Magnetic recording and reproducing system

Claim 2

A magnetic recording and reproducing system comprising: first video signal processing means for subjecting an input video signal in conformance with a standard television system to a predetermined signal processing and for producing a video information signal having a predetermined signal format suited for magnetic tape recording and reproduction; first recording and reproducing means for recording and reproducing the video information signal on and from tracks formed obliquely to a longitudinal direction of a magnetic tape; second video signal processing means for subjecting the video information signal reproduced by said first recording and reproducing means to a predetermined signal processing and for producing a reproduced video signal in conformance with said standard television system; analog-to-digital converting means for sampling an input analog audio signal and for producing a digital audio signal; odd/even sample separating means for separating samples constituting said digital audio signal into odd numbered samples and even numbered samples within each field of said input video signal by assigning sequential numbers to the samples which are sequentially obtained by the sampling in said analog-to-digital converting means; first delay means for delaying one of a first sample group made up of the odd numbered samples and a second sample group made up of the even numbered samples by a predetermined time; encoding means for encoding delayed samples obtained from said first delay means and undelayed samples obtained from said odd/even sample separating means for every one field and for producing an encoded digital audio signal, said delayed samples being the samples making up said one of the first and second sample groups and having been delayed by said first delay means, said undelayed samples being the samples making up the other one of the first and second sample groups and being obtained directly from said odd/even sample separating means; second recording and reproducing means for recording and reproducing the encoded digital audio signal on and from the tracks of the magnetic tape, each of said tracks being recorded with the video information signal and the encoded digital audio signal respectively amounting to one field of said input video signal; decoding means for decoding the encoded digital audio signal reproduced by said second recording and reproducing means and for producing the delayed samples and the undelayed samples; second delay means for delaying the undelayed samples from said decoding means by said predetermined time; and audio signal producing means comprising means for producing a reproduced digital audio signal from the delayed samples obtained from said decoding means and delayed samples obtained from said second delay means and means for producing a reproduced analog audio signal by subjecting the reproduced digital audio signal to a digital-to-analog conversion.

Claim 3

A magnetic recording and reproducing system as claimed in claim 1 in which said video information signal and said encoded digital audio signal are recorded in mutually different layer portions of a magnetic layer of the magnetic tape.

Claim 4

A magnetic recording and reproducing system as claimed in claim 1 in which said video information signal and said encoded digital audio signal are recorded time-divisionally in different portions of each track of the magnetic tape.

Claim 5

A magnetic recording and reproducing system as claimed in claim 1 in which said predetermined time is shorter than a time period of one field of said input video signal.

Claim 6

A magnetic recording and reproducing system comprising: first video signal processing means for subjecting an input video signal in conformance with a standard television system to a predetermined signal processing and for producing a video information signal having a predetermined signal format suited for magnetic tape recording and reproduction; first recording and reproducing means for recording and reproducing the video information signal on and from tracks formed obliquely to a longitudinal direction of a magnetic tape; second video signal processing means for subjecting the video information signal reproduced by said first recording and reproducing means to a predetermined signal processing and for producing a reproduced video signal in conformance with said standard television system; analog-to-digital converting means for sampling an input analog audio signal and for producing a digital audio signal; odd/even sample separating means for separating samples constituting said digital audio signal into odd numbered samples and even numbered samples within each field of said input video signal by assigning sequential numbers to the samples which are sequentially obtained by the sampling in said analog-to-digital converting means; first delay means for delaying one of a first sample group made up of the odd numbered samples and a second sample group made up of the even numbered samples by a predetermined time which is shorter than a time period of one field; encoding means for encoding delayed samples obtained from said first delay means and undelayed samples obtained from said odd/even sample separating means for every one field and for producing an encoded digital audio signal by adding an identification signal for each track or each pair of tracks on the magnetic tape, said identification signal including a fade control signal, said delayed samples being the samples making up said one of the first and second sample groups and having been delayed by said first delay means, said undelayed samples being the samples making up the other one of the first and second sample groups and being obtained directly from said odd/even sample separating means; second recording and reproducing means for recording and reproducing the encoded digital audio signal on and from the tracks of the magnetic tape, each of said tracks being recorded with the video information signal and the encoded digital audio signal respectively amounting to one field of said input video signal; decoding means for decoding the encoded digital audio signal reproduced by said second recording and reproducing means and for producing the delayed samples and the undelayed samples; second delay means for delaying the undelayed samples from said decoding means by said predetermined time; and audio signal producing means comprising means for producing a reproduced digital audio signal from the delayed samples obtained from said decoding means and delayed samples obtained from said second delay means by cross fading first samples and second samples responsive to the fade control signal in the identification signal and means for producing a reproduced analog audio signal by subjecting the reproduced digital audio signal to a digital-to-analog conversion, said first samples being reproduced from a certain track or pair of tracks for said predetermined time from a start of the certain track or pair of tracks, said second samples being reproduced from a preceding track or pair of tracks immediately preceding said certain track or pair of tracks for said predetermined time until an end of the preceding track or pair of tracks.

Claim 7

A magnetic recording and reproducing system comprising: first video signal processing means for subjecting an input video signal in conformance with a standard television system to a predetermined signal processing and for producing a video information signal having a predetermined signal format suited for magnetic tape recording and reproduction; first recording and reproducing means for recording and reproducing the video information signal on and from tracks formed obliquely to a longitudinal direction of a magnetic tape; second video signal processing means for subjecting the video information signal reproduced by said first recording and reproducing means to a predetermined signal processing and for producing a reproduced video signal in conformance with said standard television system; analog-to-digital converting means for sampling an input analog audio signal and for producing a digital audio signal; odd/even sample separating means for separating samples constituting said digital audio signal into odd numbered samples and even numbered samples within each field of said input video signal by assigning sequential numbers to the samples which are sequentially obtained by the sampling in said analog-to-digital converting means; first delay means for delaying one of a first sample group made up of the odd numbered samples and a second sample group made up of the even numbered samples by a predetermined time which is shorter than a time period of one field; encoding means for encoding delayed samples obtained from said first delay means and undelayed samples obtained from said odd/even sample separating means for every one field and for producing an encoded digital audio signal by adding an identification signal for each track or each pair of tracks on the magnetic tape, said identification signal including a fade control signal, said delayed samples being the samples making up said one of the first and second sample groups and having been delayed by said first delay means, said undelayed samples being the samples making up the other one of the first and second sample groups and being obtained directly from said odd/even sample separating means; second recording and reproducing means for recording and reproducing the encoded digital audio signal on and from the tracks of the magnetic tape, each of said tracks being recorded with the video information signal and the encoded digital audio signal respectively amounting to one field of said input video signal; decoding means for decoding the encoded digital audio signal reproduced by said second recording and reproducing means and for producing the delayed samples and the undelayed samples; second delay means for delaying the undelayed samples from said decoding means by said predetermined time; and audio signal producing means comprising means for producing a reproduced digital audio signal from the delayed samples obtained from said decoding means and delayed samples obtained from said second delay means by cross fading first samples and second samples responsive to the fade control signal in the identification signal and means for producing a reproduced analog audio signal by subjecting the reproduced digital audio signal to a digital-to-analog conversion, said first samples being reproduced from a certain track or pair of tracks for said predetermined time from a start of the certain track or pair of tracks, said second samples being reproduced from a preceding track or pair of tracks immediately preceding said certain track or pair of tracks for said predetermined time until an end of the preceding track or pair of tracks.

Claim 8

A magnetic recording and reproducing system as claimed in claim 5 in which said video information signal and said encoded digital audio signal are recorded in mutually different layer portions of a magnetic layer of the magnetic tape.

Claim 9

A magnetic recording and reproducing system as claimed in claim 5 in which said video information signal and said encoded digital audio signal are recorded time-divisionally in different portions of each track of the magnetic tape.

Claim 10

A magnetic recording and reproducing system as claimed in claim 5 in which said means for producing the reproduced digital audio signal in said audio signal producing means produces the reproduced digital audio signal by producing first pseudo samples by carrying out an interpolation on the delayed samples obtained from said first delay means, producing second pseudo samples by carrying out an interpolation on the undelayed samples obtained from said odd/even sample separating means, cross fading the delayed samples obtained from said first delay means and said first pseudo samples, and cross fading the undelayed samples obtained from said odd/even sample separating means and said second pseudo samples, said first pseudo samples being used in place of said other of the odd and even samples, said second pseudo samples being used in place of said one of the odd and even samples.

Claim 11

A magnetic recording and reproducing system as claimed in claim 8 in which said interpolation is a mean value interpolation.

Claim 12

A magnetic recording and reproducing system as claimed in claim 8 in which said interpolation is a previous value holding.

Claim 13

A magnetic recording and reproducing system as claimed in claim 5 in which said certain track or pair of tracks is recorded with said identification signal including a fade control signal which instructs a cross fade.

Claim 14

A magnetic recording and reproducing system as claimed in claim 5 in which a track or pair of tracks immediately subsequent to said certain track or pair of tracks is recorded with said identification signal including a fade control signal which instructs a cross fade.