Video signal processing device for line sequential signals

Claim 2

A video signal processing device for processing video signals which include line sequential signals including plural kinds of signals, comprising: (a) detecting means for detecting the kinds of said line sequential signals, respectively, for every line scanning period; (b) arranging means for rearranging said line sequential signals into line simultaneous signals on the basis of an output signal of said detecting means; and (c) inhibiting means for inhibiting said line simultaneous signals from being produced from said device on the basis of the output signal of said detecting means.

Claim 3

A device according to claim 1, wherein said video signals include luminance signals and line sequential color signals.

Claim 4

A device according to claim 2, further comprising: separating means for separating said luminance signals and said line sequential color signals from said video signals; and mixing means for mixing said line simultaneous color signals, which are produced from said arranging means, with said luminance signals.

Claim 5

A device according to claim 3, wherein said inhibiting means is arranged to inhibit said line simultaneous color signals from being supplied to said mixing means.

Claim 6

A device according to claim 1, further comprising: means for generating a periodic signal having a period equivalent to two scanning periods of said video signal; and phase control means for controlling a phase of said periodic signal on the basis of the output signal of said detecting means, wherein said arranging means rearranges said line sequential signals into said line simultaneous signals by using said periodic signal whose phase is controlled by said phase control means.

Claim 7

A device according to claim 5, wherein both the output signal of said detecting means and said periodic signal are rectangular wave signals; and said phase control means includes comparison means for comparing the state of the output signal of said detecting means and that of said phase controlled periodic signal for every scanning period of said video signal.

Claim 8

A device according to claim 6, wherein said inhibiting means operates on the basis of an output signal of said comparison means.

Claim 9

A device according to claim 6, wherein said phase control means further includes discriminating means for detecting that the number of scanning periods, during which the output signal of said detecting means and the phase controlled periodic signal are obtained in different states from each other within a predetermined period of time, has reached a predetermined number, and said phase control means shifts the phase of said periodic signal on the basis of an output of said discriminating means.

Claim 10

A device according to claim 8, wherein said inhibiting means is arranged to operate on the basis of the output of said discriminating means.

Claim 11

A device according to claim 9, wherein said inhibiting means includes counting means for counting the number of discrimination performances made for detection of said predetermined number by said discriminating means within said predetermined period of time.

Claim 12

A device according to claim 5, wherein said line sequential signals are DC offset at least during a specific period of time for every scanning period; and said detecting means includes a detecting circuit arranged to detect, at every two scanning periods, the direction in which said line sequential signals are DC offset during said specific periods within each of two adjacent scanning periods.

Claim 13

A device according to claim 11, wherein said detecting circuit includes a circuit which holds the level of said line sequential signals obtained during said specific period of time at every two scanning periods, and capacity means which is arranged to receive said held level at one of two terminals thereof and said line sequential signals at the other terminal thereof.

Claim 14

A device according to claim 11, wherein said inhibiting means is arranged to operate on the basis of an output of said detecting circuit.

Claim 15

A device according to claim 13, wherein said inhibiting means includes counting means for counting the number of changing times of the direction of the DC offset detected by said detecting circuit during a predetermined period of time.

Claim 16

A video signal reproducing apparatus for reproducing video signals including luminance signals and line sequential color signals having plural kinds of signals, comprising: (a) reproducing means for reproducing said video signals from a recording medium; (b) separating means for separating said line sequential color signals and luminance signals from said video signals reproduced by said reproducing means; (c) detecting means for detecting the kinds of said line sequential color signals for every line scanning period; (d) arranging means for rearranging said line sequential color signals into line simultaneous color signals on the basis of an output signal of said detecting means; (e) color killer means which acts on said line simultaneous color signals on the basis of the output signal of said detecting means; and (f) mixing means for mixing said luminance signals and said line simultaneous color signals.

Claim 17

A video signal reproducing apparatus for reproducing video signals including luminance signals and line sequential color signals having plural kinds of signals, comprising: (a) reproducing means for reproducing said video signals from a recording medium; (b) separating means for separating said line sequential color signals and luminance signals from said video signals reproduced by said reproducing means; (c) detecting means for detecting the kinds of said line sequential color signals for every line scanning period; (d) arranging means for rearranging said line sequential color signals into line simultaneous color signals on the basis of an output signal of said detecting means; (e) color killer means which acts on said line simultaneous color signals on the basis of the output signal of said detecting means; and (f) mixing means for mixing said luminance signals and said line simultaneous color signals.

Claim 18

An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said color killer means is arranged to operate for every vertical scanning period.

Claim 19

An apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising first control signal generating means for generating a first control signal for controlling said arranging means on the basis of the output signal of said detecting means.

Claim 20

An apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising: counting means for counting a number of changing times of a state of said first control signal during each vertical scanning period; and second control signal generating means for generating a second control signal for controlling said color killer means on the basis of a counted output of said counting means.

Claim 21

An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the luminance signals and the line sequential color signals recorded on said recording medium are respectively FM modulated.

Claim 22

An apparatus according to claim 19, further comprising: means for FM demodulating the FM modulated luminance signals separated by said separating means; and means for FM demodulating the FM modulated line sequential color signals separated by said separating means.