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Apparatus for reproducing continuous frames or fields of a video signal
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1994-10-17
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Granted: 1998-07-21
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Expires: 2014-10-17
Abstract
Abstract M/N-fold high-speed reproduction is achieved by displaying continued N frames at intervals of M frames. The order of the reproduced frames becomes 0, 1, 2, . . . , N-1, M, M+1, M+2, . . . , M+N-1, 2M, 2M+1, 2M+2, . . . , 2M+N-1, 3M, 3M+1, 3M+2, 3M+N-1, . . . . Thereby, good continuity of picture images between frames, when high-speed reproduction is performed in a video signal reproducing apparatus, can be provided.
Inventors
- 👤 Eiji Ogura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 11:35
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/005; H04N5/91; H04N5/92; H04N5/926; H04N5/78; H04N5/782; H04N5/783; H04N5/93; H04N5/937
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
100 words
A video signal reproducing apparatus comprising: read means for reading a video signal from a storage medium; and means operable in a first mode for outputting to display means N continuous frames of the read video signal at intervals of M frames and operable in a second mode for outputting to said display means N continuous fields of the read video signal at intervals of M fields, where M and N are integers satisfying M>N>2, and wherein the N continuous frames and the N continuous fields represent N different frames and N different fields of the read video signal, respectively.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
100 words
A video signal reproducing apparatus comprising: read means for reading a video signal from a storage medium; and means operable in a first mode for outputting to display means N continuous frames of the read video signal at intervals of M frames and operable in a second mode for outputting to said display means N continuous fields of the read video signal at intervals of M fields, where M and N are integers satisfying M>N>2, and wherein the N continuous frames and the N continuous fields represent N different frames and N different fields of the read video signal, respectively.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
172 words
A video signal reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising moving means for moving said read means in either forward or rearward directions; wherein the apparatus is operable in a high-speed reverse reproduction mode such that said moving means is operable in a first mode to displace said read means M frames in the rearward direction and said moving means is operable in a second mode to displace said read means M fields in the rearward direction, said read means after being displaced in the rearward direction is operable in a first mode to read N continuous frames of the video signal in the forward direction and said read means after being displaced in the rearward direction is operable in a second mode to read N continuous fields of the video signal in the forward direction, and said means for outputting outputs N continuous frames and N continuous fields of the read video signal in the forward direction to said display means in said first mode and said second mode, respectively.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
104 words
A video signal reproducing apparatus comprising: means for reading a video signal from a storage medium; and means operable in a first mode for outputting to display means L of N continuous frames of the read video signal at intervals of M frames and operable in a second mode for outputting to said display means L of N continuous fields of the read video signal at intervals of M fields where L, M, and N are integers satisfying M>N>L>1, and wherein the N continuous frames and the N continuous fields represent N different frames and N different fields of the read video signal, respectively.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
104 words
A video signal reproducing apparatus comprising: means for reading a video signal from a storage medium; and means operable in a first mode for outputting to display means L of N continuous frames of the read video signal at intervals of M frames and operable in a second mode for outputting to said display means L of N continuous fields of the read video signal at intervals of M fields where L, M, and N are integers satisfying M>N>L>1, and wherein the N continuous frames and the N continuous fields represent N different frames and N different fields of the read video signal, respectively.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
201 words
A video signal reproducing apparatus comprising: read means for reading a video signal from a disk-shaped storage medium; drive means for sliding said read means in the radial direction of said disk-shaped storage medium; a motor for rotating said disk-shaped storage medium; a control circuit detecting the rotational state of said disk-shaped storage medium and the position of said read means relative to said disk-shaped storage medium for controlling the apparatus to be in a predetermined state; a waveform shaping circuit for shaping the waveform of a reproduced video signal from said read means to generate a shaped video signal; a frame memory for storing said shaped video signal; means operable in a first mode for outputting to display means N continuous frames of said shaped video signal stored in said frame memory at intervals of M frames and operable in a second mode for outputting to said display means N continuous fields of said shaped video signal stored in said frame memory at intervals of M fields, where M and N are integers satisfying M>N>2, and wherein the N continuous frames and the N continuous fields represent N different frames and N different fields of said shaped video signal, respectively.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
201 words
A video signal reproducing apparatus comprising: read means for reading a video signal from a disk-shaped storage medium; drive means for sliding said read means in the radial direction of said disk-shaped storage medium; a motor for rotating said disk-shaped storage medium; a control circuit detecting the rotational state of said disk-shaped storage medium and the position of said read means relative to said disk-shaped storage medium for controlling the apparatus to be in a predetermined state; a waveform shaping circuit for shaping the waveform of a reproduced video signal from said read means to generate a shaped video signal; a frame memory for storing said shaped video signal; means operable in a first mode for outputting to display means N continuous frames of said shaped video signal stored in said frame memory at intervals of M frames and operable in a second mode for outputting to said display means N continuous fields of said shaped video signal stored in said frame memory at intervals of M fields, where M and N are integers satisfying M>N>2, and wherein the N continuous frames and the N continuous fields represent N different frames and N different fields of said shaped video signal, respectively.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
173 words
A video signal reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising moving means for moving said read means in either forward or rearward directions; wherein the apparatus is operable in a high-speed reverse reproduction mode such that said moving means is operable in a first mode to displace said read means M frames in the rearward direction and said moving means is operable in a second mode to displace said read means M fields in the rearward direction, and said read means after being displaced in the rearward direction is operable in a first mode to read N continuous frames of the video signal in the forward direction and said read means after being displaced in the rearward direction is operable in a second mode to read N continuous fields of the video signal in the forward direction, and said means for outputting outputs N continuous frames and N continuous fields of said shaped video signal in the forward direction to said display means in said first mode and said second mode, respectively.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A video signal reproducing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said video signal is recorded in said disk-shaped storage medium on the MPEG system.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A video signal reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said disk type storage means is an optical disk.
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