US5677981A
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Video signal recording apparatus which receives a digital progressive scan TV signal and switches the progressive signal frame by frame alternately
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1995-06-14
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Granted: 1997-10-14
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Expires: 2015-06-14
Abstract
Abstract A video signal recording apparatus including a switching device for receiving a digital progressive scan TV signal having a frame cycle which is 1/2 of the frame cycle of an interlaced scan TV signal and switching the progressive scan TV signal frame by frame alternately; a coding device for performing high-rate coding of data corresponding to one frame of the progressive scan TV signal to the same code amount as obtained by high-rate coding of data corresponding to one frame including two successive fields of an interlaced scan standard-definition TV signal; and a recording device for recording the data processed with the high-rate coding in the same number of tracks as the data corresponding to one frame of the interlaced scan standard-definition TV signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Shiro Kato
- 👤 Masakazu Nishino
- 👤 Tatsuro Juri
- 👤 Yuji Fujiwara
- 👤 Seiichi Takeuchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 16:41
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B20/00; H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/78; H04N5/782; H04N9/00; H04N9/79; H04N9/7921; H04N9/7925; H04N9/797; H04N9/7973; H04N9/80; H04N9/804; H04N9/8042; H04N5/7824; H04N5/7826; H04N5/78263; H04N5/78266; H04N5/91; H04N9/87; H04N9/877
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A video signal recording apparatus, comprising: switching means for receiving a digital progressive scan TV signal (having a frame cycle which is 1/2 of the frame cycle of an interlaced scan TV signal) and switching the progressive scan TV signal frame by frame alternately; coding means for performing high-rate coding of data corresponding to one frame of the progressive scan TV signal to the same code amount as obtained by high-rate coding of data corresponding to one frame including two successive fields of an interlaced scan standard-definition TV signal; and recording means for recording the data processed with the high-rate coding in the same number of tracks as the data corresponding to one frame of the interlaced scan standard-definition TV signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
A video signal recording apparatus, comprising: switching means for receiving a digital progressive scan TV signal (having a frame cycle which is 1/2 of the frame cycle of an interlaced scan TV signal) and switching the progressive scan TV signal frame by frame alternately; coding means for performing high-rate coding of data corresponding to one frame of the progressive scan TV signal to the same code amount as obtained by high-rate coding of data corresponding to one frame including two successive fields of an interlaced scan standard-definition TV signal; and recording means for recording the data processed with the high-rate coding in the same number of tracks as the data corresponding to one frame of the interlaced scan standard-definition TV signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A video signal recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording means include two interlaced scan TV signal recording devices.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A video signal recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the switching means alternately transmits frames of the progressive scan TV signal to each one of the two interlaced scan TV signal recording devices.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
56 words
A video signal recording apparatus according to claim 3, wherein: each interlaced scan television signal recording device includes dividing means for dividing the data corresponding to one frame of the progressive scan TV signal into a plurality of coding units, and the coding means performs a high-rate coding of each of the plurality of coding units.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
A video signal recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the coding means are included in each of the two interlaced scan TV signal recording devices, and the coding means uses intra-frame coding to perform the high-rate coding.
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