproduced from said longitudinal track; (e) means for selecting one address from either of said first address signal inserting means or said second address signal generating means in response to one of the outputs from said first and second reading circuits, (f) further comprising first means for supplying an output from said first reading circuit to said first address signal inserting means, further comprising second means for supplying an output from said second reading circuit to said second address signal generating means, wherein said first and second supply means for selecting include first and second switches, and further comprising means for controlling said second address signal generating means by said first address signal inserting means.