Abstract: A data source has a data converting part for converting inputted data to predetermined data packets. A data buffer stores the data packets. A descriptor list stores a descriptor to which predetermined addresses are added, where a method of sending the data packets is described. A FIFO stores the predetermined addresses in a first-in first-out mode. A data sending part receives start instructions from the data converting part, refers to a predetermined address in which reference is not made yet in the FIFO, fetches data packets corresponding to the descriptor from the data buffer in accordance with a method of sending the descriptor indicated by the predetermined address, generates a send packet from the data packet and outputs the data packet. An end-of-send notice to the data converting part is also send when the output of the send packet is ended.

Abstract: The arithmetic processing apparatus of the present invention is an arithmetic processing apparatus that can be reconfigured in accordance with a processing mode and has a plurality of arranged unit arithmetic circuits. Each unit arithmetic circuit includes at least one input terminal, at least one output terminal, a first register which holds data, an adder which calculates a sum of two pieces of data, a second register which holds data, a bit shifter which shifts data left or right, a subtractor which calculates a difference between two pieces of data, an absolute value calculating unit which calculates an absolute value of data, and a path setting unit which sets a path according to the processing mode connecting among these circuit elements.

Abstract: An image pickup device includes: an image pickup unit that converts an image projected by an optical system into image data and outputs the image data; a storage unit that stores the image data output from the image pickup unit; a detection unit that detects an emission position of a light beam emitted from an external device from the image data stored in the storage unit; and a focus control unit that sets a focus detection area based on the emission position of the light beam and makes a focus adjustment mechanism adjust a focus of the optical system so as to maximize a high frequency component in the focus detection area.

Abstract: When inputting moving image data into a personal computer for display or for recording on a recording medium, there often occur cases where processing cannot catch up with the input, resulting in interruption of the processing. Also, when performing conversion from an input digital signal having an arbitrary number of samples to an output digital signal having an arbitrary number of samples, prior art methods entail the possibility that the memory capacity and the amount of computation may become enormous. In view of this, according to the present invention, if the image processing cannot catch up with the input, the data is re-input for processing by utilizing information concerning the recorded position, the recorded time, or the time at which playback is to be performed; this achieves the same effect as processing continuous moving image data without interruption.

Abstract: At the time of coding input image and audio data, and decoding coded video and audio data by using a computer, the amount of computation required per unit time becomes enormous, whereby it has been very difficult to carry out coding and decoding in real time.

Abstract: When inputting moving image data into a personal computer for display or for recording on a recording medium, there often occur cases where processing cannot catch up with the input, resulting in interruption of the processing. Also, when performing conversion from an input digital signal having an arbitrary number of samples to an output digital signal having an arbitrary number of samples, prior art methods entail the possibility that the memory capacity and the amount of computation may become enormous. In view of this, according to the present invention, if the image processing cannot catch up with the input, the data is re-input for processing by utilizing information concerning the recorded position, the recorded time, or the time at which playback is to be performed; this achieves the same effect as processing continuous moving image data without interruption.

Abstract: The present invention includes methods and apparatus for attaining high speed coding and decoding. A first method decreases the number of memory access times by performing signal format conversion, orthogonal transform and continuous variable-length coding with predetermined small areas in a frame used as units. A second method omits orthogonal transform computation by using orthogonal transform coefficients to shorten the processing time. A third method uses additions and subtractions for orthogonal transform thereby decreasing the number of registers used and reducing the number of memory access times. The present invention further includes a decoding method for variable-length decoding wherein table size is not made larger because the number of table access times per code word is set to a maximum of 2, and plural code words are decoded by one tale access operation to attain high-speed decoding.

Abstract: A video signal recording apparatus including a switching device for receiving a digital progressive scan TV signal having a frame cycle which is ½ of the frame cycle of an interlaced scan TV signal and switching the progressive scan TV signal frame by frame alternately; a coding device for performing high-rate coding of data corresponding to one frame of the progressive scan TV signal to the same code amount as obtained by high-rate coding of data corresponding to one frame including two successive fields of an interlaced scan standard-definition TV signal; and a recording device for recording the data processed with the high-rate coding in the same number of tracks as the data corresponding to one frame of the interlaced scan standard-definition TV signal.

Abstract: A plurality of digital signals having total data rates of n bit/s or less are input to a digital recording device recording digital signals having a data rate of n bit/s. The digital signals are subjected to format-conversion for the digital recording device to be recorded therein. Furthermore, signals having a data rate of n/i1 bit/s or less are subjected to format-conversion to be recorded i1 times in the digital recording device. In the case where the data rate of the digital signals to be input is n/j bit/s, the digital signals are subjected to format-conversion so that the amount of data capable of being recorded per unit time is decreased by i/j; thus, the digital signals are recorded for a long period of time under the condition that the data recording time is prolonged j times.

Abstract: A sound signal processing apparatus including extracting means for extracting from a composite sound signal, representing multiple sound sequences, digital sound signals corresponding to a portion of the composite sound signal. Each of the digital sound signals is individually sampled. Also included is a signal converter for converting the digital sound signals which have been extracted into analog sound signals.

Abstract: In a data transmission apparatus for transmitting digital video and audio data, a block forming circuit forms a plurality of data blocks of transmission data composed of at least one of digital video data, digital audio data, and digital auxiliary data related to the digital video data and the digital audio data. Thereafter, a grouping circuit groups a plurality of data blocks outputted from the block forming circuit so as to form transmission group data of one transmission unit block having a time length of approximately one three-hundredth second, and then transmits the transmission group data. Further, a classifying circuit preferably classifies the transmission group data into a plurality of sections, by adding section identification data to each transmission group data.

Abstract: The digital signal recording apparatus of the invention for recording a video signal on a recording medium, includes: a mode setting section for setting a recording mode, the recording mode being one of a standard recording mode and a long-time recording mode having a longer recording time than that of the standard recording mode; a sampling section for sampling the video signal at a sampling number corresponding to the recording mode set by the mode setting section, the sampling number when the selected recording mode is the long-time recording mode being smaller than the sampling number when the selected recording mode is the standard recording mode; a coding section for coding the video signal sampled by the sampling section at a compression rate corresponding to the recording mode set by the mode setting section, the compression rate when the selected recording mode is the long-time recording mode being higher than the compression rate when the selected recording mode is the standard recording mode; and a

Abstract: To a conventional video signal recording apparatus, there are added additional information generating means and data replacement means for replacing data at a specified position in compressed data with additional information generated by the additional information generating means. This enables to provide a video signal recording apparatus and a video signal regenerating apparatus which are able to increase transmissible information content, an image coding apparatus that executes high-efficiency non-linear quantization at a small circuit containing no quantization table and also prevents error propagation; and an image decoding apparatus for regenerating coded data obtained in the image coding apparatus.

Abstract: A image signal processing apparatus and method for static image display are provided. Deformation at an edge of an image can be reduced by eliminating a temporal factor and vertical resolution can be retained even after data supplementation. In the process of compressing and decompressing interlace-scanned image data, one of two fields of a frame is selected by a field selector, image data is supplemented and reproduced based on the selected field data by a supplementor, and image data is outputted as a static image without deformation. As a result, more bits can be allocated for encoding by selecting and compressing one field data only and it leads to a higher quality image display. Furthermore, display deformation can be reduced by supplementing high frequency components as zero in the decompression processing.

Abstract: The digital signal recording apparatus of the invention for recording a video signal on a recording medium, includes: a mode setting section for setting a recording mode, the recording mode being one of a standard recording mode and a long-time recording mode having a longer recording time than that of the standard recording mode; a sampling section for sampling the video signal at a sampling number corresponding to the recording mode set by the mode setting section, the sampling number when the selected recording mode is the long-time recording mode being smaller than the sampling number when the selected recording mode is the standard recording mode; a coding section for coding the video signal sampled by the sampling section at a compression rate corresponding to the recording mode set by the mode setting section, the compression rate when the selected recording mode is the long-time recording mode being higher than the compression rate when the selected recording mode is the standard recording mode; and a

Abstract: To a conventional video signal recording apparatus, there are added additional information generating means and data replacement means for replacing data at a specified position in compressed data with additional information generated by the additional information generating means. This enables to provide a video signal recording apparatus and a video signal regenerating apparatus which are able to increase transmissible information content; an image coding apparatus that executes high-efficiency non-linear quantization at a small circuit containing no quantization table and also prevents error propagation; and an image decoding apparatus for regenerating coded data obtained in the image coding apparatus.

Abstract: A plurality of digital signals having total data rates of n bit/s or less are input to a digital recording device recording digital signals having a data rate of n bit/s. The digital signals are subjected to format-conversion for the digital recording device to be recorded therein. Furthermore, signals having a data rate of n/i.sub.1 bit/s or less are subjected to format-conversion to be recorded i.sub.1 times in the digital recording device. In the case where the data rate of the digital signals to be input is n/j bit/s, the digital signals are subjected to format-conversion so that the amount of data capable of being recorded per unit time is decreased by i/j; thus, the digital signals are recorded for a long period of time under the condition that the data recording time is prolonged j times.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a video signal recording apparatus for recording a digital video signal on a plurality of tracks on a magnetic medium is provided. Each of the tracks has a video data region and an auxiliary data region. In the video signal recording apparatus, the digital video signal is recorded on at least a part of the auxiliary data region.

Abstract: A video and voice signal processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a signal receiving circuit for receiving an input signal containing a plurality of frames, each frame having an encoded voice signal block and an encoded video signal block. The signal receiving circuit separates the encoded voice signal block from the encoded video signal block in each frame. A voice signal processor converts the encoded voice signal block into a voice signal. Also included is a video extracting circuit which decimates a plurality of encoded video signal blocks and extracts one of the encoded video signal blocks as a representative video signal. A video signal processor converts the representative video signal into a video signal.

Abstract: A plurality of digital signals having total data rates of n bit/s or less are input to a digital recording device recording digital signals having a data rate of n bit/s. The digital signals are subjected to format-conversion for the digital recording device to be recorded therein. Furthermore, signals having a data rate of n/i.sub.1 bit/s or less are subjected to format-conversion to be recorded i.sub.1 times in the digital recording device. In the case where the data rate of the digital signals to be input is n/j bit/s, the digital signals are subjected to format-conversion so that the amount of data capable of being recorded per unit time is decreased by i/j; thus, the digital signals are recorded for a long period of time under the condition that the data recording time is prolonged j times.