Information recording/reproducing apparatus for reproducing a portion of a picture signal during a fast feeding/rewinding operation

• US 5,225,946 A
• Filed: 02/12/1990
• Issued: 07/06/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Electronics (USA) Incorporated (Pioneer Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Electronics (USA) Incorporated (Pioneer Corporation)
• Inventors: Uchiumi, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Sniezek, Andrew L.
• Application Number:
  US07/478,389
• Time in Patent Office: 1,240 Days
• Field of Search: 360/10.3, 360/14.1, 360/14.2, 360/72.1, 360/72.2, 360/33.1, 360/35.1, 358/310, 358/311, 358/312, 358/335
• US Class Current: 360/72.1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 15/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 15/1875 adaptations for special effects or editing signal processing or indexing therefor G11B27/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/90 Tape-like record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/91 Helical scan format, wherein tracks are slightly tilted with respect to tape direction, e.g. VHS, DAT, DVC, AIT or exabyte
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/107 of operating tapes
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/324 Duty cycle modulation of control pulses, e.g. VHS-CTL-coding systems, RAPID-time code, VASS- or VISS-cue signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/326 used signal is a video-frame or a video-field (P.I.P.)
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/783 Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9205 the additional signal being at least another television signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9261 involving data reduction

Abstract

A rotary video head type information recording/reproducing apparatus in which a video tape runs while being in contact with a stationary head at the time of fast-feeding/rewinding of the video tape. In recording/reproducing operation of the information recording/reproducing apparatus, a one-scene picture is extracted at intervals of a predetermined period from a picture signal and the extracted picture is recorded on the video tape by the stationary head in synchronism with the picture signal. When it is desired to perform a picture search, a still picture which changes at intervals of the predetermined period can be reproduced on a picture screen of a display only by performing the fast-feeding/rewinding operation. Accordingly, an operator can perform search for a desired picture at a high speed by referring to the timing of change of the still picture actually displayed on the picture screen.

Claims

1. A rotary video head type information recording/reproducing apparatus, for recording and reproducing a picture signal, in which a video tape runs while being in contact with a stationary head at a high speed so as to allow video searching of a portion of said picture signal during a fast-feeding/rewinding operation of said video tape relative to the speed of the tape while in contact with a recording/reproducing head during a recording/reproducing operation, said apparatus comprising:

a read/write memory for periodically storing at least one portion of said picture signal;

a recording control circuit for periodically recording said at least one portion of said picture signal on said video tape through said stationary head during said recording/reproducing operation; and

a reproducing control circuit for reproducing said periodic recorded at least one portion from said video tape through said stationary head and for outputting said at least one portion during video searching as said recording/reproducing apparatus is performing a fast-feeding/rewinding operation, wherein during the fast-feeding/rewinding operation said recording/reproducing head is not in contact with said video tape.

2. An information recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, in which said at least one portion reproduced through said stationary head is output by said reproducing control circuit in the form of a reduced-scale picture signal relative to the scale of the picture signal output during a recording/reproducing operation.

3. An information recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, in which said at least one portion output from said reproducing control circuit is representative of said picture signal appearing on a portion of said video tape that would be in contact with a recording/reproducing head of the apparatus during a recording/reproducing operation.

4. An information recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, in which said recording control circuit writes in said memory directly at least a portion of a picture signal immediately before the operation of said information recording/reproducing apparatus changes from a recording into a recording pause or stop operation, and writes in said memory at least a portion of a picture signal immediately before the operation of said information recording/reproducing apparatus changes from a reproducing operation to a stop operation.

5. An information recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, in which said reproducing control circuit outputs said recording picture signal or reproducing picture signal immediately before the operation of said information recording/reproducing apparatus changes, when said information recording/reproducing apparatus is in the state of recording pause or stop.

6. An information recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, in which said recording control circuit writes in said memory directly at least a portion of a picture signal immediately before the operation of said information recording/reproducing apparatus changes from a recording into a recording pause or stop operation, and writes in said memory at least a portion of a picture signal immediately before the operation of said information recording/reproducing apparatus changes from a reproducing operation to a stop operation.

7. An information recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, in which said reproducing control circuit outputs said recording picture signal or reproducing picture signal immediately before the operation of said information recording/reproducing apparatus changes, when said information information recording/reproducing apparatus is in the state of recording pause or stop.

8. An information recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, in which said recording control circuit writes in said memory directly at least a portion of a picture signal immediately before the operation of said information recording/reproducing apparatus changes from a recording operation into a recording pause or stop operation, and writes in said memory at least a portion of a picture signal immediately before the operation of said information recording/reproducing apparatus changes from a reproducing operation to a stop operation.

9. An information recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 8, in which said reproducing control circuit outputs said recording picture signal or reproducing picture signal immediately before the operation of said information recording/reproducing apparatus changes, when said information recording/reproducing apparatus is in the state of recording pause or stop.