Abstract: An error correcting system in which received digital data is subjected to correcting processes by first and second error correction codes alternately is provided with memories to store first and second series error pointers for a plurality of series of the first and second error correction codes, and such first and second series error pointers are read to determine which series are without error, whereupon the correcting processes of the first and second error correction codes are omitted with respect to the error-free series. As a result, the number of times effective correcting processes can be repeated within a limited time is increased and the correcting capability can be substantially improved.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for recording and reproducing an information signal comprised of a video signal and an audio signal in a plurality of successive parallel tracks on a magnetic tape, each track including a first audio section followed by a video section, by converting the audio signal into a PCM digital audio signal; compressing the PCM audio signal; frequency modulating the compressed PCM audio signal to produce an output PCM audio signal; and recording the output PCM audio signal and the video signal in the plurality of successive tracks such that one field interval of the video signal is recorded in the video section of each track and the output PCM audio signal corresponding to one field interval of the video signal is recorded in the audio section of each track and corresponds to the video signal in the leading portion of the previous successive track and the video signal in the trailing portion of the previous alternate track, wherein the audio signal recorded in each track is delayed by a maximum

Abstract: In correcting errors in a received digital data signal having information data a pair of parity series P and Q determined by the information data and a CRC code determined by the information data and the parity series; a parity check operation is performed for checking errors in either the parity series P or Q of the received digital data signal, error correcting operation is performed for correcting erroneous data of either the P series or the Q series data on the basis of an error pointer generated by the CRC code included in the received digital data signal, and a sequence of the parity check and error correcting operations is established for interposing at least one parity check operation among a series of error correcting operations.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for selectively compensating burst errors of variable length in successive data words. Correct and erroneous data words are identified, and the presence of one of the following error conditions is sensed: (a) an erroneous data word preceded and followed, respectively, by correct data words; (b) plural successive erroneous data words preceded and followed, respectively, by correct data words; and (c) a predetermined number of successive erroneous data words preceded by a correct data word.

Abstract: A system for use in recording/reproducing video and audio signals, where the audio signals to be recorded can consist of various kinds of signals such as stereo signals, bilingual signals, or monaural signals, in which the kind of audio signal that is present in the signal to be recorded is detected and a corresponding code is added to the audio signal prior to being encoded and recorded. During playback, the particular code is detected and used to control switches to select the corresponding proper audio reconverting system based on the detected code.

Abstract: A video signal recording apparatus of the type that records a coded audio signal through time division relative to a video signal at one extended end of each of oblique tracks formed on a magnetic tape by helical scanning. The apparatus comprises a circuit for recording a coded video signal in the track region where a coded audio signal is recorded, and a circuit for recording identification data to discriminate between the coded audio signal and the coded video signal on the magnetic tape or recording control data thereon to control playback modes of the recorded signals.

Abstract: In the recording/reproducing of digital audio signals, errors are detected and corrected by using two parity words, one arranged at the center of the block formed of data words and the arranged at one end of the block. The probability that uncorrectable error will be present in the center of the block is relatively high, so placing the parity word there prevents loss of the more valuable data. Maximum correctable burst errors are determined by the length of the block, so placing the other parity word on the end of the block lengthens it and improves burst error correction. The parity words are arranged as indicated before adding a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code to the data signal and then modulation coding the signal before recording. During playback, the reproduced signal is demodulated and the CRC code used to detect errors for which error pointers are generated.

Abstract: Apparatus for recording and reproducing an information signal comprised of a video signal and an audio signal in a plurality of successive tracks on a magnetic tape, includes a recording section comprised of a PCM processor which converts the audio signal to a PCM audio signal and compresses the same, a dummy signal generator for compensating for tape jitter by generating a dummy signal and supplying the same to the PCM processor where the dummy signal is added both before and after each portion of the compressed PCM audio signal to be recorded in an overscan section of each track, and a magnetic head assembly which records the video signal in a main section of each track and each portion of the compressed PCM audio signal and dummy signal added thereto in the overscan section of each track; and a reproducing section comprised of a magnetic head assembly which scans the tracks to reproduce the information signal recorded therein, a switch assembly which separates the video signal reproduced from the main sect

Abstract: A reproducing section of a helical scan VTR for reproducing a color television signal recorded in a plurality of successive parallel tracks on a magnetic tape and comprised of a video signal and at least one of a frequency-modulated audio signal and the combination of a PCM audio signal and run-in signal, with the video signal and frequency-modulated audio signal being recorded only in a main section of each track and the PCM audio signal being recorded only in an overscan section of each track, the VTR including a pair of magnetic heads which scan the tracks to reproduce the information signal recorded therein; a pair of switch circuits connected to the heads and which separate the information signal reproduced during scanning of the main section of each track and a signal reproduced during scanning of the overscan section of each track; a detector which detects the presence or absence of a run-in signal from the separated signal reproduced during scanning of the overscan section of each track and produces a

Abstract: Apparatus for recording and reproducing an information signal comprising at least an analog audio signal in a plurality of successive tracks on a magnetic tape includes a PCM processing circuit for converting an analog audio signal into a PCM audio signal; a video signal processing circuit for processing a video signal to produce an output video signal; a rotary magnetic head assembly for recording the output video signal and the PCM audio signal in the plurality of successive tracks on the tape; a switch assembly for supplying the output video signal and the PCM audio signal to the rotary magnetic head assembly; and a control circuit for controlling the switch assembly to supply the output video signal and the PCM audio signal to the rotary magnetic head assembly during a video use mode so that the latter records the output video signal in a main section of each track and to supply only the PCM audio signal to the rotary magnetic head assembly during an audio use mode so that the latter records the PCM audio

Abstract: In a magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus of the kind in which the azimuth angles of recorded signals in adjacent tracks on a magnetic recording medium are made different with each other so as not to require a guard band and having a rotary head assembly including at least a pair of magnetic transducing heads, each having the head width larger than the track width, when a portion of an audio signal on the magnetic medium is re-recording, an identification information signal is recorded on a predetermined track in connection with the first or last track for which the re-recording is required so that signal deterioration and noise caused by track width fluctuation or variation is compensated for.

Abstract: A video signal is recorded with the associated audio signal inserted as a PCM digital signal in the back porch portions of the horizontal blanking intervals. In order to prevent the video pre-emphasis that is used in high-density recording from degrading the PCM digital signal, the video signal and the PCM digital signal are provided with separate and independent degrees of pre-emphasis. Upon playback, the video signal and the PCM digital signal are provided with corresponding independent respective amounts for de-emphasis. In order to fit a sufficient number of bits into the blanking intervals to provide high quality audio, the back porch portion is first extended by replacing the standard horizontal synch pulses with narrow pulses, so that the following back porch portions are correspondingly elongated.