US4399473A
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Apparatus for reproducing video signals in a slow-motion operating mode
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1981-06-17
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Granted: 1983-08-16
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Expires: 2001-06-17
Abstract
Abstract In an apparatus which reproduces video signals using rotating heads to scan oblique tracks formed on a tape, the tape is intermittently moved and stopped by a tape capstan motor which is driven by a motor drive pulse. The motor drive pulse is generated at predetermined time intervals corresponding to a predetermined number of tracks for slow-motion reproduction of the recorded video signals. Deviations in the amount of tape intermittently advanced, as measured by a predetermined number of tracks, is avoided by varying the pulse-width or amplitude of the motor drive pulse.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroyuki Kaimai
- 👤 Masakazu Sonoda
- 👤 Masaaki Komatsu
- 👤 Atsuo Sakai
- 👤 Toshimitsu Kamai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 18:40
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/78; H04N5/782; H04N5/783
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
An apparatus for reproducing video signals recorded on tracks which are obliquely formed on a tape comprising: head means for scanning said tracks; tape capstan motor means for driving said tape in a longitudinal direction of the latter; tape driving means for generating a motor drive pulse, having a waveform shape as defined by a pulse width and a pulse amplitude, and a motor brake pulse which are applied to said tape capstan motor means and which respectively produced forward and reverse current flow through said tape capstan motor means effective for intermittently advancing said tape by an amount corresponding to a predetermined number of said tracks at time intervals which are determined in accordance with a selected slow-motion speed of advancement of said tape; and compensating means for varying the waveform shape of said motor drive pulse in accordance with said selected slow-motion speed.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
145 words
An apparatus for reproducing video signals recorded on tracks which are obliquely formed on a tape comprising: head means for scanning said tracks; tape capstan motor means for driving said tape in a longitudinal direction of the latter; tape driving means for generating a motor drive pulse, having a waveform shape as defined by a pulse width and a pulse amplitude, and a motor brake pulse which are applied to said tape capstan motor means and which respectively produced forward and reverse current flow through said tape capstan motor means effective for intermittently advancing said tape by an amount corresponding to a predetermined number of said tracks at time intervals which are determined in accordance with a selected slow-motion speed of advancement of said tape; and compensating means for varying the waveform shape of said motor drive pulse in accordance with said selected slow-motion speed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
An apparatus as in claim 1; wherein said tape driving means includes a first monostable multivibrator which produces an output signal and has a variable time constant circuit for determining the time interval between said motor drive pulses in accordance with said slow-motion speed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus as in claim 2; wherein said tape driving means includes a second monostable multivibrator which is responsive to said output signal of said first monostable multivibrator and produces said motor drive pulse.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
An apparatus as in claim 3; wherein said compensating means varies the pulse width of said motor drive pulse such that the pulse width of said motor drive pulse is respectively increased and decreased as the time interval between said motor drive pulses is increased and decreased.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
100 words
An apparatus as in claim 4; in which said compensating means comprises a PNP-transistor having a base, emitter and collector and further wherein said base of said PNP-transistor and said variable time constant circuit of said first monostable multivibrator are supplied with a controllably variable DC voltage level whereby in accordance with variations in the level of said DC voltage said time interval between said motor drive pulses varies, and in which said collector of said PNP-transistor is connected to a variable time constant circuit of said second monostable multivibrator effective to vary the pulse-width of said motor drive pulse.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
47 words
An apparatus as in claim 3; wherein said compensating means varies the pulse amplitude of said motor drive pulse such that the pulse amplitude of said motor drive pulse is respectively increased and decreased as the time interval between said motor drive pulses is increased and decreased.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
69 words
An apparatus as in claim 6; wherein said compensating means comprises an NPN-transistor having a base, emitter and collector and further wherein said base of said NPN transistor and said variable time constant circuit of said first monostable multivibrator are supplied with a controllably variable DC voltage level whereby in accordance with variations in the level of said DC voltage said time interval between said motor drive pulses varies.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
An apparatus as in claim 7; in which said motor drive pulse is supplied through a diode to said tape capstan motor means, and wherein said motor drive pulse is applied to a cathode of said diode and said emitter of said NPN-transistor is connected to an anode of said diode.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
61 words
An apparatus as in claim 7; in which a DC potential provided by said emitter of sand NPN-transistor is supplied through a switch, having a conductive state and a non-conductive state, to said tape capstan motor means, and wherein during the period that said motor drive pulse is generated by said tape driving means said switch is in said conductive state.
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