Patent ID: 6459849
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
A video signal reproducing apparatus, comprising:a reproducing head for reproducing signals from a recording medium on which first and second video signals can be recorded and a discriminating signal is recorded, the first video signal, corresponding to one image composed of a plurality of separated images, recorded on said recording medium in one vertical scanning period thereof, the second video signal corresponding to a single image in one vertical scanning period thereof, the vertical scanning period being defined as a period between adjacent vertical synchronizing signals, the discriminating signal indicating whether the first video signal or the second video signal is recorded; and an image processing circuit responsive to the discriminating signal reproduced by said reproducing head, said image processing circuit including a memory capable of storing the vertical scanning period of a video signal reproduced by said reproducing head, said image processing circuit outputting a processed video signal which time-sequentially includes the plurality of separated images in a plurality of vertical scanning periods, respectively, when the first video signal is recorded, and said image processing circuit outputting the second video signal when the second video signal is recorded.