Dropout compensation and chrominance subcarrier frequency conversion circuit in a video signal reproducing apparatus

A dropout compensation and chrominance subcarrier frequency conversion circuit in a video signal reproducing apparatus, said reproducing apparatus reproducing a pre-recorded composite color video signal from a recording medium, said pre-recorded composite color video signal comprising a luminance signal which is band-limited in the high frequency part thereof to occupy a predetermined frequency band and a carrier chrominance signal which is frequency-converted into a low frequency band to be band-share-multiplexed with the high frequency part of the band-limited luminance signal, said dropout compensation and chrominance subcarrier frequency conversion circuit comprising:

• amplitude modulator means for amplitude-modulating a carrier by a composite color video signal which is reproduced from said recording medium;
• delay circuit means for delaying an amplitude-modulating signal from said amplitude modulator means by a predetermined delay time, said delay circuit means having a frequency band which only passes a signal in a predetermined frequency band between a frequency band part of a carrier chrominance signal which exists in the high frequency part of an upper side band of said amplitude-modulated signal and a frequency band part of a carrier chrominance signal which exists in the low frequency part of a lower side band of said amplitude-modulated signal;
• demodulating circuit means for demodulating an output amplitude-modulated signal of said delay circuit;
• detecting circuit means for detecting a dropout in the reproduced composite color video signal;
• switching circuit means switched over in response to an output of said detecting circuit, said switching circuit being switched to supply the reproduced composite color video signal to said amplitude modulator means in the absence of a detected dropout in said detecting circuit, and to supply an output signal of said demodulating circuit means to said amplitude modulator means in the presence of a detected dropout in said detecting circuit;
• eliminating means for eliminating from an output signal of said switching circuit means the carrier chrominance signal which exists in the high frequency part of the band-limited luminance signal;
• carrier chrominance signal processing means for subjecting the reproduced composite color video signal to a predetermined signal processing, said predetermined signal processing including a frequency conversion of the carrier chrominance signal back to an original frequency band thereof before it was frequency-converted into the low frequency band for recording;
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• adding means for adding an output luminance signal of said eliminating means and an output carrier chrominance signal of said carrier chrominance signal processing means, and for producing a color video signal;
• said chrominance signal processing means including a single oscillator which produces a predetermined signal having a frequency equal to an original chrominance subcarrier frequency of the carrier chrominance signal before it was frequency-converted into the low frequency band for recording,
• said predetermined signal produced from said oscillator being used for the frequency conversion in said carrier chrominance signal processing means, and being supplied to said amplitude modulator as said carrier.