Digital VCR with trick play mode
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorTomoki Saeki
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Abstract
An apparatus is adapted to perform a method for recording and reproducing a digital signal in a track on a recording medium for reproduction at normal and trick play speeds. The method comprises the steps of processing the digital signal to form first and second record signals. The first record signal is recorded in a first part of the track. The second record signal is recorded in a second part of the track smaller than and separate from the first part of the track. The first and second record signals are reproduced from the first and second parts of the track.
Claims12
An apparatus adapted to perform a method for recording and reproducing a digital signal in a track on a recording medium for reproduction at normal and trick play speeds, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) processing said digital signal to form first and second record signals;
- b) recording said first record signal in a first part of said track,
- c) recording said second record signal in a second part of said track smaller than and separate from said first part of said track, said second record signal corresponding to an image decoded from at least one frame in each group of pictures (GOP) contained in said digital signal;
- and,
- d) reproducing said first and second record signals from said first and second parts of said track.
An apparatus adapted to perform a method for recording and reproducing an MPEG encoded signal in track on a recording medium for reproduction at normal and trick play speeds, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) processing said MPEG encoded signal to form first and second record signals;
- b) multiplexing said first and second record signals to form a signal for recording in a first part of said track;
- and,
- c) recording at least one of a speed specific trick play signal and an ATV signal in a second part of said track separate from said first part of said track, wherein said second record signal includes an image corresponding to at least one image frame decoded from each group of pictures (GOP) contained in said MPEG encoded signal.
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