Rotation control device using reproduced synchronizing signal

Claim 2

A rotation control device comprising: a) a rotary body for moving a recording medium and a head means relative to each other; b) speed control means for detecting a speed deviation of said rotary body and for controlling a rotation speed of said rotary body according to the speed deviation detected; c) phase control means for detecting a rotation phase deviation of said rotary body and for controlling a rotation phase of said rotary body according to the rotation phase deviation detected; d) gate means for extracting a synchronizing signal in the video signal reproduced from the recording medium by said head means; and e) synchronizing control means for synchronizing, when detecting that the rotation phase of said rotary body has been locked, said rotary body with the synchronizing signal extracted by said gate means.

Claim 3

A device according to claim 1, wherein said recording medium is a magnetic tape, and wherein said rotary body is provided with recording or reproducing head means arranged on a periphery of said rotary body for performing a recording or reproducing operation by obliquely tracing said magnetic tape.

Claim 4

A device according to claim 1, wherein said speed control means controls the rotation speed of said rotary body to be kept at a predetermined value on the basis of an FG pulse generated according to the rotation speed thereof.

Claim 5

A device according to claim 3, wherein said phase control means controls the rotation phase of said rotary body on the basis of a result of a phase comparison made between a reference signal and a PG pulse generated according to the rotation phase of said rotary body.

Claim 6

A device according to claim 4, further comprising driving means for controlling the rotation speed of said rotary body on the basis of a signal obtained by mixing a speed error signal and a phase error signal respectively output from said speed control means and said phase control means.

Claim 7

A device according to claim 1 or 5, wherein said synchronizing control means is arranged to synchronize the rotation speed of said rotary body with a synchronizing signal included in the signal reproduced from said recording medium by said head means.

Claim 8

A device according to claim 6, wherein said synchronizing signal is a horizontal synchronizing signal.

Claim 9

A device according to claim 7, wherein said synchronizing control means includes an F-V conversion circuit for frequency-to-voltage converting the horizontal synchronizing signal included in the reproduced signal and a gate circuit for removing a switching noise caused by a switching action performed on said head means.

Claim 10

A device according to claim 8, wherein said synchronizing control means is arranged to control the rotation speed of said rotary body by adding a speed error voltage obtained on the basis of the horizontal synchronizing signal output from said gate circuit to outputs of said speed control means and said phase control means.

Claim 11

A device according to claim 9, wherein said synchronizing control means further includes a pulse removing circuit for removing an equalizing pulse and a serrated pulse located in the neighborhood of a vertical synchronizing signal included int he reproduced signal.

Claim 12

A rotation control device comprising: a) a rotary body for moving a recording medium and a head means relatively to each other; b) rotation control means for controlling said rotary body to rotate at a predetermined speed and a predetermined phase; and c) supply means for supplying, when detecting that a rotation of said rotary body has been locked to said predetermined phase, to said rotation control means a rotation error signal indicative of a rotation error of said rotary body relative to a control signal recording on said recording medium, wherein said control signal is a pulse signal portion having a predetermined period which has been extracted from the recording signal recorded on said recording medium and from which a switching noise has been eliminated.

Claim 13

A rotation control device comprising: a) a rotary body for moving a recording medium and a head means relatively to each other; b) rotation control means for controlling said rotary body to rotate at a predetermined speed and a predetermined phase; and c) supply means for supplying, when detecting that a rotation of said rotary body has been locked to said predetermined phase, to said rotation control means a rotation error signal indicative of a rotation error of said rotary body relative to a control signal recording on said recording medium, wherein said control signal is a pulse signal portion having a predetermined period which has been extracted from the recording signal recorded on said recording medium and from which a switching noise has been eliminated.

Claim 14

A device according to claim 11, wherein said recording medium is a magnetic tape, and wherein said rotary body is provided with recording or reproducing head means arranged on a periphery of said rotary body for performing a recording or reproducing operation by obliquely tracing said magnetic tape.

Claim 15

A device according to claim 11, wherein said rotation control means includes FG pulse generating means for generating a number of pulses proportional to a rotational frequency of said rotary body and PG pulse generating means for generating a PG pulse signal corresponding to a rotation phase of said rotary body, said rotary body being arranged to be caused to rotate at the predetermined speed and at the predetermined phase according to outputs of said FG and PG pulse generating means.

Claim 16

A device according to claim 13, wherein said control signal is a horizontal synchronizing signal included in a signal reproduced from said recording medium by said head means.

Claim 17

A device according to claim 14, wherein said supply means is arranged to detect a variation of said horizontal synchronizing signal and to supply said control signal to said rotation control means to cause a rotation state of said rotary body to follow said variation detected.

Claim 18

A device according to claim 15, wherein said supply means includes an F-V conversion circuit for frequency-to-voltage converting the horizontal synchronizing signal included in the reproduced signal and a gate circuit for removing switching noise caused by a switching action performed on said head means.

Claim 19

A device according to claim 16, wherein said supply means is arranged to control the rotation speed of said rotary body by adding a speed error voltage obtained on the basis of the horizontal synchronizing signal output from said gate circuit to outputs of said speed control means and said phase control means.

Claim 20

A device according to claim 17, wherein said supply means includes a pulse removing circuit for removing an equalizing pulse and a serrated pulse located in the neighborhood of a vertical synchronizing signal included in the reproduced signal.

Claim 21

A video tape recorder comprising: a) a rotary head drum provided with a head for recording or reproduction and arranged to be rotated relative to a tape-shaped recording medium which is transported at a predetermined speed when performing recording or reproduction; b) speed control means for controlling said rotary head drum to rotate at a constant speed on the basis of an FG pulse generated according to a rotation speed of said rotary head drum; c) phase control means for controlling said rotary head drum to rotate at a constant phase on the basis of a PG pulse generated according to a rotation phase of said rotary head drum; d) phase lock detecting means for detecting that a rotation of said rotary head drum has been locked by said phase control means; and e) synchronizing control means for generating a control signal according to a variation of a synchronizing signal included in a signal reproduced by said head and for controlling the rotation speed of said rotary head drum according to said control signal in response to an output of said phase lock detecting means, wherein said control signal is a pulse signal portion having a predetermined period which has been extracted from the record signal recorded on said recording medium and from which a switching noise has been eliminated.

Claim 22

A video tape recorder comprising: a) a rotary head drum provided with a head for recording or reproduction and arranged to be rotated relative to a tape-shaped recording medium which is transported at a predetermined speed when performing recording or reproduction; b) speed control means for controlling said rotary head drum to rotate at a constant speed on the basis of an FG pulse generated according to a rotation speed of said rotary head drum; c) phase control means for controlling said rotary head drum to rotate at a constant phase on the basis of a PG pulse generated according to a rotation phase of said rotary head drum; d) phase lock detecting means for detecting that a rotation of said rotary head drum has been locked by said phase control means; and e) synchronizing control means for generating a control signal according to a variation of a synchronizing signal included in a signal reproduced by said head and for controlling the rotation speed of said rotary head drum according to said control signal in response to an output of said phase lock detecting means, wherein said control signal is a pulse signal portion having a predetermined period which has been extracted from the record signal recorded on said recording medium and from which a switching noise has been eliminated.

Claim 23

A video tape recorder according to claim 19, wherein said control signal is a horizontal synchronizing signal, and wherein said synchronizing control means causes the rotation speed of said rotary head drum to follow a variation of said horizontal synchronizing signal.

Claim 24

A video tape recorder according to claim 20, wherein said synchronizing control means includes an F-V conversion circuit for frequency-to-voltage converting the horizontal synchronizing signal included in the reproduced signal and a gate circuit for removing a switching noise caused by a switching action performed on said head means.

Claim 25

A video tape recorder according to claim 21, wherein said synchronizing control means is arranged to control the rotation speed of said rotary head drum by adding a speed error voltage obtained on the basis of the horizontal synchronizing signal output from said gate circuit to outputs of said speed control means and said phase control means.

Claim 26

A video tape recorder according to claim 22, wherein said synchronizing control means further includes a pulse removing circuit for removing an equalizing pulse and a serrated pulse located in the neighborhood of a vertical synchronizing signal included in the reproduced signal.