Abstract: A recording apparatus of a helical scan system, including a first video head which records video signals on a magnetic tape when a running speed of the magnetic tape is a standard speed and a second video head which records video signals on the magnetic tape when the running speed of the magnetic tape is approximately 1/N of the standard speed, N being an integer larger than 3.

Abstract: A photothermographic element comprising on a support (a) a photosensitive silver halide, (b) a reducible silver salt, (c) a reducing agent, (d) an ultrahigh contrast-providing agent, (e) a binder, (f) a specific salicylic acid type antifoggant, and optionally (g) phosphoric acid or a salt thereof has a low fog, high sensitivity, high contrast, and storage stability.

Abstract: A VTR compatible with the current analog VTR and capable of recording and reproducing digital signals, determines the presence or absence of recorded digital signals and selects an operating mode for recording and reproducing in accordance therewith.

Abstract: In a recording/reproducing apparatus and a reproducing apparatus based on a helical scan system for recording or reproducing a video signal and an audio signal on or from a magnetic tape by use of a magnetic head assembly mounted on a rotary drum, the recording/reproduction of an audio signal in both a standard play mode with a tape speed equal to a standard speed and a long play mode or N-ple play mode with a tape speed N times (N: an integer not smaller than 4) as high as the standard speed is performed by a common audio head. At the time of reproduction in the N-ple play mode, the optimum tracking control is performed by a tracking control system by use of an output of the audio head. At the time of completion of recording in the N-ple play mode, a video signal is supplied with a time prolonged corresponding to the delay of scan of a video head from that of the audio head so that a video track is surely overwritten on an audio track.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a laser ablative recording material which has one or more layers including a coloring agent layer on a surface of a support, wherein at least one layer from among one or more layers including the coloring agent layer contains nitric acid ester of carboxyalkyl cellulose having a degree of nitric ester group substitution per glucose anhydride unit within a range of from 0.05 to 2.8; and at least one layer from among one or more layers including the coloring agent layer contains a material having absorption in the laser wavelength region. The laser ablative recording material of the invention is characterized by a small Dmin and a high removing efficiency of the image forming dyes.

Abstract: A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus equipped with an image sensor, comprising:

Abstract: A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus equipped with an image sensor includes a camera portion having an A/D converter for converting a signal from an image sensor into a digital signal and a first digital processor for receiving an output of said A/D converter and for digitally processing thereof. A VTR portion of a helical scan type mounts at least two or more of magnetic heads for recording/reproducing a FM modulated luminance signal and a low band converted chrominance signal. A second digital processor processes a video signal of the VTR. A switching circuit is provided in a preceding state of said A/D converter. The signal from the image sensor, an external video signal and a reproduced signal from the magnetic heads are exchanged.

Abstract: A photothermographic element comprising a photosensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a compound of formula (I) on a support has a high sensitivity and storage stability.Z.sup.1 --(W.sup.1).sub.m1 --L.sup.1 --S--S--L.sup.2 --(W.sup.2).sub.m2 --Z.sup.2 (I)L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 are divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon groups, W.sup.1 and W.sup.2 are divalent linking groups containing 0, S or N, Z.sup.1 is hydrogen, halogen, aliphatic hydrocarbon, aromatic or heterocyclic group, Z.sup.2 is an aromatic or heterocyclic group, m.sub.1 =0, 1, 2 or 3, and m.sub.2 =0, 1, 2 or 3.

Abstract: A heat developable photographic material comprising a reducible silver salt, a reducing agent, a contrast enhancer, and a binder further contains a thiosulfonic acid ester compound and/or a thiosulfonic acid compound. The material exhibits ultrahigh contrast and low fog and is minimized in the variation of photographic characteristics with heat development conditions.

Abstract: An apparatus for a pole change induction motor and control method for the same which are applicable to, for example, a driving source of an electric vehicle without power transmission are disclosed. In the control apparatus and method for the pole change motor is electrically changed between an n number of poles and a 2n number of the poles (n=2, 4, - - - ) so as to secure an output torque of the pole change induction motor in a constant driving mode with a high rotation speed of the induction motor without increase in a dimension of either of the induction motor or an inverter associated with the pole change induction motor and without occurrence in a torque variation. In a preferred embodiment, two channels of exciting and torque instructions and slip frequency generators (current instruction calculating blocks and current control systems) are provided for the n number of pole driving and 2n number of pole driving.

Abstract: A VTR compatible with the current analog VTR and capable of recording and reproducing digital signals identifies the type of a tape cassette by the presence or absence of a cassette identification hole formed in a digital recording tape cassette determines tape speed for a recording mode on the basis of the ratio between the frequency of a control signal and the rotating speed of a capstan motor, determines the presence or absence of recorded digital signals through the synchronous detection of reproduced output, and decides the mode for recording and reproducing on the basis of those decisions. Thus, the automatic discrimination between the analog mode and the digital mode can be achieved and erroneous operations, such as an erroneous erasing operation can be prevented.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor quantum box uniform in size and free from processing damages comprising the steps of adsorbing elements classified in VI family of the periodic table onto the surface of a single or multi-quantum well structure composed of semiconductors; growing crystallites of a semiconductor or a metal by liquid-drop epitaxy; applying chemical etching to the single or multi-quantum well structure with the use of the crystallites as a mask, thereby removing areas of the single or multi-quantum well structure where the crystallites haven't grown on the surface; removing the crystallites used as mask by chemical etching; and filling a semiconductor into the areas of the single or multi-quantum well structure removed in the afore step.

Abstract: A color picture signal processing circuit, a filter circuit and a luminance/carrier chrominance signal separation circuit implemented by employing the filter circuit. The circuit processing signal includes an adaptive-type (C) comb line filter through which the luminance signal is caused to pass. The output of the filter undergoes amplitude limitation in a limiter circuit, the output of which is subtracted from the original luminance signal. The carrier chrominance signal is added to the luminance signal to obtain a composite picture signal.

Abstract: A tracking apparatus for a magnetic recording and playback device of a helical scan system including at least one audio head and at least one video head provided on a rotating cylinder for enabling recording and playback of an audio signal and a video signal onto and from a magnetic tape which is driven by a capstan motor. The tracking apparatus includes a tracker for detecting an audio tracking error of the audio head for an audio track of the magnetic tape and for generating a tracking compensation signal corresponding to the amount of audio tracking error, and a controller responsive to the tracking compensation signal for controlling the rotary phase of the capstan motor in accordance therewith so that the audio head correctly tracks the audio track of the magnetic tape and is controlled independently of control of the video head for video tracking error.

Abstract: A silver halide color light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least a silver halide and an infrared-absorbing image-forming compound represented by formula (I):(Dye --X).sub.q --Y (I)wherein Dye represents an infrared-absorbing dye group or an infrared-absorbing dye precursor group derived from a compound represented by formula (II)A, (II)B or (II)C; X represents a chemical bond or a connecting group; Y represents a group capable of making a difference in the diffusibility of the dye component of said compound represented by formula (I) between before and after the reaction with the silver halide having a latent image in correspondence or counter correspondence to the silver halide; having a latent image and q represents an integer 1 or 2, and when q is 2, the two (Dye-X) groups may be the same or different: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1A and R.sup.

Abstract: A luminance and chrominance signal separation circuit for use in a video tape recorder wherein in the recording mode a three-line comb filter is made to be an adaptive type comb filter for separating a luminance signal from a chrominance signal and in the playback mode the comb filter is made to eliminate residual chrominance signal components in the luminance signal. Switching circuits are provided in the invention to permit the switching of the luminance and chrominance signal separation circuit between recording and playback modes and noise reduction is accomplished by a feedback line correlation circuit.

Abstract: A method for the determination of peroxide in a sample is disclosed which comprises reacting the peroxide with a chromogen represented by the general formula (I) or (II) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 represent amino, mono- or di- substituted amino, hydroxyl or hydroxyalkyl, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 represent hydrogen, alkyl, alkylene, acyl, halogen, sulphone, nitro, carboxyl, hydroxyl or hydroxyalkyl, R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.6 represents hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, alkylene, aryl or mono- or di- substituted aryl, and --Z-- may change to --Z.dbd. by resonance and represents --S--, --O--, --N.dbd., ##STR3## wherein R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9 and R.sub.10 have the same significance as R.sub.6 in the presence of heme compound, iodide or bromide and measuring the absorbancy of the reaction solution in the visible ray region.

Abstract: A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus of a cassette type has a first and a second recording mode converting a luminance signal of a video signal into an FM luminance signal having a first and a second carrier frequency and recording the FM luminance signal on a magnetic tape respectively. When the FM luminance signal is to be recorded according to the second recording mode, a magnetic tape having an excellent short wavelength recording characteristic is used for recording. A cassette containing this magnetic tape is provided with a configurational feature on its upper or lower half, and a detector for detecting this feature is disposed in the apparatus.

Abstract: A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus in which at least two recording and reproducing magnetic heads are mounted on a rotatable cylinder with an angular distnce of 180.degree. therebetween, wherein audio signals having undergone a pulse code modulation are recorded on record tracks slanted relative to the longitudinal direction of a magnetic tape wrapped around the rotatable cylinder. The record track is divided trackwise into a plurality of channels. The audio signals are recorded on the channel basis. The magnetic tape is transported in a forward or backward direction while recording or reproduction is conducted. The rotatable cylinder has mounted thereon a first erasing head rendered operative when the magnetic tape is transported in the forward direction and a second erasing head operative when the magnetic tape is transported in the backward direction for erasing only the audio signal of a given channel on the record track.

Abstract: In a video tape recorder of the two-head helical scan system, a wrap angle of a magnetic tape around a rotary head mechanism is set to more than 180.degree., e.g. about 220.degree., and an overlap recording section is provided in a recording track. A time compressed audio signal and a pilot signal for the tracking control are recorded in the overlap recording section. A frequency modulated luminance signal, low-frequency converted carrier color signal, frequency modulated audio signal, and pilot signal are mixed, and this mixed signal is recorded in another section of the recording track. Regulator means is provided to conjointly set the recording current levels of the low-frequency converted carrier color signal, frequency modulated audio signal, and pilot signal which are mixed to the frequency modulated luminance signal and recorded. The recording current levels of the time compressed audio signal and the frequency modulated luminance signal are respectively and individually set.