US 6,785,462 B1 · Recording and reproducing apparatus

Abstract

The object of the present invention is to convert a signal from an arbitrary equipment into a signal at a data rate for used in a device. A semiconductor memory (7) is controlled by a control signal from a memory control section (8), thereby repeatedly reproducing recorded still image signals each corresponding to one frame. If a reproduction signal has a data rate of 4:4:4, the reproduction signal is supplied to a rate conversion circuit (9) for converting the data rate into 4:2:2 or 4:1:1. A digital video signal thus converted is supplied to a VTR section (6) through a change-over switch (5). One of the digital video signal from the rate conversion circuit (9) and the reproduction digital video signal from the VTR section (6) is selected by a switch (10). The selected digital video signal is supplied to a D/A conversion circuit (11) and fetched a digital output terminal (12). An analog video signal converted by the D/A conversion circuit (11) is supplied to a display section (13) consisting of a liquid crystal display unit or the like and built in the device and fetched at an analog output terminal (14).

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Dependent claims

A recording apparatus for recording a video signal, comprising:

recording means for recording a video signal at a first data rate on a recording medium;
input means for inputting a video signal at a second data rate;
and
converting means for converting the video signal at the, second data rate into a video signal at the first data rate, wherein the converting means converts the video signal at the second data rate into the video signal at the first data rate and the converted video signal is recorded on the recording medium;
wherein the first data rate is a data rate used for transmission of a dynamic image, and the second data rate is a data rate used for transmission of a static image.

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A recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing a video signal, comprising:

first recording and reproducing means for recording and reproducing a video signal at a first data rate on and from a first recording medium;
second recording and reproducing means for recording and reproducing a video signal at a second data rate on and from a second recording medium;
and
converting means for converting the video signal at the second data rate into a video signal at the first data rate, wherein the video signal at the second data rate reproduced from the second recording medium by second recording and reproducing means is converted into a video signal at the first data rate, and the converted video signal is recorded on the first recording medium by the first recording and reproducing means;
wherein the first data rate is a data rate used for transmission of a dynamic image, and the second data rate is a data rate used for transmission of a static image.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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