Video frame storage recording and reproducing apparatus
First Claim
1. Apparatus for simultaneously recording on magnetic media a plurality of digital component signals, which comprise the digital component signals of an analog information signal, and for later simultaneously reproducing said component signals therefrom, said apparatus being adapted for use in a television studio which has a station reference video information signal source comprising:
- disc drive means for holding and rotatably driving a removable disc means at a constant predetermined rotational speed;
said disc drive means including carriage means carrying a plurality of transducing means for recording on and reproducing from one of two sets of recording surfaces, each set having a plurality of said surfaces, a transducing means being provided for each of said surfaces;
disc means removably mounted upon said disc drive means and having a plurality of substantially flat, circular discs having said two sets of magnetically recordable surfaces, there being a transducing means associated with each of said surfaces;
signal processing means including channel processing means for each digital component signal for applying each of said plurality of digital component signals to one of said transducing means associated with each of two sets of recording surfaces whereby each of said plurality of digital component signals is simultaneously recorded on one set of said surfaces, and for simultaneously reproducing said digital component signals from said set of separate surfaces and aligning the component signals so that they can be combined to reconstruct the information signal, said signal processing means including means for synchronizing all of said channel processing means to said information signal during recording and to said separate reference video information signal during reproducing; and
,control means for controlling the operation of said disc drive means and said signal processing means, said control means including at least one operator control panel having a plurality of control keys thereon for controlling the selective recording and reproducing by said apparatus.
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Abstract
Apparatus is disclosed for recording video information signals on magnetic media by sampling the information signal and converting the samples to a plurality of component digital data streams which are simultaneously recorded on separate surfaces of a disc pack associated with a generally standard computer disc drive and for thereafter reproducing the plurality of digital data streams and recombining the same in a manner whereby the analog video information signal is reconstructed.
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25 Claims
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1. Apparatus for simultaneously recording on magnetic media a plurality of digital component signals, which comprise the digital component signals of an analog information signal, and for later simultaneously reproducing said component signals therefrom, said apparatus being adapted for use in a television studio which has a station reference video information signal source comprising:
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disc drive means for holding and rotatably driving a removable disc means at a constant predetermined rotational speed; said disc drive means including carriage means carrying a plurality of transducing means for recording on and reproducing from one of two sets of recording surfaces, each set having a plurality of said surfaces, a transducing means being provided for each of said surfaces; disc means removably mounted upon said disc drive means and having a plurality of substantially flat, circular discs having said two sets of magnetically recordable surfaces, there being a transducing means associated with each of said surfaces; signal processing means including channel processing means for each digital component signal for applying each of said plurality of digital component signals to one of said transducing means associated with each of two sets of recording surfaces whereby each of said plurality of digital component signals is simultaneously recorded on one set of said surfaces, and for simultaneously reproducing said digital component signals from said set of separate surfaces and aligning the component signals so that they can be combined to reconstruct the information signal, said signal processing means including means for synchronizing all of said channel processing means to said information signal during recording and to said separate reference video information signal during reproducing; and
,control means for controlling the operation of said disc drive means and said signal processing means, said control means including at least one operator control panel having a plurality of control keys thereon for controlling the selective recording and reproducing by said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. Apparatus for recording and reproducing digital component siganls of a video information signal on magnetic media, comprising:
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substantially circular disc means having two sets of substantially flat disc surfaces upon which magnetic recording and reproducing can be performed, each set having a plurality of said surfaces, said disc means including one set of disc surfaces upon which said digital component signals for one field of television video information are simultaneously recorded on or subsequently simultaneously reproduced from during one revolution of said disc means and another set of surfaces upon which said digital component signals for a second field of television video information are simultaneously recorded on or subsequently simultaneously reproduced from, said first and second fields comprising a frame of television video information, said frame being recorded or reproduced when said carriage means is at a single discrete radial location; drive means for rotating one of said disc means mounted thereon at a predetermined substantially constant rotational speed; transducing means for magnetically recording and reproducing signals on and from, respectively, said surfaces, each of said surfaces having a transducing means associated therewith; carriage means for moving said transducing means radially relative to said disc surfaces, said carriage means carrying said transducing means so that movement thereof in response to a control means moves all of said transducing means relative to said disc surfaces; signal processing means connected to said transducing means for simultaneously recording on at least two surfaces of one of said sets of surfaces said digital component signals and for simultaneously reproducing said digital component signals and for combining the same to derive said information signals, said signal processing means including switching means for switching from said one set of transducing means associated with said one set of surfaces for recording or reproducing said one field to another set of transducing means associated with said other set of surfaces for recording or reproducing said second field during successive revolutions of said disc means; and
,control means for controlling the operation of said drive means, said carriage means and said signal processing means, said control means including at least one operator control panel having a plurality of numerical and function keys thereon for controlling the movement of said carriage means for moving said transducing means radially to the proper discrete location and for controlling selective recording and reproducing of a frame of video information thereon. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. Apparatus for recording and reproducing video information having sufficient content for producing a still image, comprising:
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disc drive means for receiving and rotating a removable disc means at a substantially constant rotational velocity, and having at least first and second sets of transducer means, each set having a plurality of transducer means, all of said transducer means being mounted upon a common movable carriage means; said disc means having a plurality of substantially circular flat spaced apart discs with magnetically recordable surfaces, said surfaces being located adjacent said transducer means to thereby comprise first and second sets of said surfaces, one set of disc surfaces being adapted for simultaneous recording or subsequent simultaneous reproducing of digital component signals of one field of television video information during one revolution of said disc means and the second set of surfaces being adapted for simultaneous recording or subsequent simultaneous reproducing of digital component signals for a second field of television video information during the next revolution of said disc means; means for moving said carriage means to change the position of said transducing means relative to said surfaces to different radial locations relative to the center of said disc means; signal processing means including means for converting an analog video information signal to a plurality of digital component signals and selectively applying the same to said first or second set of said transducing means for simultaneously recording each of said digital component signals on a separate surface, means for subsequently simultaneously reproducing said digital component signals and means for combining the same to reconstruct said analog video information signal, said signal processing means further including switching means for switching from one of said sets of transducing means for recording or reproducing one field to the other of said sets of transducing means for recording or reproducing a second field during a successive revolution of said disc means, when said carriage means is at a single radial location; and
,control means for controlling said disc drive means, said means for moving said carriage means and said signal processing means, said control means including at least one control panel having a plurality of control switches for controlling the selective recording or reproducing by said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. Apparatus for selectively recording and reproducing color video information signals on magnetic media, said apparatus being adapted for use in a television system of the type which has a separate reference video signal source, comprising:
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disc drive means for holding and rotatably driving a removable disc means at a substantially constant predetermined rotational speed, said disc drive means including carriage means carrying two sets of transducing means for recording on and reproducing from recording surfaces, each of said two sets of transducing means having a plurality of transducing means, there being a recording surface for each of said transducing means; disc means removably mounted upon said disc drive means and having a plurality of substantially flat circular discs, with the discs having at least two sets of said magnetic recording surfaces; signal processing means, including analog-to-digital converting means for converting an analog video information signal into a plurality of digital component signals; said signal processing means including separate channel processing means for each digital component signal for applying each of said plurality of digital component signals to one of said transducing means whereby each of said plurality of digital component signals are simultaneously recorded on one set of said surfaces and for subsequently simultaneously reproducing said digital component signals from said set of separate surfaces and for aligning the component signals so that they can be combined to reconstruct the information signal, said signal processing means further including means for synchronizing said channel processing means to said information signal during recording and to said separate reference video signal during reproducing, and means for generating a clock signal that is synchronized to said separate reference video signal; each of said channel processing means including means for independently time base correcting each of said digital component signals during reproducing to thereby align the component signals for combining the same to reconstruct the video information signal, each of said time base correcting means being controlled by said clock signal that is synchronized with said separate reference signal; said signal processing means including digital-to-analog converting means for combining said digital component signals to reconstruct the analog information signal during reproducing; said signal processing means including switching means for switching from said one set of transducing means associated with one set of surfaces for recording or reproducing one video field to said second set of transducing means associated with the other set of surfaces for recording or reproducing a second field during a successive revolution of said disc means; and
,control means for controlling said disc drive means and said signal processing means, said control means including at least one control panel having a plurality of control switches for controlling the selective recording or reproducing by said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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