Video signal processing apparatus

Claim 2

An analog video signal processing apparatus comprising: means for generating a frequency signal for sampling an analog video signal, said generating means enabling an oscillating frequency to be varied; A/D converting means for sampling and converting the analog video signal into a digital system in synchronism with the frequency signal; and instructing means for instructing a change in a number of samples to be taken in one frame by said A/D converting means, wherein said generating means changes the oscillating frequency in accordance with an instruction by said instructing means, and wherein said generating means has a delay line and changes the oscillating frequency by changing a delay time of said delay line.

Claim 3

An analog video signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said A/D converting means performs the sampling along a horizontal scanning line of the analog video signal.

Claim 4

An analog video signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said A/D converting means performs the sampling in a direction that is substantially vertical to a horizontal scanning line of the analog video signal.

Claim 5

An analog video signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said A/D converting means varies a sampling interval in the direction of the horizontal scanning line of the analog video signal by changing the oscillating frequency.

Claim 6

An analog video signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising recording means for performing a recording in accordance with a sample output of said A/D converting means.

Claim 7

An analog video signal processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said recording means changes a size of a recording image in association with a change in the number of samples.

Claim 8

A video signal processing apparatus comprising: means for generating pulse signals for sampling an analog video signal including a horizontal blanking interval and a horizontal sync signal; A/D converting means for sampling and converting the analog video signal into a digital signal in synchronism with the pulse signals; instructing means for instructing a change in a number of samples in one frame by said A/D converting means; and control means for changing a frequency of the pulse signals in response to an instruction by said instructing means, wherein said control means keeps constant the number of the pulse signals for the horizontal blanking interval regardless of said instruction and changes the number of pulse signals for said one horizontal scanning line in response to said instruction.

Claim 9

A video signal processing apparatus comprising: means for generating pulse signals for sampling an analog video signal including a horizontal blanking interval and a horizontal sync signal; A/D converting means for sampling and converting the analog video signal into a digital signal in synchronism with the pulse signals; instructing means for instructing a change in a number of samples in one frame by said A/D converting means; and control means for changing a frequency of the pulse signals in response to an instruction by said instructing means, wherein said control means keeps constant the number of the pulse signals for the horizontal blanking interval regardless of said instruction and changes the number of pulse signals for said one horizontal scanning line in response to said instruction.

Claim 10

A video signal processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said control means has a first counter for counting the pulse signals for an interval from the horizontal sync signal until the sampling is started and a second counter for counting the pulse signals for sampling one horizontal scanning line.

Claim 11

A video signal processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said generating means is constituted by one oscillator.

Claim 12

A video signal processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said oscillator has a delay line and changes the oscillating frequency by changing a delay time of said delay line.

Claim 13

A video signal processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said A/D converting means performs the sampling along the horizontal scanning line of the video signal.

Claim 14

A video signal processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said A/D converting means performs the sampling in a direction that is substantially vertical to the horizontal scanning line of the analog video signal.

Claim 15

A video signal processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising recording means for performing a recording in accordance with a sample output of said A/D converting means.

Claim 16

A video signal processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said recording means changes a size of a recording image in association with a change in the number of samples.

Claim 17

An image signal processing apparatus comprising: (a) A/D converting means for converting an analog image signal, which includes a blanking period, into a digital image signal; (b) means for indicating a multiplication of said image signal; (c) means responsive to an indicated multiplication for performing multiplication processing on the digital image signal; and (d) means for controlling the multiplication processing so that the multiplication processing is suppressed on a specified period of the image signal.

Claim 18

An image signal processing apparatus comprising: (a) A/D converting means for converting an analog image signal, which includes a blanking period, into a digital image signal; (b) means for indicating a multiplication of said image signal; (c) means responsive to an indicated multiplication for performing multiplication processing on the digital image signal; and (d) means for controlling the multiplication processing so that the multiplication processing is suppressed on a specified period of the image signal.

Claim 19

An image signal processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the specified period of the image signal is the blanking interval of the image signal.

Claim 20

An image signal processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said multiplication processing means performs the processing by varying and A/D conversion timing of said A/D converting means.

Claim 21

An image signal processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said multiplication processing means includes means for generating a frequency signal for sampling the image signal, said generating means enabling an oscillating frequency of the frequency signal to be varied.

Claim 22

An image signal processing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said generating means has a delay line and changes the oscillating frequency by changing a delay time of said delay line.

Claim 23

An image signal processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said A/D converting means performs the sampling along a horizontal scanning line of the analog video signal.

Claim 24

An image signal processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said A/D converting means performs the sampling in a direction that is substantially vertical to a horizontal scanning line of the analog video signal.

Claim 25

An image signal processing apparatus according to claim 17, where said A/D converting means varies a sampling interval in a direction of a horizontal scanning line of the analog video signal by changing the oscillating frequency.

Claim 26

An image signal processing apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising recording means for performing a recording in accordance with the digital image signal output by said A/D converting means.

Claim 27

An image processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said recording means records the multiplication-processed signal.

Claim 28

An image processing apparatus comprising: first processing means for executing enlargement/reduction processing, to enlarge/reduce in a first direction an image represented by a given image signal, by changing a sampling timing of the given image signal; directing means for directing said first processing means to execute enlargement/reduction processing of the given image signal; second processing means for executing enlargement/reduction processing to enlarge/reduce the image in a second direction different from said first direction, by executing an interpolation of the given image signal; and control means for combining said enlargement/reduction processing of said first processing means with said enlargement/reduction processing of said second processing means, in response to a direction by said directing means.

Claim 29

An image processing apparatus comprising: first processing means for executing enlargement/reduction processing, to enlarge/reduce in a first direction an image represented by a given image signal, by changing a sampling timing of the given image signal; directing means for directing said first processing means to execute enlargement/reduction processing of the given image signal; second processing means for executing enlargement/reduction processing to enlarge/reduce the image in a second direction different from said first direction, by executing an interpolation of the given image signal; and control means for combining said enlargement/reduction processing of said first processing means with said enlargement/reduction processing of said second processing means, in response to a direction by said directing means.

Claim 30

An apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said first processing means executes enlargement/reduction processing in a horizontal direction of the image as said first direction.

Claim 31

An apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said second processing means executes enlargement/reduction processing in a vertical direction of the image as said second direction.

Claim 32

An apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the given image signal is an analog image signal.

Claim 33

An apparatus according to claim 28, wherein said first processing means samples the analog image signal for each predetermined sampling timing and converts the analog image signal, after such sampling, into a digital image signal.

Claim 34

An apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said control means controls said first and second processing means such that said first processing means executes enlargement/reduction processing in a horizontal direction of the image as said first direction and said second processing means executes enlargement/reduction processing in a vertical direction of the image as said second direction.