Drop-out compensation system for high-definition video signal
CA 2006503 C · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Tachibana, Kaoru; Morita, Ken; Takahashi, Hiroo
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A recording/reproduction system performs high precision drop-out processing and compensation in the reproduction mode from a disk-shaped recording medium by using a recording format in which a video signal is divided alternately in units of one horizontal scan line into two channels, and the timing of the recorded video signal on one channel is displaced relative to that of the other channel, so as to record the divided signals on a pair of parallel spiral tracks forming the two channels on the disk. A mean value interpolation circuit is provided in each channel for drop-out compensation and a, portion of a reproduced signal of one channel is compensated by a compensation signal produced by …
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- Filed December 22, 1989 and granted July 20, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 22, 2009.
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