Jitter compensation system in rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus

Claim 2

A jitter compensation system in a reproducing apparatus having a motor for rotating a rotary medium with video signals recorded thereon, and a reproducing transducer including an element for reproducing said recorded video signal from said rotary recording medium, said jitter compensation system comprising: separation means for separating a horizontal synchronizing signal having a first phase from the video signal reproduced by said reproducing transducer; means for supplying a first reference signal having a second phase; phase comparing means for comparing the phases of said separated horizontal synchronizing signal and the first reference signal to produce a first phase comparison error signal; means for displacing the reproducing element of said reproducing transducer along a relative scanning direction with respect to said rotary recording medium, in response to the output error signal of said phase comparing means; variable frequency oscillating means responsive to the first phase comparison error signal of said phase comparing means, for controlling the output oscillation frequency, said variable frequency oscillating means producing a second reference signal; detection means for detecting the rotational phase of said motor; and control means for comparing phases of outputs of said variable frequency oscillating means and said detection means and for producing a second phase comparison error signal, to control the rotation of said motor responsive to said second phase comparison error signal.

Claim 3

A jitter compensation system as claimed in claim 1 in which said variable frequency oscillating means responds to a direct-current component of the first phase comparison error signal of said phase comparing means.

Claim 4

A jitter compensation system as claimed in claim 1 in which said variable frequency oscillating means consists of a lowpass filter for obtaining a direct-current component of the output error signal of said phase comparing means, a variable frequency oscillator supplied with an output signal of said lowpass filter, said variable frequency oscillator having an oscillation frequency higher than the output signal frequency of said detection means, and a frequency reducer for reducing the output oscillation frequency of said variable frequency oscillator to a frequency equal to the output signal frequency of said detection means.

Claim 5

A jitter compensation system as claimed in claim 3 in which said variable frequency oscillator is a voltage controlled quartz oscillator.

Claim 6

A jitter compensation system as claimed in claim 4 in which said voltage controlled quartz oscillator produces a signal having a frequency equal to a color video signal chrominance sub-carrier frequency or a frequency which is an integer multiple of the color video signal chrominance sub-carrier frequency.

Claim 7

A jitter compensation system in a reproducing apparatus having a motor for rotating a rotary recording medium having video signals recorded thereon, and a reproducing transducer including an element for reproducing said recorded color video signal from said rotary recording medium, said jitter compensation system comprising: separation means for separating a color burst signal having a first phase from said color video signal reproduced by said reproducing transducer; means for supplying a first reference signal having a second phase; phase comparing means for comparing the phases of said separated color burst signal and the first reference signal supplied thereto, to produce a first phase comparison error signal; means for displacing the reproducing element of said reproducing transducer along a relative scanning direction with respect to said rotary recording medium, in response to the first phase comparison error signal of said phase comparing means; variable frequency oscillating means supplied with the first phase comparison error signal of said phase comparing means, for controlling the output oscillation frequency, said variable frequency oscillating means producing a second reference signal; detection means for detecting the rotational phase of said motor; and control means for comparing the phases of outputs of said variable frequency oscillating means and of said detection means and for producing a second phase comparison error signal, to control the rotation of said motor by said second phase comparison error signal.

Claim 8

A jitter compensation system in a reproducing apparatus having a motor for rotating a rotary recording medium having video signals recorded thereon, and a reproducing transducer including an element for reproducing said recorded color video signal from said rotary recording medium, said jitter compensation system comprising: separation means for separating a color burst signal having a first phase from said color video signal reproduced by said reproducing transducer; means for supplying a first reference signal having a second phase; phase comparing means for comparing the phases of said separated color burst signal and the first reference signal supplied thereto, to produce a first phase comparison error signal; means for displacing the reproducing element of said reproducing transducer along a relative scanning direction with respect to said rotary recording medium, in response to the first phase comparison error signal of said phase comparing means; variable frequency oscillating means supplied with the first phase comparison error signal of said phase comparing means, for controlling the output oscillation frequency, said variable frequency oscillating means producing a second reference signal; detection means for detecting the rotational phase of said motor; and control means for comparing the phases of outputs of said variable frequency oscillating means and of said detection means and for producing a second phase comparison error signal, to control the rotation of said motor by said second phase comparison error signal.