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Recording and playback system for variable speed playback wherein more a.c. coefficients are allotted to the macroblocks in the central part of an image frame
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1995-11-14
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Granted: 1997-11-25
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Expires: 2015-11-14
Abstract
Abstract A digital VTR which is able to record a band-compressed signal having a bit-rate of 17 to 60 Mbps of a program while creating a low-bit-rate signal (1.5 to 5 Mbps) having the same program content as well as utilizing the low-bit-rate signal as a signal for the special playback. Variable speed playback data for a certain speed, which is recorded in the limited recording areas for variable-speed playback mode, is adapted to be used for playback at another speed in the variable-speed playback mode. The data structure of variable-speed playback data is adapted to change depending on the image areas on the image frame. Either of these embodiments or the combination of them, improves the quality of a reproduced picture during variable-speed playback mode in which a less amount of data is available than that of data read out at the time of a normal playback mode.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroaki Nogami
- 👤 Hironobu Katayama
- 👤 Koichi Kawaguchi
- 👤 Kenichi Shiraishi
- 👤 Kazuya Aoki
- 👤 Saori Akimoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 23:11
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B20/00; G11B20/10; H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/79; H04N9/80; H04N9/804; H04N9/8042; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/78; H04N5/782; H04N5/7824; H04N5/7826; H04N5/78263; H04N5/78266; H04N5/783; H04N9/82; H04N9/8205; H04N9/8227
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
A digital recording and reproducing apparatus which records a desired video signal onto a recording medium by compressing the band range of the desired video signal using a high-efficiency coding technique, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus comprising: means for recording part of video data for variable-speed playback onto different recording tracks from those on which video data for normal playback is recorded; and means for forming the video data for variable-speed playback to be recorded by extracting part of the video data for variable-speed playback from the desired video signal in such a manner that more a.c. components are allotted to a central part of an image frame than a peripheral part of the image frame such that the quality of a picture reproduced during a variable-speed playback mode is improved from the peripheral part of the image frame of the reproduced picture toward the central part thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
149 words
A digital recording and reproducing apparatus which records a desired video signal onto a recording medium by compressing the band range of the desired video signal using a high-efficiency coding technique, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus comprising: means for recording part of video data for variable-speed playback onto different recording tracks from those on which video data for normal playback is recorded; and means for forming the video data for variable-speed playback to be recorded by extracting part of the video data for variable-speed playback from the desired video signal in such a manner that more a.c. components are allotted to a central part of an image frame than a peripheral part of the image frame such that the quality of a picture reproduced during a variable-speed playback mode is improved from the peripheral part of the image frame of the reproduced picture toward the central part thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
105 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for allotting, in a case where a discrete cosine transform is used to compress the band range of the desired video signal, only a d.c. component or part of the d.c. component to data for the peripheral part of the image frame of a reproduced picture during the variable-speed playback mode and for allotting the a.c. components to data for the central part of the image frame of the reproduced picture, in such a manner that an amount of the a.c. components is increased toward the central part of the image frame.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
63 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for extracting, in a case where the variable speed playback mode is effected at multiple steps of speed, part of the video data and for increasing an amount of the extracted part as a speed of variable-speed playback decreases, to form the video data for variable-speed playback to be recorded.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for forming, in a case where the variable-speed playback mode is effected at multiple steps of speed, the video data for variable-speed playback to be recorded, such that part of the video data recorded on the recording medium can be shared between different playback speed modes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
81 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, the amount of a.c. components of data on the peripheral part of the image frame of the reproduced picture is reduced if the reproduced picture changes fast and the amount of the a.c. components is increased as change of the reproduced picture becomes slow, the a.c. components being high-frequency components.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
77 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, least significant bits of data on the peripheral part of the image frame of the reproduced picture are abandoned if the reproduced picture changes fast and the least significant bits are added one by one to increase gradations as change of the reproduced picture becomes slow.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
150 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to any of claims 1 and 3, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video signal including a luminance signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for allotting only a d.c. component or part of the d.c. component to data for the peripheral part of the image frame of the reproduced picture during the variable-speed playback mode from the three color signals and for allotting the a.c. components to data for the central part of the image frame of the reproduced picture from the three color signals, in such a manner that the amount of the a.c. components is increased toward the central part of the image frame.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
59 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising means for forming, in a case where the variable-speed playback mode is effected at multiple steps of speed, the video data for variable-speed playback to be recorded, such that part of the video data recorded on the recording medium can be shared between different playback speed modes.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
59 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising means for forming, in a case where the variable-speed playback mode is effected at multiple steps of speed, the video data for variable-speed playback to be recorded, such that part of the video data recorded on the recording medium can be shared between different playback speed modes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
81 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, the amount of a.c. components of data on the peripheral part of the image frame of the reproduced picture is reduced if the reproduced picture changes fast and the amount of the a.c. components is increased as change of the reproduced picture becomes slow, the a.c. components being high-frequency components.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
77 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, least significant bits of data on the peripheral part of the image frame of the reproduced picture are abandoned if the reproduced picture changes fast and the least significant bits are added one by one to increase gradations as change of the reproduced picture becomes slow.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
77 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, least significant bits of data on the peripheral part of the image frame of the reproduced picture are abandoned if the reproduced picture changes fast and the least significant bits are added one by one to increase gradations as change of the reproduced picture becomes slow.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
107 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to any of claims 1 and 2, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video signal including a luminance signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for extracting part of the video data from the three color signals and for increasing an amount of the extracted part as a speed of variable-speed playback decreases, to form the video data for variable-speed playback to be recorded.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
105 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to any of claims 1, 2 and 3, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video signal including a luminance signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for forming the video data for variable-speed playback to be recorded from the three color signals, such that part of the video data recorded on the recording medium can be shared between different playback speed modes.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
124 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to any of claims 1 and 3, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video signal including a luminance signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for reducing the amount of a.c. components of data from the three color signals on the peripheral part of the image frame of the reproduced picture if the reproduced picture changes fast and for increasing the amount of the a.c. components as change of the reproduced picture becomes slow, the a.c. components being high frequency components.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
115 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to any of claims 1, 2 and 3, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video signal including a luminance signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for abandoning least significant bits of data on the peripheral part of the image frame of the reproduced picture if the reproduced picture changes fast and for adding the least significant bits one by one to increase gradations as change of the reproduced picture becomes slow.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
162 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein in a case where a first image for variable-speed playback consisting of one frame is displayed for a duration of some or several frames and a second image for variable-speed playback of a next frame is displayed, successively and repeatedly, in order to display the two frames that are made from each field of one frame, repeatedly in a specified displaying duration, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus forms two frames from one frame selected depending on a position of the image and a moving amount of images, from a first scheme of which two fields are converted into two frames by converting field data by every DCT block of an image or by every macro block consisting of a plurality of DCT blocks, into frame data; and a second scheme of which one frame is converted into two frames by merely repeating the frame by itself.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
148 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 4 or 9, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video signal including a luminance signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for allotting only a d.c. component or part of the d.c. component to data for the peripheral part of the image frame of the reproduced picture during the variable-speed playback mode from the three color signals and for allotting the a.c. components to data for the central part of the image frame of the reproduced picture from the three color signals, in such a manner that the amount of the a.c. components is increased toward the central part of the image frame.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
158 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein in a case where a first image for variable-speed playback consisting of one frame is displayed for a duration of some or several frames and a second image for variable-speed playback of a next frame is displayed, successively and repeatedly, in order to display the two frames that are made from each field of one frame, repeatedly in a specified displaying duration, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus forms two frames from one frame selected depending on a position of the image and a moving amount of images, from a first scheme of which two fields are converted into two frames by converting field data by every DCT block of an image or by every macro block consisting of a plurality of DCT blocks, into frame data; and a second scheme of which one frame is converted into two frames by merely repeating the frame by itself.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
105 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 4 or 8, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video signal including a luminance signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for extracting part of the video data from the three color signals and for increasing the amount of the extracted part as the speed of variable-speed playback decreases, to form the video data for variable-speed playback to be recorded.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
121 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 4 or 9, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video signal including a luminance signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for reducing the amount of a.c. components of data from the three color signals on the peripheral part of the image frame of the reproduced picture if the reproduced picture changes fast and for increasing the amount of the a.c. components as change of the reproduced picture becomes slow, the a.c. components being high-frequency components.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
125 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, 8 or 9, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video data including a luminance signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for abandoning least significant bits of data from the three color signals on the peripheral part of the image frame of the reproduced picture if the reproduced picture changes fast and for adding the least significant bits of data from the three color signals one by one to increase gradations as change of the reproduced picture becomes slow.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
103 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video signal including a luminance signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for extracting part of the video data from the three color signals and for increasing an amount of the extracted part as the speed of variable-speed playback decreases, to form the video data for variable-speed playback to be recorded.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
158 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein in a case where a first image for variable-speed playback consisting of one frame is displayed for a duration of some or several frames and a second image for variable-speed playback of a next frame is displayed, successively and repeatedly, in order to display the two frames that are made from each field of one frame, repeatedly in a specified displaying duration, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus forms two frames from one frame selected depending on a position of the image and the moving amount of images, from a first scheme of which two fields are converted into two frames by converting field data by every DCT block of an image or by every macro block consisting of a plurality of DCT blocks, into frame data; and a second scheme of which one frame is converted into two frames by merely repeating the frame by itself.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
102 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 5 or 10, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video signal including a luminance signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for forming the video data from the three color signals for variable-speed playback to be recorded, such that part of the video data recorded on the recording medium can be shared between different playback speed modes.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
123 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 5 or 10, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video signal including a luminance signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for abandoning least significant bits of data of the three color signals on the outermost part of the frame of a reproduced picture if the reproduced picture changes fast and for adding the least significant bits of data of the three color signals one by one to increase gradations as change of the reproduced picture becomes slow.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
138 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 6 or 12, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video signal including a luminance signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for allotting only a d.c. component or part of the d.c. component to data for the peripheral part of the image frame of the reproduced picture during the variable-speed playback mode and for allotting the a.c. components to data for the central part of the image frame of the reproduced picture, in such a manner that the amount of the a.c. components is increased toward the central part of the image frame.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
158 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 27, wherein in a case where a first image for variable-speed playback consisting of one frame is displayed for a duration of some or several frames and a second image for variable-speed playback of a next frame is displayed, successively and repeatedly, in order to display the two frames that are made from each field of one frame, repeatedly in a specified displaying duration, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus forms two frames from one frame selected depending on a position of the image and a moving amount of images, from a first scheme of which two fields are converted into two frames by converting field data by every DCT block of an image or by every macro block consisting of a plurality of DCT blocks, into frame data; and a second scheme of which one frame is converted into two frames by merely repeating the frame by itself.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
105 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 6 or 11, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video signal including a luminance signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for extracting part of the video data of the three color signals and for increasing an amount of the extracted part as the speed of variable-speed playback decreases, to form the video data for variable-speed playback to be recorded.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
103 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, 11 or 12, wherein when part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video signal including a luminance signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for forming the video data from the three color signals for variable-speed playback to be recorded, such that part of the video data recorded on the recording medium can be shared between different playback speed modes.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
120 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 6 or 12, wherein part of the video signal whose necessary band range has been compressed is recorded as data for variable-speed playback, different conditions are separately set up for three color signals of the video signal including a luminace signal and two kinds of chrominance signals, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus further comprising: means for reducing the amount of a.c. components of data from the three color signals on the outermost part of the image frame of the reproduced picture if the reproduced picture changes fast and for increasing the amount of the a.c. components as change of the reproduced picture becomes slow, the a.c. components being high-frequency components.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
158 words
The digital recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein in a case where a first image for variable-speed playback consisting of one frame is displayed for a duration of some or several frames and a second image for variable-speed playback of a next frame is displayed, successively and repeatedly, in order to display the two frames that are made from each field of one frame, repeatedly in a specified displaying duration, the digital recording and reproducing apparatus forms two frames from one frame selected depending on a position of the image and a moving amount of images, from a first scheme of which two fields are converted into two frames by converting field data by every DCT block of an image or by every macro block consisting of a plurality of DCT blocks, into frame data; and a second scheme of which one frame is converted into two frames by merely repeating the frame by itself.
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