Abstract: A video signal follow-up processing system for adaptively tracking to the moving of a subject. A detection feature pattern is formed through acquisition of brightness and hue frequency characteristic data based on pixel information in a detection measurement frame, a similarity calculation method, which can distinguish a reference measurement frame from other areas, is selected on the screen, and the position of a detection measurement frame with a feature pattern having the highest similarity with the standard feature pattern obtained from the reference measurement frame is determined, in order to change and control an image to be projected on the display screen based on the positional information of the detection measurement frame, so that the video signal follow-up processing system can adaptively track to the moving of the subject.

Abstract: A video camera system with autonomous target tracking sets a measuring frame on an object with high accuracy using a hue signal and a brightness signal without being affected by intensity and direction of the light source. A display screen is divided into divided areas and for each divided area, a lightness divided area in which the values of the brightness signal are within prescribed ranges of luminance and a skin color divided area in which the values of the hue signal are within prescribed ranges corresponding to skin color are extracted. Based on the extraction result, the position of the object on the screen determined and the measuring frame is set without being affected by intensity and direction of the light source. Thereafter, the object is continuously centered within the measuring frame.

Abstract: Fuzzy control is disclosed in the environment of tracking control for a playback head relative to a medium from which signals are played back. Tracking control data is generated as a function of the detected signal level of the played back signal by using fuzzy inference to obtain direction and magnitude values of the control data which then is used to adjust the tracking of the head.

Abstract: A video camera system can track or follow the moving object without influence by other objects outside the desired image. Detection feature patterns are formed after brightness and hue frequency feature data is obtained on the basis of image information of the detection measurement frame. The position of the detection measurement frame having a feature pattern with the largest similarity to the standard feature pattern obtained from the standard measurement frame is determined. An imaging condition of a camera is controlled on the basis of the position information of the detection measurement frame.

Abstract: Fuzzy control is disclosed in the environment of tracking control for a playback head relative to a medium from which signals are played back. Tracking control data is generated as a function of the detected signal level of the played back signal by using fuzzy inference to obtain direction and magnitude values of the control data which then is used to adjust the tracking of the head. Membership functions for tracking control signals are represented as a set of equivalent triangles and are provided as identifying data characterizing the shape of a membership function and position data locating the respective position of each membership function along the abscissa.

Abstract: A video signal is recorded in oblique tracks on a magnetic tape. The tracks are successively scanned by rotary heads, and a reproduced radio frequency signal is obtained. The level of the signal as reproduced exhibits a nonlinearity as a function of deviations of the rotary heads from the successively scanned oblique tracks. In accordance with the invention, the running speed of the tape is controlled on the basis of the detected changes in signal level, and the gain of the reproduced radio frequency signal is controlled in such a way as to compensate for the nonlinearity of the reproduced signal.

Abstract: The optical characteristics of an imaging device of the type having an adjustable imaging member are controlled by detecting the operating optical condition of that device, generating correction control data as a function of the detected condition by using fuzzy inference to obtain correction control values, and adjusting the imaging member in response to the correction control data.

Abstract: A servo circuit controls the rotation of a drum motor to rotate a rotary head drum having a frequency generating circuit for generating a frequency signal corresponding to the revolution speed of a drum motor, a cycle detector circuit detects a cycle of the frequency signal from the frequency generating circuit, and a detector circuit speed deviation between a detected signal from the detector circuit and a reference signal to produce a first circuit generates speed deviation signal, a first circuit for generating a first circuit generates first rotation control signal based on the speed deviation signal, and a second circuit produces a second rotation control signal based on phase difference data obtained by integrating the speed deviation signal. An adder circuit adds the first and second rotation control signals to produce a rotation control signal which is supplied to the drum motor to stably rotate the rotary head drum.

Abstract: A motor rotation control apparatus employs a comb filter circuit operable to filter out a signal component and its higher harmonics. An error signal indicative of an error between actual and target conditions of rotation of the motor is applied to the comb filter circuit after its DC component is removed. The filtered signal and the error signal are added in a circuit which produces a control signal used to control the motor rotation. In another aspect of the invention, the error signal is divided into a first digital signal having upper bits of data having a predetermined bit number and a second digital signal having the remaining lower bits of data. The lower bits of data are delayed a predetermined time and added to the error signal to compensate for lower bits of data which may be ignored in a digital-to-analog converter operable, with a limited bit number, to provide a control analog signal used to control the motor rotation.