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Digital picture signal recording apparatus in which a field interval is recorded in a plurality of tracks exhibiting a track pitch no greater than 5.5 μm by a rotary drum having a diameter no greater than 25 mm and a rotary speed no less than 150 rps
Abstract PCT No. PCT/JP91/00755 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 29, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 29, 1991 PCT Filed Jun. 5, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO92/09073 PCT Pub. Date May 29, 1992.A magnetic recording apparatus of a digital picture signal comprising a block segmenting circuit for converting an input digital picture signal into data segmented by blocks composed of a plurality of picture elements, an encoding circuit for compressing and encoding the output data of the block segmenting circuit by blocks, and a channel encoding circuit for channel encoding the encoded output data from the encoding circuit, wherein the output data from the channel encoding circuit is recorded on a magnetic tape by a magnetic head mounted on a rotation drum, and wherein the magnetic recording apparatus of digital picture data is characterized in that the track pitch formed on the magnetic tape by the magnetic head is 5.5 mu m or less, the diameter of the rotary drum is 25 mm or less, and the rotating speed of the rotary drum is 150 rps or more, the track length per unit time is set to particular value thereby.
A magnetic recording apparatus for a digital picture signal comprising a block segmenting circuit for segmenting fields of an input digital picture signal into data blocks each formed of a plurality of picture elements, an encoding circuit for compressing and encoding the data blocks of said block segmenting circuit, a channel encoding circuit for channel encoding the compressed and encoded data blocks from said encoding circuit to produce output data for recording on a magnetic tape, a magnetic head assembly mounted on a rotary drum for recording the output data of one field in a plurality of recording tracks on said magnetic tape, said recording tracks exhibiting a track pitch of no greater than 5.5 μm, said rotary drum having a diameter no greater than 25 mm and a rotary speed no less than 150 rps.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A magnetic recording apparatus for a digital picture signal comprising a block segmenting circuit for segmenting fields of an input digital picture signal into data blocks each formed of a plurality of picture elements, an encoding circuit for compressing and encoding the data blocks of said block segmenting circuit, a channel encoding circuit for channel encoding the compressed and encoded data blocks from said encoding circuit to produce output data for recording on a magnetic tape, a magnetic head assembly mounted on a rotary drum for recording the output data of one field in a plurality of recording tracks on said magnetic tape, said recording tracks exhibiting a track pitch of no greater than 5.5 μm, said rotary drum having a diameter no greater than 25 mm and a rotary speed no less than 150 rps.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said encoding circuit includes a DCT encoder.
Claim 4
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A magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said channel encoding circuit comprises an adaptive scramble circuit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said channel encoding circuit comprises a partial response class 4 calculation pre-coder.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said adaptive scramble circuit comprises a pluraltiy of M system scramble circuits and means for selecting one of said M system scramble circuits to produce the least high frequency component and DC component for an input digital picture signal.