Abstract: A high-speed video camera having a plurality of solid-state black-and-white image pickup elements to which same scene is projected, respectively, each of said image pickup elements consisting of a plurality of photoelectric conversion element rows, some of which are scanned at the same time. A high-speed color video camera having a plurality of solid-state black-and-white image pickup elements and a plurality of solid-state color image pickup elements to which same scene is projected, respectively, each of image pickup elements consisting of a plurality of photoelectric conversion element rows, some of which in the solid-state black-and-white image pickup elements are scanned at the same time so that a luminance signal component is obtained therefrom, and some of which in the solid-state color image pickup elements are scanned at the same time so that a color signal component is obtained therefrom. The luminance signal component and the color signal component are synthesized to form a color image.

Abstract: An animated cartoon production process is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: photographing a plurality of drawings one by one using a TV camera; causing the photographed drawings to be stored one by one in an image storage device; and reproducing and displaying desired drawings for a certain time interval by an image display device to check the motion of the figures in the animation. The method further comprises the steps of producing in-between drawings between key shots, adjusting the key shots or removing any of them; and thereafter copying and painting the cells and filming the completed cells. An animated cartoon production device is disclosed.

Abstract: A recording device of a helical-scan type time lapse video recorder comprising a mechanism for making the phase of rotation of the rotary magnetic head and the phase of the horizontal sync signal coincide with each other, and means for allowing the recording of only the frame or field immediately after the coincidence is attained at a constant or a variable time interval. Said mechanism includes means for forcibly imparting an irregularity of rotation to said rotary magnetic head.