Image signal recording apparatus

• US 6,173,108 B1
• Filed: 11/18/1996
• Issued: 01/09/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ohashi, Kazuhito
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HUY THANH
• Application Number:
  US08/751,257
• Time in Patent Office: 1,513 Days
• Field of Search: H04/N.982, 386/31, 386/32, 386/38, 386/1, 386/107, 386/117, 386/44, 358/906, 358/909.1
• US Class Current: 386/309
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/7973 by dividing the luminance or colour component signal samples or frequency bands among a plurality of recording channels H04N9/804, H04N9/825 take precedence

Abstract

An image signal recording apparatus for recording, on a recording medium, image signals corresponding to an image in which one picture is composed of a plurality of horizontal scanning lines is arranged to store the image signals for one picture, to simultaneously output N kinds (N: an integer at least 2) of image signals corresponding to N number of horizontal scanning lines adjacently located on the picture, and to simultaneously record, in different areas on the recording medium, the N kinds of image signals. This arrangement enables the apparatus to record an image signal of a high picture quality on the recording medium with a high degree of density.

Claims

1. An image signal recording apparatus for recording, on a recording medium, color image signals corresponding to an image in which one picture is composed of M horizontal scanning lines (M is a multiple of N N is an integer, N>

1), comprising;

a) color image signal output means for storing the color image signals for one picture and concurrently outputting N kinds of luminance component signals and N kinds of chrominance signals corresponding respectively to N number of horizontal scanning lines which are adjacent to each other on the picture;

b) frequency-band limiting means for inputting the N kinds of luminance component signals and the N kinds of chrominance signals concurrently output from said color image signal output means, for limiting and outputting the frequency bands of the inputted N kinds of luminance component signals, respectively, and for limiting and outputting the frequency-bands of the inputted N kinds of chrominance signals to frequency bands lower than the limited frequency bands of the N kinds of luminance component signals, respectively;

c) record color image signal forming means for forming and concurrently outputting N kinds of record color image signals by multiplexing the frequency-band limited N kinds of luminance component signals and N kinds of chrominance signals outputted from said frequency-band limiting means; and

d) recording means for concurrently recording the N kinds of record color image signals concurrently outputted from said record color image signal forming means onto separate areas on the recording medium.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said color image signal output means includes color image signal storing means for storing a color image signal for one picture and outputting said N kinds of luminance component signals and said N kinds of chrominance signals corresponding to the stored color image signal for one picture.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said color image signal output means includes an image sensing element for sensing an object to output said N kinds of luminance component signals and said N kinds of chrominance signal corresponding to the object.

4. A color image signal recording apparatus for recording a color image signal on a recording medium, comprising:

a) color image sensing means for sensing an object, for concurrently outputting a first luminance component signal and a first chrominance component signal corresponding to a first part of a color image of said object, and a second luminance component signal and a second chrominance component signal corresponding to a second part of the color image of said object, which is different from the first part;

b) frequency-band limiting means for limiting the frequency bands of the first luminance component signal and the second luminance component signal concurrently outputted from said color image sensing means and for outputting the limited frequency bands of the first luminance component signal and the second luminance component signal and for limiting the frequency bands of the first chrominance component signal and the second chrominance component signal concurrently output from said color image sensing means to frequency bands which are narrower than the limited frequency bands of the first luminance component signal and the second luminance component signal, respectively, and outputting the limited frequency bands of the first chrominance component signal and the second chrominance component signal;

c) record color image signal forming means for forming a first record color image signal by multiplexing the frequency-band limited first luminance component signal and the frequency-band limited first chrominance component signal output from said frequency-band limited means, for forming a second record color image signal by multiplexing the frequency-band limited signal luminance component signal and the frequency-band limited second chrominance component signal, and for concurrently outputting said first record color image signal and said second record color image signal; and

d) record means for recording the first record color image signal and the second record color image signal concurrently outputted from said record color image signal forming means on separate areas on the recording medium.

5. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said recording medium includes a magnetic recording medium, and said recording means includes a first magnetic head for recording said first record color image signal and a second magnetic head for recording said second record color image signal.

6. An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said magnetic recording medium includes a magnetic disk, and said first magnetic head and said second magnetic head are arranged in a line on a radius of said magnetic disk.

7. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said color image sensing means includes a first image sensing element and a second image sensing element having different picture element arrangements relative to the object and these elements are so arranged that said first image sensing element outputs the first luminance component signal and the first chrominance component signal corresponding to said first part of the color image of said object, and said second image sensing element outputs the second luminance component signal and the second chrominance component signal corresponding to said second part of the color image of said object, which is different from the first part.

8. A color image signal recording apparatus for recording, on a recording medium, color image signals corresponding to an image in which one picture is composed of M blocks (M is a multiple of N and N is an integer, N>

1), comprising;

a) color image signal output means for storing the color image signals for one picture and concurrently outputting N kinds of luminance component signals and N kinds of chrominance signals corresponding respectively to N number blocks which are adjacent to each other on the picture;

b) frequency-band limiting means for inputting the N kinds of luminance component signals and the N kinds of chrominance signals concurrently output from said color image signal output means, for limiting and outputting the frequency bands of the inputted N kinds of luminance component signals, respectively, and for limiting and outputting the frequency-bands of the inputted N kinds of chrominance signals to frequency bands lower than the limited frequency bands of the N kinds of luminance component signals, respectively;

c) record color image signal forming means for forming and concurrently outputting N kinds of record color image signals by multiplexing the frequency-band limited N kinds of luminance component signals and N kinds of chrominance signals outputted from said frequency-band limiting means; and

d) recording means for concurrently recording the N kinds of record color image signals concurrently outputted from said record color image signal forming means onto separate areas on the recording medium.

9. An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said color image signal output means includes color image signal storing means for storing a color image signal for one picture and outputting said N kinds of luminance signals corresponding to the stored color image signal for one picture.

10. An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said record medium includes a magnetic recording medium, and said recording means includes N number of magnetic heads for recording said N kinds of record color image signal.

11. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said magnetic recording medium includes a magnetic disk, and said N number of magnetic heads are arranged in a line on a radius of said magnetic disk.

12. An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said color image signal output means includes an image sensing element for sensing an object to output said N kinds of luminance component signals and said N kinds of chrominance signals corresponding to the object.