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Multisystem adaptable type signal processing and recording/reproducing apparatus
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1995-02-10
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Granted: 1996-10-01
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Expires: 2015-02-10
Abstract
Abstract When the low bit rate coding is effected in a recording system 1A, a signal is coded and recorded in a hierarchical structure. On the reproduction side, the type of a recorded signal (the low bit rate coded signal of the hierarchical structure, non-hierarchical structure, conventional analog recording or the like) is determined by a determination system 1E and the operation modes of a digital signal processing system 1G and an analog signal processing system 1F are set. The analog signal processing system processes a reproduced signal when it is analog signal. The digital signal processing system processes a reproduced signal when it is a digital signal or when a reproduced output from the analog signal processing system is processed in a digital manner. Further, hierarchical decoding G30 and inverse converting G40 are provided, a signal processed in the hierarchical structure can be restored to an original form, and the restored reproduced signal can be processed by use of system conversion G60 and converted to a desired system and output.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenji Shimoda
- 👤 Hideo Tsurufusa
- 👤 Shinji Yoda
- 👤 Kazuyoshi Fuse
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 12:57
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/20; H04N21/23; H04N21/236; H04N19/00; H04N19/10; H04N19/102; H04N19/124; H04N19/126; H04N19/60; H04N19/61; H04N21/40; H04N21/43; H04N21/434; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/78; H04N5/782; H04N5/7824; H04N5/7826; H04N5/78263; H04N9/00; H04N9/79; H04N9/7921; H04N9/7925; H04N9/80; H04N9/804; H04N9/8042; H04N9/8047; H04N9/87; H04N9/877; H04N19/103; H04N19/107; H04N19/132; H04N19/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
210 words
A multisystem adaptable type signal processing apparatus having decoding means for receiving a low bit rate coded signal and decoding the signal, comprising: block size changing means for changing the block size of the coded signal according to the pixel ratio between an original image of the coded signal and an output specified image; inverse orthogonal transformation means for subjecting an output of said block size changing means to the inverse orthogonal transformation according to the block size; prediction image creation means for converting the image size to a value corresponding to the size of the output specifying image to create a prediction image by using an output of said inverse orthogonal transformation means and motion vector information input together with the low bit rate coded signal; switching means for deriving an addition of an output of said prediction image creation means and an output of said inverse orthogonal transformation means or an output of said inverse orthogonal transformation means; masking means for masking an area of the output of the switching means in which no image is present; and means for receiving an output of said masking means and adjusting the frame frequency having a difference caused by a difference between the original image and an output specifying image.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
210 words
A multisystem adaptable type signal processing apparatus having decoding means for receiving a low bit rate coded signal and decoding the signal, comprising: block size changing means for changing the block size of the coded signal according to the pixel ratio between an original image of the coded signal and an output specified image; inverse orthogonal transformation means for subjecting an output of said block size changing means to the inverse orthogonal transformation according to the block size; prediction image creation means for converting the image size to a value corresponding to the size of the output specifying image to create a prediction image by using an output of said inverse orthogonal transformation means and motion vector information input together with the low bit rate coded signal; switching means for deriving an addition of an output of said prediction image creation means and an output of said inverse orthogonal transformation means or an output of said inverse orthogonal transformation means; masking means for masking an area of the output of the switching means in which no image is present; and means for receiving an output of said masking means and adjusting the frame frequency having a difference caused by a difference between the original image and an output specifying image.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
188 words
A multisystem adaptable type signal processing apparatus having decoding means for receiving a low bit rate coded signal and decoding the same, comprising: input means for selectively receiving a plurality of low bit rate coded signals; block size changing means for changing block sizes of the low bit rate coded signals according to pixel sizes of output specifying images respectively specified for the low bit rate coded signals; inverse orthogonal transformation means for subjecting the low bit rate coded signals output from said block size changing means to the inverse orthogonal transformation corresponding to the respective block sizes thereof; prediction image creation means for creating and output a prediction image by using converted motion vector information obtained by converting the size of motion vector information input together with the low bit rate coded signals to a value corresponding to the size of the output specifying images for the respective low bit rate coded signals; and switching means for deriving an output of said inverse orthogonal transformation means or an addition of an output of said prediction image creation means and an output of said inverse orthogonal transformation means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
188 words
A multisystem adaptable type signal processing apparatus having decoding means for receiving a low bit rate coded signal and decoding the same, comprising: input means for selectively receiving a plurality of low bit rate coded signals; block size changing means for changing block sizes of the low bit rate coded signals according to pixel sizes of output specifying images respectively specified for the low bit rate coded signals; inverse orthogonal transformation means for subjecting the low bit rate coded signals output from said block size changing means to the inverse orthogonal transformation corresponding to the respective block sizes thereof; prediction image creation means for creating and output a prediction image by using converted motion vector information obtained by converting the size of motion vector information input together with the low bit rate coded signals to a value corresponding to the size of the output specifying images for the respective low bit rate coded signals; and switching means for deriving an output of said inverse orthogonal transformation means or an addition of an output of said prediction image creation means and an output of said inverse orthogonal transformation means.
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