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Patent US6445871 - Image outputting apparatus - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsAn image outputting apparatus is provided with a reproduction circuit for reproducing moving images from a recording medium by operating a recording-medium transport circuit, a recording circuit for recording on a recording substance an image for one picture included in the moving images by operating...http://www.google.com/patents/US6445871?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6445871 - Image outputting apparatusAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS6445871 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/760,606Publication dateSep 3, 2002Filing dateDec 4, 1996Priority dateMay 12, 1993Fee statusLapsedPublication number08760606, 760606, US 6445871 B1, US 6445871B1, US-B1-6445871, US6445871 B1, US6445871B1InventorsKoji Takahashi, Kiyohisa Sugishima, Hiroyuki Kasuga, Yoshihiro Takada, Toshihiko Nishikori, Eiichi Motoyama, Hiroaki FuruyamaOriginal AssigneeCanon Kabushiki KaishaExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (9), Referenced by (2), Classifications (21), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetImage outputting apparatus
FIG. 2 shows in a block diagram the details of the arrangement of the image outputting apparatus which is arranged as the first embodiment of this invention. As shown, in the image outputting apparatus, a video tape 22 is controlled to be transported at a normal travel speed (�1) from the beginning by a tape driving part 11. An image signal reproduced by the magnetic head 12 is processed in a predetermined manner at a reproduction process circuit 13. A control part 15 then controls a field memory 14 to store the processed image signal therein at a point of time �0� which is shown by a dashed line in FIG. 4.
As for the picture No. 0 which is a larger picture is printed in the following manner. An upper half part of the picture No. 0 is first printed by a first scan in the direction of x axis. The printing paper is then fed in the direction of y axis by an amount yo. The lower half part of the picture No. 0 is printed by a second scan in the x axis direction to complete the printing. For the purpose of visually grasping in outline the contents of records provided on the tape 22, an index print is prepared, for example, in a manner as described below. Procedures for preparation of the above-stated index print are described here on the assumption that a video tape to be used is arranged to permit recording video images for a period of 120 minutes. An image in the leader part of the tape 22 is first printed in an area No. 0 as a title picture. The title of the tape cassette is printed, if necessary, within a margin available on the right hand side of the title picture. Next, the tape 22 is transported as much as a predetermined amount and, a picture is printed as a picture No. 1. After that, one picture is printed every time the tape 22 is transported by the same predetermined amount. Assuming that the predetermined amount of tape transportation corresponds, for example, to five minutes (an amount of 300 fields according to the NTSC system), the tape 22 comes to a position where 30 minutes has elapsed when a picture No. 6 is printed. Then, �0:30� is printed below the picture No. 6 (at the bottom of the first column) to indicate the lapse of 30 minutes, as shown in FIG. 3.
After that, the ink head 18 is moved to a datum printing position for the second column. The pictures from No. 7 to No. 12 are then printed with �1:00� printed below the picture No. 12 to indicate the lapse of one hour. The process of printing-is carried on in the same manner for the third column and also for other subsequent columns.
Next, upon detection of an unrecorded tape part, a picture obtained at the end of 98 minutes is printed as a picture No. 20. Words �END TIME 98 MIN� is then printed below the picture No. 20.
FIG. 4 shows the timing of movement of the tape 22, the ink head 18 and the printing paper 21. Referring to FIG. 4, the upper part thereof shows tape feeding speeds. An axis of ordinate indicates a speed �1� which is assumed to be a normal reproduction speed and a maximum speed �30� which is assumed to be 30 times as fast as the normal reproduction speed and to be used for fast tape feeding. An axis of abscissa indicates a time base.
In the first place, at a step S101, a switch 24 is connected to a terminal �a�. The printing paper is supplied at the step S1. The flow of operation comes to the step S2 to set the ink head 18 at the printing area. At the step S3, the control part 15 makes a check to find if the tape 22 is at its leader part. If not, the control part 15 causes the tape 22 to be rewound up to the leader part. If so, the flow comes to the step S5 to perform control for normal reproduction without rewinding the tape 22.
At a step S102, a reproduced digital image signal for one picture is outputted and supplied, in a state of being compressed and coded, to the memory 14 via a delay circuit 26 which is arranged to have a delay time as will be described later herein. The digital signal is written into the memory 14. At a step S103, upon completion of writing, the switch 24 is connected to another terminal �b�. At a step S104, the image signal is read out from the memory 14. At a step S105, an expanding and decoding circuit 25 expands and decodes the compressed and coded image signal read out from the memory 14. The image signal thus processed is supplied to the conversion process circuit 16. The control part 15 is arranged to have the image signal stored in the memory 14 continuously rewritten until it is detected that no more image signal is recorded on the tape 22 as will be described later.
Upon completion of writing the digital image signal for one picture into the memory 14, the control part 15 causes the tape 22 to begin to be transported. Then, at a step S106, upon completion of the expanding and decoding process on the image signal read out from the memory 14, the switch 24 is connected to the terminal �a�. Then, a search reproduction process is performed by fast feeding the tape 22 at the step S7.
At a step S109, the switch 24 is connected to the terminal �b�. At a step S110, the image signal for one picture is read out from the memory 14. At a step S111, the image signal thus read out is decoded by the expanding and decoding circuit 25. The decoded image signal is supplied to the conversion process circuit 16. Further, after completion of writing the image signal for the last picture into the memory 14, the control part 15 performs control to rewind the tape 22 at the step S15.
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