CA2227049A1 - Image signal transmitting method, superimposed signal extracting method, image signal output apparatus, image signal receiving apparatus and image signal recording medium - Google Patents

Image signal transmitting method, superimposed signal extracting method, image signal output apparatus, image signal receiving apparatus and image signal recording medium Download PDF

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CA2227049A1
CA2227049A1 CA002227049A CA2227049A CA2227049A1 CA 2227049 A1 CA2227049 A1 CA 2227049A1 CA 002227049 A CA002227049 A CA 002227049A CA 2227049 A CA2227049 A CA 2227049A CA 2227049 A1 CA2227049 A1 CA 2227049A1
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Abstract

The PN code generation controlling means 15 produces a PN code generation clock signal PNCLK to generate the PN
code of one chip to one vertical section and supplies this clock signal to an SS duplication preventing control signal generating means 16. The SS duplication preventing control signal generating means 16 generates the PN code of one chip to one vertical section depending on the PN code generation clock signal PNCLK and executes t he spectrum spread to the duplication preventing control signal S3 using this PN code to form the SS duplication preventing control signal S5.
The SS duplication preventing control signal S5 is superimposed to the image signal and is then output. Thereby, elimination and deterioration of the additional information which has been spectrum spread and is then superimposed into the image signal can be prevented to surely provide the additional information superimposed to the image signal.

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IMAGE SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD, SUPERIMPOSED SIGNAL
EXTRACT]:NG METHOD, IMAGE SIGNAL OUTPUT APPARATUS, IMAGE
SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS ANDIMAGE SIGNAL RECORDING MEDIUM

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for enabling duplication preventing control depending on an extracted additional information which may be done by outputting an image signal superimposing an additional information and then receiving such image signal to extract the superimposed additional information and also relates t:o an image signal recording medium, for example, in such a case that an image signal recorded in a recording medium is reproduced, it is then transmitted together with a duplication preventing signal and the transmitted image signal is received to limit or inhibit recording thereof to the other recording medium.
Description of the Related Art A VTR (Video Tape Recorder) is widely used and many software applications which may be reproduced by the VTR are now available. Particularly, a regenerating apparatus such as a digital VTR and DVD (Digital Video Disk) is appearing as novel apparatus in these days. Therefore it is now possible to enjoy the image and sound of high quality and high fidelity by easily regenerating the recorded image and sound.

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However, in one hand, such excellent apparatus has brought about a new problem that abundant software applications which are available in the market are probably becopieclwithoutlimitationandvariouskindsofduplication preventing measures have been considered.
For example, although it is not a method to prevent in direct the duplication of analog image signal, a method for substantially preventing the duplication has been proposed.
In this method, difference in the AGC (Auto Gain Control) systems between the VTR as the recording apparatus and a monitor receiver for providing images is used or difference intheAPC(AutoPhaseControl) thereofisusedforthepurpose of preventing duplication of software applications.
Namely, the former method utilizes difference of the AGC system in which VTR, for example, performs AGC using a pseudo synchronoussignalinsertedintheimagesignal, while the monitor receiver employs the AGC system not depending on such pseudo synchronous signal. In this case, at the time ofrecordingananalogimagesignalintoanoriginalrecording medium,a pseudosynchronoussignalofextremelyhigherlevel is superimposed as the synchronous signal for AGC to such analog signal and thereby the pseudo synchronous signal of extremel~y higher level is inserted to the synchronous signal for AGC into the image signal to be supplied to the recording VTR from the regenerating VTR .
Moreover, in the latter method, difference of such APC
characte:istic that APC follows a color burst signal with CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

a short time constant in the VTR but it follows with a comparatively longer time constant in the monitor receiver.
Namely, at the time of recording an analog image signal into an original recording medium, phase of a color burst signal of the image signal is partially inverted and thereby the signal i;~.L which the phase of the color burst signal is partially inverted is output as the image signal supplied to the recording VTR from the regenerating VTR.
In the case explained above, in the monitor receiver which receives supply of an analog image signal from the regeneraling VTR, image signal is normally reproduced without ]eceiving any influence of the pseudo synchronous signal and partial phase inversion of the color burst signal used for APC.
However, in the VTR which records the signal to a recordinq medium by receiving the analog image signal which has superimposed the pseudo synchronous signal as explained from the regenerating VTR or is subjected to the phase inversion control of thecolor burstsignal, it is impossible to norma:Lly realize the gain control or phase control depending on the input signal and thereby the image signal cannot be recorded normally. Accordingly, if the recorded image signal is reproduced, the normal image to enjoy excellent: image and sound can no longer be reproduced.
In the case of processing the analog image signal, duplication is not inhibited but it is made impossible to obtain the reproduced signal which cannot used for watching CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

and hearing and this method is rather concluded as the so-called negative duplication preventing control.
On the other hand, in the case of the processing the digital information, for example, the digital image signal, a direct duplication preventing control is executed to inhibit t:he duplication by adding a duplication preventing control signal consisting of a duplication preventing code or a duplication generation limiting code to the image signal as a digital data and thereby recording such code and image signal to a recording medium.
Fig. 1 shows a basic structure of a duplication apparatus for processing a digital information. In this structure, a digital information reproduced by a digital regenerat:ing apparatus 110 is sent to a digital recording apparatus 120 via a digital transmissionline 101 and thereby such digital information which is allowed to be duplicated is duplic:ated but the information which is not allowed inhibitecl for duplication.
In a recording medium 111 loaded in the digital regenerat:ingapparatusll0,aduplicationpreventingcontrol informati.on as an additional information is recorded in addition to a digital main information. This duplication preventing control information instructs duplication inhibit, duplication acknowledgment, limitation of duplication generation as the details ofcontrol. A digital regenerat:ing means 112 reads information from the recording medium 111 to obtain the duplication preventing control CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

information with the digital main information and then sends such pieces of information to a digital recording apparatus 120 via a digital transmission line 101.
A cluplication preventing control signal detecting means 122 of the digital recording apparatus 120 detects the duplication preventing control signal from the information received via the digital transmission line 101 to discrimi:nate details of control and then transfers this discrimi:nation result to the digital recording means 121.
The digital recording apparatus 121 converts, when discrimi:nation result of the duplication preventing control signal f.rom a duplication preventing control signal detecting means 122 allows recording of the digital information input from the digital transmission line 101, the input digital signal into the digital information suitable for recording and executes the recording by writing such digi.tal information into the recording medium 123. On the othe:r hand, when the discrimination result of the duplicat.ion preventing control signal from the duplication preventing control signal detecting means 122 does not allow duplicat.ion, thedigitalrecordingmeans 121doesnotexecute the reco:rding of the input digital information.
Moreover, when the discrimination result of the duplicat:ion preventing control signal from the duplication preventing control signal detecting means 122 allows only first duplication generation, the digital recording means 121 converts the input digital to the digital information CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

suitable for recording and executes the recording by writing such digital informationto the recording medium 123 andalso changes the duplication preventing control signal as the addition~l information into the signal to instruct inhibit of dupli~ation (inhibit of duplication of the next generati~n) and also records such inhibit signal to the recording medium 123. Therefore, it is impossible to duplicate the image signal using the duplicated recording medium 123.
As explainedabove, inthecaseof theso-calleddigital connection in which the main information signal and the duplication preventing control signal as an additional information are supplied to the recording apparatus as the digital signals, a duplication preventing control signal is included in the digital data to be transmitted. Therefore, the recording apparatus surely can execute the duplication preventing control such as inhibit of duplication by utilizinq such duplication preventing control signal.
Meanwhile, when thedigital VTR of Fig. 1 is for example a digita:L VTR, in view of monitoring the reproduced image signal and voice signal, only the image signal as the main informat:Lon signal and the voice signal are converted to analog s:Lgnals via a D/A converting circuit 113 and these analog signals are usually led to an analog output terminal 114 to which a monitor receiver is connected.
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preventingcontrolsignalisnotincludedintheanalogsignal connected to the analog output terminal 114. Therefore, the analog ccnnection for connecting an analog VTR to the analog output terminal 114, duplication of information signal is possible Therefore, itisconsideredtoadd, bysuperimposition, the duplication preventing control signal to the D/A
converteclimage signal and voice signal, but it is difficult to add the duplication preventing control signal and then extract it in the recording apparatus to use for duplication preventing control without any deterioration of the DJA
convertecl image signal and voice signal.
Therefore, for the analog connection, it has been only way, as t:he negative duplication preventing method, to introduce the duplication preventing method utilizing differenceof AGC systemsbetweentheVTRandmonitorreceiver or difference of APC systems thereof.
However, in the case of the duplication preventing control method utilizing difference of AGC systems or APC
systems k,etween the VTR and monitor receiver as explained above, the image signal can be recorded normally depending on the AGC sys tem or APC sys tem in the recording apparatus side, yet disabling the negative duplication preventing method. Moreover, it has also been liable that reproduced image on the monitor receiver is disturbed.
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of the analog connection and digital connection without deterioration of image and voice to be reproduced, the applicant of the present invention has proposed a system in which the image signal is recorded in digital or analog by spreading the spectrum of the duplication preventing control signal and then superimposing the spread spectrum duplication preventing control signal to the image signal of the analog signal condition (Japanese Patent Application No. HEI 7-339959).
In this system, the pseudo random noise code (hereinaEterreferredtoasthePNcode) usedas thespreading code is generated at a sufficiently higher velocity and this code isthenmultipliedtotheduplicationpreventingcontrol signal for the purpose of spectrum spreading and thereby to convertthenarrowbandandhighlevelduplicationpreventing control signal into the broad band and low level signal which does notgive any effect on the imagesignal andvoicesignal.
This spread spectrum duplication preventing control signal is super:imposed on the analog image signal and then is recorded on a recording medium. In this case, the image signal recorded on the recording medium may be analog signal or digital signal.
In this system, since the duplication preventing control signal subjected to spectrum spread and is then superimposed on the image signal as the broad band and low level signal, it is difficult for a person who is trying to make illegal duplication to extract the superimposed CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

duplication preventingcontrol signal from the image signal.
But., it is possible to detect the duplication preventing control signal superimposed by executing inverse spectrum spreadanduseitforacertainpurpose Therefore, the duplication preventing control signal can surely be providedincombinationwiththeimagesignaltotherecording apparatus side and the duplication preventing control signal can also surely be detected in the recording apparatus side to reliably execute the duplication control depending on the duplication preventing control signal.
But, as explainedabove, in thecase of the system where the spread spectrum duplication preventing control signal is superimposed to the image signal, the spread spectrum duplication preventing control signal is sometimes eliminated, deteriorated or changed.
For example, a noise reduction system for reducing noiseoft:heimagesignalbyutilizingthecorrelationbetween pixels in the horizontal direction of the image signal (hereinaEter referred to as correlation in the horizontal direction), correlation between horizontal scanning lines (hereinaEter referred to as correlation in the vertical direction), correlation between fields or correlation between irames takes a difference of image signals between the pixe:s in the adjacent horizontal direction or between the horizontal scanning lines and eliminates the difference obtained as the noise.
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spectrum duplication preventingcontrol signalsuperimposed to the image signal is detected as a difference and it is probably eliminatedasexplainedabove. Moreover, whensuch duplication preventing control signal is eliminated, it is also probable that the other spread spectrum duplication preventing control signal is newly added.
In addition, when the noise reduction system utilizing the correlation of the horizontal direction or correlation in the vertical direction of the image signal is used, the duplicat:ion preventing control signal may sometimes be deteriorated, for example, the duplication preventing control signal superimposed on the image signal is partly eliminated, although not all of the spread spectrum duplicat:ion preventing control signal superimposed on the image signal. In such a case, the accurate duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal cannot be extracted, disabling duplication preventing control depending on the duplication preventing control signal.
Furthermore, in the case of enlarging or compressing an image reproduced by the image signal to which the spread spectrum duplication preventing control signal is superimposed by utilizing a so-called zoom mode, the image signal is interpolated by the other adjacent image signal or the image signal is curtailed. In this case, since the spread spectrum duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal changes, if the inverse CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

spread spectrum is performed, the original duplication preventing control signal before the spread spectrum cannot be extracted normally in some cases.
Moreover, when the so-called wide mode in which the imageofverticalandhorizontalratio of9:16isformedusing the image signal to form an image in the vertical and horizont~l ratio of 3:4 or the so-called cinema mode in which theverticaldirectionofimageiscompressedto formanimage in the same vertical and horizontal ratio as the movie screen are used, since the interpolation and curtailment are perfo-rmed for the image signal, the original spread spectrum duplicat:ion preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal may be deteriorated. Even when the image display size conversion is performed as explained above, it is impossib:Le in some cases that that the spread spectrum duplicat:ion preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal cannot be extracted as the original normal duplicat:ion preventing control signal.
In addition, even when only the necessary part of the image of one image frame formed by the image signal is used or the unnecessary image part, on the contrary, is deleted, the spread spectrum duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal may be changed. As explained above, even when a part of the image formed by the image signal is used or deleted, the original duplication preventing control signal cannot be extracted.
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speeds in the VTR like thespecifiedlower speedreproduction or higher speed reproduction, the image signal of one field may be missedor doubled. Therefore, in the recombinedimage signal, t:he spread spectrum duplication preventing control signal is no longer continuous andthereby the inversespread spectrum will probably disable the recovery of the duplicat:Lon preventing control signal.
Moreover, when the cutting edition is performed to curtail the image signal in unit of the field, the spread spectrum duplication preventing control signal is no longer continuous in the image signal after the cutting edition and inverse spread spectrum will also probably disable the recovery of the duplication preventing control signal.
Moreover, when the image signal of NTSC system is converted to the PAL system image signal and the image signal of the PAL system is converted, on the contrary, to the NTSC
image signal as the image signalconversion, since thenumber of the ho]-izontalscanning lines forming a frame is different dependinron each system, the interpolation is performed by the image signal of the adjacent horizontal scanning line or the horizontal scanning lines are curtailed and thereby the accurate duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal cannot be extracted, disabling the duplication preventing control depending on the duplication preventing control signal.
For example, the image signal of the NTSC system forms an image of one frame with 525 horizontal scanning lines, CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

while the image signal of the PAL system forms an image of one frame with 625 horizontal scanning lines. In the case of converting the image signal of NTSC system into the image signal of PAL system, the interpolation of horizontal scanning line is performed and in the case of converting the imagesignalof PAL systemintotheimagesignalof NTSC system, the horizontal scanning lines are curtailed.
As explained, when the spread spectrum duplication preventing control signal is deteriorated because the image formed by the image signal to which the spread spectrum duplication preventing control signal is superimposed is enlarged or compressed, or system conversion of the image signalisperformedorreproductionisexecutedinthevarious speeds or cutting edition is performed, since the original duplication preventing control signal cannot be extracted, the duplication preventing control depending on the duplication preventing control signal cannot be executed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Considering the problems explained above, it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus and an image signal recording medium which eliminate theproblems explained above, surelyprovide an additional information, which is spread spectrum and superimposed to the image signal, to the receiving side and can extract the perfect additional information.
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signal transmitting method of the present invention is a transmitting method for transmitting a spread spectrum additional information by superimposing to an image signal, characterized in that:
a dispersioncode forminc~onechip with N (N: an integer lorlarger) fieldsisgenerateclsynchronouslywithavertical synchronous signal; and the additional information spread spectrum using the dispersion code is transmitted after it is superimposed to the image signal in the time axis direction in unit of frame.
Moreover, asuperimposedinformationextractingmethod of the present invention is a. method for extracting the additional information from the image signal to which the additional information spread spectrum by the spread code forming one chip with N fields is superimposed in the time axis direction in unit of frame, characterized in that the spread code forming one chip with N fields is produced synchronously with the vertical synchronous signal corresponding to the section where the spread spectrum additional information is superimposed; and the additional informati.on superimposed to the image signal is extracted by inverse spread spectrum using the dispersion code.
According to the image signal transmitting method of the present invention, the additional information is spectrum spread using, for example, the spread code forming onechip withonefield(oneverticalsection) andthisspread CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

spectrum additional information is superimposed in every field to transmit thespreadsE)ectrum additional information superimposed in the time axis direction of the image signal in unit of frame.
Thereby, the same spread spectrum additional information is superimposed iIl each field and when the noise reduction system utilizing the correlation in the horizontal direction of the image signal or correlation in the vertical direction, even if a difference between adjacent pixels in the horizontal direction or between the horizontal scanning lines is obtained, the spread:spectrum signal superimposed to the image signal is not detected as the difference, this spread spectrum signal is not: deleted and deteriorated.
In addition, when the image formed by the image signal is enlarged or compressed, image display size is converted, or the image is partially useclor deleted to interpolate or curtail the image signal in unit of pixel or horizontal scanning line (horizontal line), contents of the spread spectrum additional information superimposed into one field of the image signal actually forming an image will never be changed. Accordingly, the spread spectrum additional information superimposed to the image signal is transmitted reliably.
Moreover, according to the superimposed information extracting method of the present invention, for example, the dispersion code for inverse dispersion which forms one chip withonefieldisgeneratedcorrespondingtothesectionwhere --1 ~

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the additional information (spread spectrum signal) synchronized to the vertical synchronous signal is superimposed. Since the inverse spread spectrum is performed using the spread signal for inverse dispersion, the spread spectrum additional information superimposed to the image signal can be extri~cted.
Accordingly, since it has been eliminated that the spread spectrum additional information superimposed to the image signal is rejected or deteriorated because the noise reduction system utilizing thecorrelation in the horizontal direction or correlation in the vertical direction of the image signal is used as explained above and the additional information superimposed to the image signal can surely be extracted even when the image formed by the image signal is enlarged or compressed, image display size is converted and image is partially used or deleted to interpolate or curtail the image signal in unit of pixel or horizontal scanning line (horizontal line).

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Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the presently preferred embocliments thereof, which description should be considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a block diagram for explaining a structure of a duplication preventing control system of the related arti Fig. 2 is a block diagr,~m for explaining a preferred embodiment of an image signa:L outputting apparatus of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a block diagram for explaining an example of a PN code generation control means of the image signal output apparatus shown in Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of the PNcode generationclocksignalgenerated by the image output apparatus shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of an SS
duplication preventing control signal generating means of the image signal output apparatus shown in Fig. li Fig. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of the PN code generator used in t he SS duplication preventing control signal generating means of the image signal output apparatus shown in Fig. li Fig. 7 is a conception diagram for explaining the generating condition (mappincr) of the PN code used in the image signal output apparatus shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 8 is a block diagram for explaining a PN code generationcontrolmeansoftheimagesignaloutputapparatus of the second embodiment of t:he present invention;
Fig. 9 is a diagram forexplaining a PNcodegeneration timing signal generated by the image signal output apparatus shown in Fig. 8i Fig. 10 is a conception diagram for explaining the CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

generating condition (mapping) of the PN code used in t he image signal output apparatus of the second embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 11 is a block diagram for explaining the PN code generationcontrolmeansoftheimagesignaloutputapparatus of the third embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 12 is a diagram for explaining the PN code generationtimingsignalgeneratedbytheimagesignaloutput apparatus shown in Fig. 11;
Fig. 13 is a conception diagram for explaining the generating condition (mappinc~) of the PN code used in the image signal output apparatus of the third embodiment of the present inventioni Fig. 14 is a diagram showing the relationship between the SS duplication preventingcontrol signal andinformation signal using vectorsi Fig. 15 is a block diagram for explaining an embodiment of an image signal recording apparatus to which the image signal receiving apparatus of the present invention is applied; and Fig. 16 is a diagram for explaining the other example of the PN code generation clock signal.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Embodiments of the image signal transmitting method, superimposed information extracting method, image signal output apparatus, imagesignal receiving apparatus andimage -1,3-CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

signal recording medium will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the following explanation, it is assumed that the image signal output apparatu, and image signal recording apparatus are applied to a DVD (digital video disk) recording and regenerating apparatus (herein after referred to as DVD
apparatus). Moreover, explanation about the voice signal system will be omitted.
Fig.2isadiagramforex]?1aininganimagesignaloutput apparatus (hereinafter referred to only as output apparatus) 10 used in the image signal ~uplication control system of the first embodiment of the present invention. Namely, an output apparatus 10 corresponds to the regenerating system of the DVD apparatus of this first embodiment.
In Fig. 2, a recording medium 100 is a DVD, in this example, to which a digital image signal and digital voice signal are recorded and moreover a duplication preventing controlsignalisalsorecordeclasanadditionalinformation.
The duplication preventing control signal may be recorded in the TOC (Table of Contents'l at the inner most are of the disk or in the track area called directory and may also be inserted or recorded to different area from the recording area of the track where the image data and voice data are recorded. The example explained below is applied to the latter recording manner. In this case, the duplication preventing control signal is also read simultaneously.
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may have the content to give limitation for recording generation for allowing only the duplication of the first generation or may have the content to inhibit or allow duplication of the image signal. Here, it is assumed that the duplication preventing control signal is formed of one bit or several bits.
Moreover, in the first embodiment, the signal recorded in the recording medium 100 is conforming to the standard specification for compression system of the image signal.
For example, the signal is compressed and recorded, for example, using MPEG2.
As shown in Fig. 2, the output apparatus 10 of this embodiment is provided with a reading means 11, a decoding means 12, a duplicationpreventing control signal extracting means 13, a synchronous separating means 14, a PN code generation controlling means 15, an SS (abbreviation of spread spectrum) duplication preventing control signal generating means 16, an adding means 17 and D/A converting circuits lgl, 192.
The reading means 11 extracts the reproduced image signal elementS2 from the signalS1 obtained by regenerating a recording medium 100 and then supplies this signal element S2tothedecodingmeans12andduplicationpreventingcontrol signal extracting means 13.
The encoding means 12 executes the decoding process for thereproducedimagesignalelementS2 to form adigitalimage signal and then supplies this signal to the D/A converting -2(~-CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

circuit 191. The D/A convertingcircuitl91executes the D/A
conversion for the digital irnage signal to form an analog imagesignal S2A havingasynchronoussignalandthensupplies this signal S2A to the synchronous separating means 14 and adding means 17.
The duplication preventing control signal extracting means 13 extracts the duplicat.ion preventing control signal S3 added to the reproduced image signal element S2 and then supplies this signal S3 to the SS duplication preventing control signal generating means 16.
Meanwhile, the synchronous separating means 14 extractsaverticalsynchronoussignalVfromtheanalogimage signal S2A and then supplies this signal V to the PN code generation controlling means 15A.
The PN code generation controlling means 15 usesthe vertical synchronous signal ~ as the reference signal to generatethePNcodegenerationclocksignal PNCLK andvarious timing signals used for generation of the PN code.
Fig. 3 is a block diagram for explaining the PN code generation controlling means 15A of this embodiment. The PN
code generation controlling means 15A comprises a PN code generation clock signal generating means 151A and a timing signal generating means 152A and the vertical synchronous signal V from the synchronous separating means 14 issupplied to such means.
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signal to generate the PN code generation clock signal PNCLK
for generating the PN code fo:r spreading to be used for the spectrum spread.
Fig. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of the PN code generation clock sigIlal PNCLK generated in the PN
codegenerationclocksignalgeneratingmeansl51A. Asshown in Fig. 4, in this embodiment, the PN code generation clock signal PNCLK is generated with reference to the front edge (rising edge) of the verticalsynchronous signal V (Fig. 4A).
As will be explained later, with reference to the falling edge of this PN code !~eneration clock signal PNCLK
(Fig. 4B), the PN code in which one chip section is formed by one clock period, namely by one vertical section (one field) inthis caseisgenerated. In thisspecification, one clock of the PN code generation clock signal PNCLK is called one chip.
The timing signal generating means 152A generates various timing signals to be used by the output apparatus 10 on the basis of the vertical synchronous signal V.
The PN code generation c:Lock signal PNCLK generated in the PN code generation control means 15A is then supplied to the SS duplication preventing signal generating means 16.
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duplication preventing controlsignal (hereinafter referred to as the SS duplication preventing control signal) S5 to be superimposed to the image signal S2A.
Fig. 5 is a block diagram for explaining the SS
duplication preventing control signal generating means 16.
As shown in Fig. 5, the SS duplication preventing control signal generating means 16 is provided with a duplication preventing control signal generating means 161, a PN code stream generating means 162 and a multiplying circuit 163.
To the duplication preventing control signal stream generating means 161, the du~)lication preventing control signal S3 from the duplication preventing control signal extracting means 15, timing signal TM and PN code generation clock signal PNCLK are supplied. In this case, the timing signal TM indicates the timing for individually separating one bit of the duplication preventing control signal S3.
The duplication preventing control signal stream generating means 161 outputs the duplication preventing control signals S3 as many as the predetermined number of clocksforeveryonebittoproducetheduplicationpreventing control signal streamFS and thensupplies this signalstream to a multiplying circuit 163.
To the PN code stream generating means 162, the PN code generation clock signal PNCLK:, enable signal EN and reset signal RE are supplied The enable signal EN causes the PN
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10 is turned ON and is then supplied to the PN code stream generating means 162.
The PN code stream generating means 162 becomes ready for operation depending on the enable signal EN. The PN code stream generating means 162 ~)roduces, for each edge, for example, of the reset signal RE, the PN code stream PS of the predetermined code pattern depending on the PN code generation clock signal PNCL~; from the beginning.
As explained above, the reset signal RE is used to generate the PNcode stream oft:hepredeterminedcodepattern fromthebeginning. Inthecaseofthisembodiment, thereset signal RE is supplied to the PN code stream generating means 162 for each appearance of the frame called as I picture (Intra-coded picture) and thereby generation of the PN code stream of the predetermined code pattern is repeated.
Namely, the image signal recorded on the recording medium 100 includes the above--mentioned I picture inserted in the constant period. The I picture has been formed by direct encoding of the image signal of one frame without use of the predictive encoding and this I picture forms the image signal recorded in the disk 100 together with the P picture (Predictive-coded picture) and B picture (Bidirectionally-coded picture) which are form,ed utilizing the motion compensating prediction. In t:his embodiment, the I picture has been used to instruct the reset timing for starting generation of the PN code stream.
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generating means 162. The PN code stream generating means 162 of this example is consisting of six D-Flip-flops REGl to REG6 forming the shift re(~ister of six stages and an exclusive OR circuit EX-OR for calculating adequate tap outputofthisshiftregister. The PN codestream generating means 162 shown in Fig. 5 generates, as explained above, enable EN, PN code generation clock signal PNCLK and also the PN codestream PSofMseriesdependingontheresetsignal RE. The PN code stream PS produced by the PN code stream generating means 162 is supplied to the multiplying circuit 163.
Fig. 7 is a diagram for explaining the generating condition of the PN code generated by the PN code stream generating means 162, namely l:he mapping of the PN code for the imagesignal. As is explainedabove, in this embodiment, the PN code stream generating means 162 generates the PN code of one chip for every one vertical section on the basis of the PN code generation clock signal PNCLK. That is, the PN
code of one clock period is generated for every one vertical section using the PN code generation clock PNCLK as the clock signal.
Thereby, the data stream consisting of different PN
codes Pl, P2, P3, P4, .... is formed for every one vertical sectioninthetimeaxisdirectioninunitofframe(hereafter, referred to only as time axis direction).
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produced, the PN code stream PS consisting of the PN code forming one chip in one verticalsection is produced defining the period from the I picture to the next I picture as one period. Inconception, differentPNcodesPl,P2,P3, P4,..
are produced in every one ve:rtical section and a plane consisting of the same PN code is formed in one vertical section.
When the PNcodestreamP',producedby thePNcodestream generating means 162 is superimposed, for example, in direct to the image signal and noise reduction is performed by utilizing the correlation in:the horizontal direction and correlation in the vertical ~lirection of the image signal as explained above, since the PN code superimposed to the image signal is not detected as difference element even if difference is detected between the adjacent pixels or adjacent horizontal scanning:lines in one vertical section, the PN code stream PS is never eliminated when the processing for eliminating the difference obtained by defining it as noise.
Moreover, even when image is compressed or enlarged usingso-calledzoommodeortheimagedisplaysizeischanged by executing the image conversion to change the image size formed by the image signal in the so-called wide mode, cinema mode and the standard mode as explained above, the PN code forming one chip with one vertical section superimposed in every one vertical section is never changed.
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a manner that a part of the image formed by the image signal to which the PN code stream PS is superimposed is cut out for use, the PN code superimposed to the image signal forming the cutout image is never changed. In addition, when unwanted part of the image is cut out and only the required imageisused, namelyevenwhentheimageispartiallydeleted, the PN codesuperimposedtotheimagesignalformingtheimage after the image is partially deleted is never changed.
As explained, in this embodiment, when the PN code stream PS is superimposed to t;he image signal and even when noise reduction utilizing correlation in the horizontal and vertical directions of the image signal, enlargement and compression of image formed by the image signal to which the PN code is superimposed, conversion of display size of the image and partial use or part.ial deleting of image are executed, the PN code (data) on the data plane consisting of the PN codes P1, P2, P3, E'4, .... formed in every one vertical section in the time axis direction is never changed.
In addition, the multiplying circuit 163 generates, on the basis of the PN code generation clock signal PNCLK, the SS duplication preventing control signal S5 by spectrum spread of the duplication preventing control signal stream FS using the PN code stream PS consisting of the PN codes generated considering one vertical section as one chip as explained above.
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means 16 is supplied to the D/A converting circuit 192. D/A
converting circuit 192 converts the SS duplication preventing control signal S5 into the analog SS duplication preventing control signal S5A to supply to the adding means 17.
The adding means 17 superimposes the analog SS
duplicationpreventingcontrol.signal S5A totheanalogimage signal S2A to form an outputimage signal S6A andthenoutputs this signal. AS explained above, the adding means 17 has a function as a superimposing means which superimposes, to the analog image signal S2A, the SS duplication preventing control signal S5A which is t.he duplication preventing control signal having been subjected to the spectrum spread by the PN code stream PS.
AS explained, the SS duplication preventing control signalS5formedthroughspectrumspreadbythe PNcodestream PS consisting of the PN codes produced considering one vertical section onechip is superimposed to the outputimage signal S6A. Therefore, within one vertical section of the image signal, the same SS duplication preventing control signal S5 is superimposed.
Thereby, even when noise reduction utilizing the correlation in the horizontal and vertical directions of the image signal, enlargement or compression of image, conversion of image display s:ize, partial use of image and partial deletion of image are executed, the SS duplication preventing control signal S5 superimposed to each vertical - 2 ~3 -CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

section of the image signal t:o which the SS duplication preventing control signal S5 is never changed.
Next, the second embodiment of the image signal output apparatus of the present invention will then be explained.
Fig. 8 is a block diagram for explaining a PN code generation control means 15B used in this embodiment. As shown in Fig. 8, the PN code generation control means 15B
of this embodiment comprises a PN code generation timing signal generating means 151B, a PLL circuit 152B and timing signal generating means 153B and a horizontal synchronous signal H is supplied to these elements from the synchronous separating means 14.
The PN code generation timing signal generating means 151BusesthehorizontalsynchronoussignalHasthereference signal to generate the PN code generation timing signal S4 for providing the timing for 'starting generation of the PN
code stream for spread used f-or spectrum spread.
Fig. 9 is a diagram for explaining an example of the PN code generation timing signal S4 produced in the PN code generation timing generating means 151B in this embodiment.
As shown in Fig. 9, inthis embodiment, the PN code generation timing signal S4 is generatecl with reference to the front edge (rising edge) of the horizontal synchronous signal H.
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except for the horizontal blanking period HBL.
The PLL circuit 152B produces the clock signal CLK
synchronized with the horizontal synchronous signal H
dependingonthehorizontalsynchronous signalH. Moreover, the timing signal generating means 153B produces various timing signals used in this image signal output apparatus 10 depending on the horizontal synchronous signal H.
ThePNcodegeneration timingsignalS4 andclocksignal CLK produced by the PN code generation controlling means 15B
are supplied to the duplication preventing control stream generatingmeans 1610ftheSSduplicationpreventingcontrol signal generating means 16 of Fig. 5 explained in regard to the first embodiment.
To the duplication preventing control signal stream generating means 161, the duplication preventing control signal S3 from the duplication preventing control signal extracting means 15, timing signal TM and clock signal CLK
are supplied. In this case, the timing signal instructs the timing for separating every one bit of the duplication preventing control signal S3.
Like the first embodiment, the duplication preventing control signal stream generating means 161 outputs the duplication preventing control signals S3 in every one bit as many as the predetermined number of clocks to produce the duplication preventing control signal stream FS and then supplies this signal stream to the multiplying circuit 163.
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signal S4 produces a low bit duplication preventing control signal stream FS of one bit to several bits which instructs inhibit of duplication or acknowledgment of duplication so thatthissignaliscompletedineveryeffectiveimagesection of one horizontal section.
To the PN code stream generating means 162, the clock signal CLK, enable signal EN and PN code generation timing signalS4 aresupplied. Theenablesignal EN sets thePNcod stream generating means 162 to the operating condition. The PN code stream generating means 162 produces the PN code stream PS, from the first code thereof, of the predetermined code pattern depending on the clock signal CLK in every falling edge of the PN code (~eneration timing signal S4.
In the second embodiment, the PN code stream PS defines the effective image section in every one horizontal section as one period. As explained above, the PN code stream generating means 162 produces, in every horizontal section, the PN code stream PS defining the section in one horizontal section as one period.
Fig. 10 a diagram for explaining the generating condition of the PN code generated by the PN code stream generating means 162 in the second embodiment, namely the mapping of the PN code for the image signal. As is already explained above, in this embodiment, the PN code stream generating means 162 produces the PN code stream PS defining one period with the effectiveimage section in one horizontal section. Explained here is an example where the PN code of CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

four chips are generated in the effective image section of one horizontal section for simplifying the explanation.
As shown in Fig. 10, the PNcode stream generatingmeans 162 produces, in this example, the PN code stream PS
consisting of the PN codes Pl, P2, P3, P4 corresponding to the effective image section of one horizontal section. The PN code stream PS is repeated]y produced in the same timing in each horizontal section forming a frame depending on the PN code generation timing sic~nal S4 and clock signal CLK.
Thereby, asshowninFig.10, the datastreamconsisting of the same PN codes in the vertical direction like the data stream consisting of the PN code Pl, data stream consisting of PN code P2, data stream consisting of PN code P3 and data stream consisting of PN code P4 are formed in the vertical direction.
Moreover, since the PN code stream PS is repeatedly produced in every one horizont:al section even if it exceeds one field, the data stream consisting of the same PN code is also produced in the time axis direction as shown in Fig.
10. Thereby, the data stream consisting of the same PN code is formed in the vertical direction and time axis direction of the image formed by the image signal. Accordingly, in concept, as shown in Fig. 10, four planes formed by the PN
codes Pl, P2, P3, P4 are formed in each frame in the case of this example.
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reduction is performed, as explained above, utilizing the correlation of the image sign~l, if difference is extracted between the adjacent horizontal scanning lines, adjacent fields and between adjacent frames, since the PN code stream PS consisting of the PN codes P1, P2, P3, P4 is not detected as the difference, the PN code stream PS is not eliminated even when the difference obta:ined is removed by considering t as nolse.
Moreover, as explained above, when the image is enlarged in the vertical direction or the image signal of the NTSC system is convertedl~o the image signal of the PAL
system, the horizontal scanning lines forming the image are interpolated. Inthiscase~alsthehorizontalscanninglines used for interpolation, the horizontal scanning lines near the interpolation position are used. Therefore, like the other horizontal scanning lines, the PN code stream PS is superimposed to the interpolated horizontal scanning lines and the horizontal scanning lines not having the PN code stream PS are never generated.
Moreover, even when the horizontal scanning lines to form the image are curtailed as in the case where the image signal of PAL system is converted into the image signal of the NTSC system, such deterioration of the PN code stream as partial deletion of the PN code stream PS is never generated.
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curtailment of the horizonta:L scanning line are executed, the PN code stream PS not generating a change of data on the data plane shown in Fig. 10 (an be produced.
The multiplying circuit 163 spreads the spectrum of the duplication preventing control signal stream PS using the PN code stream PS produced as explained above to form the SS duplication preventing conlrol signal S5. As explained, the duplication preventing control signal S3 is supplied to the multiplying circuit 163 aLs the duplication preventing control signal stream FS which is to be completed within the effective image section of one horizontal section and this signal FS is spectrum spread t:o be completed by the PN code stream PS of one period.
Namely, even when the duplication preventing control signal S indicates details of content of the duplication preventing control with one b:it or with a plurality of bits like 2 bits or 3 bits, the spectrum spread is executed using the PN code stream PS of one period. As explained above, since the duplication prevent:ing control signal S3 is spectrum spread to be completed by the PN code stream PS of oneperiod, thesameSSduplicationpreventingcontrolsignal S5 is formed corresponding to the effective image section in each horizontal section.
Like the first embodiment, the SS duplication preventing control signal S5 formed by the SS duplication preventing control signal generating means 16 is converted to the analog SS duplication preventing control signal S5A

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in the D/A converting circuit 192 and then superimposed to the analog image signal S2A in the adding means 17 to produce an output image signal 6A.
The adding means 17 superimposes the analog SS
duplicationpreventingcontrolsignalS5Atotheanalogimage signal S2A to form an outputimage signal S6A and then outputs thissignal. Asexplained,theaddingmeans17hasafunction as the superimposing means for superimposing, to the analog image signal S2A, the SS duplication preventing control signalS5Awhichistheduplicat:ionpreventingcontrolsignal spectrum spread by the PC code stream PS.
Thereby, the same SS du~)lication preventing control signal S5 is repeatedly superimposed to the effective image section between each horizontal section in the vertical and time axis directions of the image formed by the image signal S6 to which the SS duplication preventing control signal is superimposed. Therefore, the same SS duplication preventing control signal S5 spectrum spread by the PN code generated in the same manner in each horizontal section of all frames is superimposed, as explained in regard to Fig.
6, to each horizontal section of all frames formed by the image signal S6.
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curtailment or interpolation thereof in the time axis direction namely curtailment or interpolation of frame are executed, the data stream, which may allows increase or decrease in number of data of the SS duplication preventing control signal in the vertical direction and time axis direction of the image formed by the image signal to which the SS duplicationpreventing controlsignal is superimposed but any change of contents, can be formed.
As explained, even when noise reduction of the image signal utilizing correlation of image signal, interpolation and curtailment of the horizontal scanning lines or frames are executed, the SS duplication preventing control signal isstillsuperimposed, withoutanychange, toeachhorizontal section of all frames formed by the image signal after the noise reduction, interpolation and curtailment of the horizontal scanning line and frame.
Next, the third embodiment of the image signal output apparatus of the present invention will be explained.
Fig. 11 is a block diagram for explaining the PN code generation controlling means 15C of this embodiment. As shown in Fig. 11, the PN code generation controlling means 15C of this embodimentisprovided with a PN code resettiming signal generating means 151C, a PN clock generating means 152C anda timingsignalgeneratingmeans153C. The vertical synchronous signal V is supplied to the PN code reset timing signal generating means 151C from the synchronous separating means 14, while a horizontal synchronous signal H issupplied CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

to the timing signal generating means 153C from the synchronous separating means 14.
The PN code reset timing signal generating means l51C
uses the vertical synchronous signal V shown in Fig. 13A as the reference signal to produce the reset signal RE (refer to Fig. 12B) of the vertical period to determine the repetition frequency of the E'N code for spread to be used for the spectrum spread. In this example, the reset signal RE is the signal of vertical period which rises at the front edge of the vertical synchronous signal V.
The PN clock generatingmeans152Cproduces the PN clock PNCLK synchronized with the horizontal synchronous signal H shown in Fig. 12D. This PN c:Lock PNCLK determines the chip period of the spread code. In this embodiment, the PN clock PNCLK of the horizontal periocl is produced as shown in Fig.
12E.
Moreover, the timing sit~nal generating means 153C
produces varioustimingsignalsusedinthisoutputapparatus 10 on the basis of the horizontal synchronous signal H.
The PN coderesettimingsignalRE, PN clock signal PNCLK
produced by the PN code generat:ion controlling means 15C are supplied to the duplication preventing control stream generatingmeansl610ftheSSduplicationpreventingcontrol signal generating means 16 of Fig. 5 explained in regard to the first embodiment.
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signal S4 from the duplication preventing control signal extracting means 15, timing signal TM and PN clock signal PNCLK are supplied. In this case, the timing signal TM
instructs the timing for separation of every one bit of the duplication preventing control signal S4.
Like the first embodiment, the duplication preventing control signal stream generating means 161 produces the duplication preventing control signal stream FS by outputting the duplication preventing control signal S4 as many as the predetermined number of clocks in every one bit and then supplies this signa~ stream FS to the multiplying circuit 163. In this third embodiment, the duplication preventing control signal stream generating means 161 produces the low bit duplication preventing control signal stream FS of one bit to several bits to be completed within one vertical section to instnlct inhibit of duplication or acknowledgment of duplication..
To the PN code stream generating means 162, the clock signal CLK, enable signal EN aIld PN code reset timing signal RE are supplied. Theenable signal EN sets the PN codestream generating means 162 to the operating condition.
The PN code stream generating means 162 is reset for every rising edge of the PN code reset timing signal RE to produce the PN code stream PS of the predetermined code pattern, from the first code thereof, depending on the PN
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chip is assigned to one horizontal section.
The clock rate of the c;Lock PNCLK supplied to the PN
code stream generating means 162 is 15.734 kHz which is equal to the horizontal frequency when the image signal is that of the NTSC system. In this case, 255 chips are inserted in one vertical section.
Fig. 13 is a diagram for explaining the generating condition of the PN code generated by the PN code stream generating means 162, namely t:he mapping of the PN code for theimagesignalinthethirdembodiment. Asexplainedabove, in this embodiment, the PN code stream generating means 162 produces the PN code stream PS generating one chip in one horizontal section by defining one vertical section as one period.
In Fig. 13, one vertical section is formed of four horizontal sections for simplifying the explanation. As shown in Fig. 13, the PN code stream generating means 162 produces, in this example, the PN code stream PS consisting of the chips 1, 2, 3, 4 having different data, corresponding to each horizontal section in one vertical section. This PN
code stream PS is repeated produced in the same manner with the same timing in each field (vertical section), depending on the PN code reset timing signal RE and clock signal PNCLK.
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data are repeatedlyarrangedalso in the time axis direction.
Since the duplicationpreventing control signal is completed in one vertical section, as t:he SS duplication preventing control signals, four planes forming the same chips in both horizontal direction and time axis direction are generated, in conception, in this example as shown in Fig. 6.
Therefore, when this PN code stream PS is superimposed, for example, to the image signal in direct and the noise reduction utilizing the correlation of the image signal is performed as explained above, since the PN code stream PS
consisting of the PN code chips 1, 2, 3, 4 is not detected as the difference even when a difference is obtained between the adjacent fields or adjacent frames, the PN code stream PS is never eliminated if the noise reduction is executed by considering such difference obtained as noise.
Moreover, as explained above, when the image is enlarged or compressed in the horizontal direction, the pixels are deleted or interpolated. However, since one chip having the same data is assigned in the horizontal direction, the original PN data is never lost if the pixel data in the horizontal direction is deleted or interpolated.
In addition, if the field curtailment or field interpolation is executed, since the chip having the same data isalsoproducedinthetimeaxis direction, theoriginal data is not lost and remains as it is .
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curtailment or interpolationin the horizontal direction and vertical directionareperformed, the PN code stream PS which does not show any change of data on the data plane shown in Fig. 13 can be produced.
The multiplying circuit 163 executes spectrum spread for theduplicationpreventingcontrolsignalstreamFSusing the PN code stream PS produced as explained above to form the SS duplication preventing control signal S5. As explained above, the duplication preventing control signal S4 is supplied to the multipl.ying circuit 163 as the duplication preventing control signal stream FS to be completed in the effective image section in one vertical section and this signal is spectrum spread to be completed by the PN code stream PS of one period.
Namely, even when the dupiication preventing control signal S4 indicates the control details for the duplication preventing control with one bit or indicates the control details for the duplication preventing control with a plurality ofbitssuchas2 bits or3 bits, thespectrumspread is performed using the PN code stream PS of one period. As explained, since the duplication preventing control signal S3 is spectrum spread to be completed by the PN code stream PS of one period, the same SS duplication preventing control signal S5 is formed corresponding to each vertical section.
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D/A converting circuit 192 converts the SS duplication preventing control signal S5 to the analog SS duplication preventing control signal S5A and then supplies it to the adding means 17 The adding means 17 superimposes the analog SS
duplicationpreventingcontrolsignalS5Atotheanalogimage signal S3 to form an output image signal S6A and to output this signal. As explained, the adding means 17 also has a function of a superimposing means to superimpose, to the analogimagesignalS3, theSS~luplicationpreventingcontrol signalS5Awhichistheduplicationpreventingcontrolsignal spectrum spread by the PN code stream PS.
In this case, even when the noise reduction utilizing correlation between the adja~ent fields or frames, curtailment and interpolation of pixels in the horizontal direction for compression and enlargement in the horizontal direction of the image, curtailment or interpolation in the time axis direction, namely curtailment or interpolation of fields are executed, the data stream which never generate any change in its content can be formed as the data stream of the SS duplication prevent:ing control signal in the horizontal direction and time axis direction of the image formed by the image signal to which the SS duplication preventing control signal is superimposed.
Accordingly, when the interpolation andcurtailment of theimagesignalbythenoisereductionutilizingcorrelation in the horizontal direction and vertical direction of the CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

image signal, enlargement and compression of image, display size conversion of image, partial use and partial deletion of image as explaine,d above are executed in the output apparatus 10 and the apparatus such as a recording apparatus to receive the image signal :Erom this output apparatus 10 or between the output apparatus 10 and an apparatus for receiving the image signal from this output apparatus 10, it is possible to surely transmit the spread spectrum duplication preventing control signal (SS duplication preventing control signal) by superimposing it to the image signal and also to provide sllch signal to the subsequent apparatus.
Moreover, since the duplication preventing control signalisspectrumspreadandsuperimposedtotheimagesignal, the SS duplication preventin~ control signal to be superimposed to the image signal does not deteriorate the imagesignalandtheSSduplicationpreventingcontrolsignal is never eliminated easily from the image signal.
Fig. 14 shows a relationship between the duplication preventing control signal and a main information signal or the image signal in this example using the spectrum. The duplication preventing control signal includes a small amount of information and is a low bit rate signal and also a narrow band signal as shown in Fig. 8(a). When this signal is spectrum spread, it is changed to the broad band signal as shown in Fig. 8(b). In this case, the spectrum spread signal level is lowered in inverse proportion to an enlargement ratio of the band.
This spectrum spread signal, namely the SS duplication preventing control signal S7A is superimposed to the information signal by means of the adding means 17. In this case, as shown in Fig. 8(c), the SS duplication preventing control signal S7A is superimposed in the smaller level than the dynamic range of the image signal as the information signal. Thereby, as explained above, the image signal to which the SS duplication preventing control signal is superimposed is supplied to the monitor receiver and when the image is reproduced, the excellent reproduced image can be obtained almost not inclucling any influence of the SS
duplication preventing control signal.
On the other hand, as will be explained later, when inverse spectrum spread is executed to detect the SS
duplication preventingcontrol.signal in the recordingside, the SS duplication preventing control signal is recovered again as the narrow band signal as shown in Fig. 8(d). Since the sufficient band spread rate is given, power of the duplication preventing control signal after inverse spread exceeds the information signal and thereby detection is now possible.
In this case, since the SS duplication preventing control signal is superimposed to the analog image signal inthesametimeandsamefrecIuencyas theanalogimagesignal, it cannot be deleted or repaired with a filter or simple replacement of information.

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Accordingly, the SS duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal is never eliminated and the SS duplication preventing control signal can surely supplied to the apparatus such as the monitor receiver and recording apparatus.
As explained, the analog output image signal S6A to which the SS duplication preventing control signal S5A is superimposed is supplied to the monitor receiver for displaying the image or to the recording apparatus 20 explained later.
In the first embodiment" the output apparatus 10 uses MPEG2 and executes data comp:eession to produce the reset signal RE to generate, from thefirstcode, the PNcodestream with reference to the I picture of the image signal recorded in the recording medium 100. However, the apparatus 10 is not limited thereto.
For example, it is also possible to provide the predetermined interval and insert thereto the timing signal for generating the reset signal RE within the vertical blanking period. Thereby when the timing signal is detected, the PN code stream is output from the first code.
In the second embodiment, the PN code of four chips is generated for the effective image section of one horizontal section for simplifying the explanation, but the facilities are not limited thereto. Actually, the PN code stream of about 720 chips in maximum can be used for the system of NTSC
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effective image section of one horizontal section.
However, in the case of generating many PN codes for the effective image section of one horizontal section, the duplication preventing control signal which is spectrum spread by this PN code strea:m becomes the high frequency signal and thereby it is not preferable because the duplicationpreventingcontrolsignalisprobablyeliminated by a noise canceler for reduc:ing the high frequency element in t he image signal.
Therefore, in the case of using a noise canceler to remove the high frequency element of 1 MHz or higher, the number ofcodes ofthe PNcodestream used for spectrumspread is adequately set, for example, by using the PN code stream consisting of the PN codes less than 100 chips for one horizontal section.
Next, the image signal .recording apparatus 20 of the first, second and third embo(1iments, which respectively receives the image signal S6A from the image signal output apparatus 10 of the first, second and third embodiments and records the image signal, wi:Ll be explained.
Fig. 15 is a diagram for explaining an image signal recording apparatus (hereinafter referred to only as recording apparatus) 20 used in the image signal duplication control system of this embodiment Namely, the recording apparatus 20 corresponds to the recording system of the DVD
apparatus in these embodiment:s.
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second and third embodiment comprises, as shown in Fig. 15, an encoding means 21, a synchronous separating means 22, a PN code generation controlling means 23, a detecting means for detecting the duplication preventing control signal which is spectrum spread and is superimposed to the image signal (hereinafter referred to as SS duplicationpreventing control signal detecting means) 24, a duplication controlling means 25 for cont:rolling acknowledgment or inhibit of recording, a writing means 26 and an AD converting circuit 291. Moreover, a recording medium 200 is a DVD to which an image signal is written by the recording apparatus 20.
The image signal S6A supplied from theoutputapparatus 10 is converted to a digital image signal S21 by the A/D
converting circuit 291 and is then supplied to the encoding means 21, synchronous separating means 22 and SS duplication preventing control signal det.ecting means 24.
The encoding means21 receives the digital image signal S21andexecutesencodingprocesssuchaseliminationofimage synchronous signal and data compression of digital image signal to form a digital image signal S22 for recording to be supplied to a recording medium 200 and then supplies this signal to the writing means 26.
In the image signal recording apparatus 20 of the first embodiment, the synchronous separating means 22 extracts the vertical synchronous signal V from the digital image signal S21 before the encoding proces<, and then supplies the signal CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

V to the PN code generation controlling means 23.
The PN code generation controlling means 23 of the recording apparatus 20 is structured like the PN code generation controlling means 15 of the output apparatus 10 explained in regard to Fig. 3. Therefore, the PN code generation controlling mean 23 is assumed to have the structure shown in Fig.3 for the convenience of explanation.
In the first embodiment, the PN code generation clock signal generating means 151 of the PN code generation controlling means 23 uses the vertical synchronous signal V as the reference signal to produce the PN code generation clock PNCLK for generating the PN code stream for inverse spread to be sued for the inverse spectrum spread, corresponding to the image signal output apparatus 10 explained above.
The PN code generationclocksignal PNCLK producedhere is similar to the PN code generation clock signal PNCLK shown in Fig. 4B produced in the PN code generation controlling means 15 of the image signal output apparatus 10 explained previously and is used to pro(~uce the PN code of one clock period in every vertical section, in this case, defining one vertical section as one chip.
Moreover, the timingsignal generating means 152 of the PN code generation controlling means 23 produces various timingsignalsonthebasisoftheverticalsynchronoussignal V.
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the PN code generation contro].ling means 23 is then supplied to the SS duplication preventing control signal detecting means 24.
The SS duplicationpreventing control signal detecting means 24 is provided with the PN code generator and multiplying circuit to have the function as an inverse spectrum spreading means which executes the inversespectrum spread to extract the duplicat:ion preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal S21.
The SS duplicationpreventing control signal detecting means 24 produces the PN code~ stream for inverse spread dependingon the PN codegenerationclocksignal PNCLK. This PN code stream for inverse spread is formed of the PN code produced by defining one vert:ical section as one chip and has the same code pattern as t:he PN code stream PS used for spectrum spread of the duplicationpreventingcontrol signal in the output apparatus 10 explained above.
Moreover, the SS duplication preventing controlsignal detecting means 24 executes the inverse spectrum spread, for the image signal S21, using t:he PN code stream for inverse spread which is the same PN code stream as that used for spectrum spread, to extract t:he duplication preventing control signal superimposed t:o the image signal S21. The duplication preventing control signal S24 extracted is supplied to the duplication controlling means 25.
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detecting means 24, namely the timing for generating the PN
code of the predetermined cod.e pattern from its first code is produced, although not il:Lustrated, depending on the I
picture produced by the code process of the encoding means 21.
The duplication controlling means 25 decodes the duplication preventing control signal S24 to discriminate whether the image signal supplied to the recording apparatus 20 is inhibited or allowed to be duplicated. Depending on the discrimination result, the write control signal S 25 is produced and is then supplied to the writing means 26 to execute the duplication control for inhibiting or allowing the writing of the image signal S22.
The writing means 26 writes, when the write control signal S25 acknowledges the writing, the image signal to the recording medium 200 and does not write, when the write control signal S25 inhibits t:he writing, the image signal S22 to the recording medium 200.
As explained, the recording apparatus 20 of this embodiment executes the inverse spectrum spread using the same PN code stream as that used for spectrum spread of the duplication preventing control signal to extract the duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal corresponding to the output apparatus 10.
As explained previously, in the output apparatus 10, the PN code stream consisting of the PN codes defining one vertical section as one chip is used to spectrum spread the -5~-CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

duplication preventing control signal S3. Thereby the SS
duplication preventing control signal SS can be formed and the same SS duplication preventing control signal is superimposed, within each vertical section, into each verticalsectionoftheimagesignalfromtheoutputapparatus 10 .
Therefore, asexplainedpreviously, evenwhenthenoise reduction utilizing correlation in the horizontal direction and vertical direction of the image signal, enlargement and compression of image, display size conversion of image and interpolation and curtailment-of image signal by the partial use or partial deletion of image are executed in the output apparatus 10 or recording appa.ratus 20 or between the output apparatus 10 and recording apparatus 20, the SS duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal can be extracted by executin~ the inverse spectrum spread as the original duplicationpreventing control signal before the spectrum spread to perform the duplication preventing control depending on the extracted duplication preventing control signal.
Moreover, the PN code generation clock signals of the same period can also be produced respectively in the output apparatus 10 and recording apparatus 20 by generating the PN code generation clock signal PNCLK using the vertical synchronous signal as the reference signal in the output apparatus 10 and recording apparatus 20. Thereby, the PN
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periodasonechipcanalsobep:roducedintheoutputapparatus 10 and recording apparatus 2().
In addition, in the outE~ut apparatus 10 and recording apparatus 20, the PN code stream is produced from its first code in the timing of the I pi(ture which is inserted in the constant period.
Thereby, since the recording apparatus 20 is not required to execute the phase control to produce the PN code stream for inverse spread in the same timing by detecting the PN codestreaminwhichthecluplicationpreventingcontrol signal superimposed to the image signal is spectrum spread using, for example, a sliding correlator, etc., the duplication preventing control signal by the inverse spectrum spread can be extracted quickly.
In the embodiment explained previously, the PN code generation clock PNCLK defining one vertical section as one clock period is produced using the vertical synchronous signal as the reference signal to generate the PN code defining one clock period as one chip in the output apparatus 10 and control apparatus 20, but the facilities are not limited thereto.
For example, the PN code generation clock signal PNCLK
(Fig. 16B) defining the two vertical sections as one clock period may be produced as shown in Fig. 16 and the PN code generation clock signal PNCLK (Fig. 16C) defining the three vertical section as one clock period may also be produced.
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several vertical sections as one clock period may also be produced.
As explained above, it is also possible to a certain extent to curtail the image signal in unit of the frames by utilizing the PN code stream consisting of the PN codes defining several vertical sections as one chip using the PN
codegenerationclocksignaldefiningapluralityofvertical sectionsasoneclockperiod. Namely, itcanberealizedthat the SS duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal as a whole is never changed even when the image signal is curtailecl in unit of frame.
Here, the series of the PN code stream may be changed in the time axis direction. In other words, the PN code streams in a plurality of series may be used in the time axis direction.
For example, the PN code streams of different series may be used as many as one repetition frequency by generating the PNM code streams of different series. In this case, much more data may be transmitted.
Intheimagesignalrecordingapparatus20Ofthesecond embodiment of the present invention, the synchronous separating means 22 extracts the horizontal synchronous signalHfrom thedigitalimagesignalS21 beforetheencoding process and then supplies this signal to the PN code generation controlling means 23.
In this embodiment, the PN code generation controlling means 23 of the recording apparatus 20 is similar in the CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

structure to the PN code generation controlling means 15B
of the output apparatus 10 explained in regard to Fig. 8.
Therefore, the PN code generation controlling means 23 is assumed to have the structure shown in Fig. 8.
The PN code generation timing signal generating means 151B of the PN code generation controlling means 23 uses the horizontal synchronous signal H as the reference signal to produce, corresponding to the image signal output apparatus 10 explained above, the PN code generation timing signal S23 which provides the timing to start generation of the PN code stream for inverse spread to be used for inverse spectrum spread. The PN code generation timing signal S23 produced here is identical to the PN code generation timing signal S4 shown in Fig. 9B produced in the PN code generation controlling means 15B of the output apparatus 10 explained above and this timing signal 23 provides the timing corresponding to thestartingpositionof theeffectiveimage section of each horizontal section of the frame formed by the image signal.
The PLL circuit 152B of the PN code generation controlling means 23 produces the clock signal CLK1 synchronized with thehorizontalsynchronous signalH. This clock signal CLK1 is synchronized with the horizontal synchronous signal and has the same frequency as the clock signal CLK used in the image signal output apparatus 10 explained above. Moreover, the timing signal generating means 163 of the PN code generation controlling means 23 -5~-CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

produces various timing signa:ls depending on the horizontal synchronous signal H.
The PN code generation timing signal S23 and clock signal CLKl produced in the P:N code generation controlling means23aresuppliedtotheSSduplicationpreventingcontrol signal detecting means 24.
In this embodiment, the SS duplication preventing control signal detecting means 24 is provided with the PN
code generator and multiplying circuit to have the function as the inverse spectrum spreading means which extracts the duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal S21 by executing the inverse spectrum spread.
The SS duplicationpreventing control signal detecting means 24 produces the PN code stream for inverse spread depending on the PN code generation timing signal S23 and clock signal CLKl. This PN code stream for inverse spectrum spread defines the effective i:mage section of one horizontal section as one period and has the same code pattern as the PN code stream PS used for the spectrum spread of the duplication preventing control signal in the output apparatus 10.
The SS duplicationpreventing control signal detecting means 24 executes the inverse spectrum spread to the image signal of the effective image section in each horizontal section towhichtheSSduplicationpreventingcontrolsignal is superimposed using the PN code stream for inverse spread which is the same PN code stream as that used for spectrum CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

spreadinordertoextracttheduplicationpreventingcontrol signal superimposed in the image signal. The extracted duplication preventing control signal S24 is then supplied to the duplication controlling means 25.
As explained above, the duplication controlling means 25 produces the write control signal S25 depending on the duplication preventing control signal S24 and the writing means 26 inhibitsor acknowledges writing of the imagesignal S22 totherecordingmedium200 dependingon thewritecontrol signal S25.
As explained, the recording apparatus 20 of this embodiment executes, corresponding to the output apparatus 10, the inverse spectrum spread to the image signal of the effective image section of each horizontal section to which the SS duplicationpreventingcontrolsignal is superimposed using the PN code stream same as that used for the spectrum spread of the duplication preventing control signal in order to extract the duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal.
In this case, the same ',S duplication preventing control signal is superimposed to the image signal output from the output apparatus 10 in the effective image section of all horizontal sections of all frames.
Therefore, as explained above, even when the noise reduction utilizing correlation of the image signal is executed, the SS duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal is never eliminated.

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Moreover, for enlargement of image in the vertical direction or conversion of the image signal of the NTSC system into the image signal of PAL system, the horizontal scanninglines forming the image are interpolated. In this case, as the horizontal scanning lines used for the interpolation, the horizontal scanning lines adiacent to the position to be interpolatedareused. Therefore, like theotherhorizontal scanning lines, the SS duplicat:ionpreventing controlsignal is also superimposed to the horizontal scanning line interpolatedand the horizontal scanning lines notincluding the SS duplication preventing control signal are never generated.
In addition, the duplicat:ion preventing control signal is spectrum spread and is then superimposed to the image signal to be completed in the effective image section of one horizontal section. Therefore, even when the horizontal scanning lines forming the image are curtailed to compress the image in the vertical direction or convert the image signal of PAL system into theimage signal of theNTSC system, it is never generated that the SS duplication preventing control signal is deteriorated, for example, a part of the SS duplication preventing control signal is deleted and thereby details of duplication preventing control indicated by the SS duplication preventing control signal cannot be discriminated.
Moreover, since the same SS duplication preventing controlsignalissuperimposedintheeffectiveimagesection 5rl CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

of each horizontal scanning section of all frames, even when the interpolation and curtailment of frame are executed, it is nevergeneratedthattheSS duplicationpreventingcontrol signalis deterioratedandtherebydetailsoftheduplication preventing control indicated by the SS duplication control signal cannot be discriminated.
In addition, even when the image signal to which the spectrum spread duplication preventing control signal is superimposed is reproduced iIl the irregular speed, the superimposed duplication preventing control signal is never deleted or deteriorated. Moreover, even when so-called the cuttingeditionisperformedtocutorpaste theimagesignal, since the spectrum spread duplication preventing control signal is superimposed to each horizontal section of all framesformedbytheimagesignal, the duplicationpreventing control signal can be extracted to perform the duplication preventing control depending on the extracted duplication preventing control signal.
Further, since the SS duplication preventing control signal is superimposedto the effective image section ofeach horizontal section, even when the synchronous signal is changed, the SS duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal is never deleted and deteriorated.
Therefore, in the recording apparatus 20, the duplication preventing control signal which is spectrum spread and superimposed to the image signal can be surely CA 02227049 1998-01-1~
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and accurately extracted and thereby the duplication preventingcontrolmayberealizeddependingontheextracted duplication preventing control signal.
In addition, the PN code stream can be produced in the same timing for the horizontal synchronous signal in the output apparatus 10 andrecord:ing apparatus 20 by generating the PN code generation timing signals S4, S23 in the output apparatus 10 and recording apparatus 20 using the horizontal synchronous signal as the reference signal.
Thereby, it is no longer required to use the sliding correlator as in the case of t:he image recording apparatus 20 of the first embodiment and the duplication preventing control signal can be quickly extracted through the inverse spectrum spread.
In addition, as explained above, in the output apparatus 10 and recording apparatus 20, since the frequencies of the clock signals CLK, CLK1 are determined using the horizontal synchronous signal as the reference signal, the clocks signals of the same frequency may surely be produced in both output apparatus 10 and recording apparatus 20.
In the embodimentexplained previously, the horizontal synchronous signalisused as the reference signal to produce the PN code stream which is repeated in every effective image section of one horizontal section but facilities are not limited thereto. For example, it is also possible that one horizontalsectionisdividedintoapluralityofsubsections _5C~_ CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

such as two or three subsections to use the PN code stream which repeats in every 1/2 horizontal section or 1/3 horizontal section. In this case, it is enough to use the PN code stream which repeats in every 1/2 horizontal section or 1/3 horizontal section even in the recording apparatus 20 corresponding to the output apparatus 10.
Moreover, in the embodiment explained above, as shown Fig. 9, the SS duplication preventing control signal is superimposed to the effective image section of each horizontal section of the image signal, but it is also possible that the SS duplication preventing control signal is notinsertedtoalleffectiveimageregions. For example, it is also possible to set in details the effective image sections for superimposing the SS duplication preventing control signal depending on t:he horizontal synchronous signal, for example, in such a manner as to several tens of clocks from which clock counted from the front edge of the horizontal synchronous signal.
In this case, it is enough for the side receiving the image signal to which the duplication preventing control signal is superimposed to produce, for the image signal, the PN code for inverse spread in the same timing as the output apparatus depending on the PN code generation timing signal for inverse spread produced on the basis of the horizontal synchronous signal in view of executing the inverse spectrum spread using such produced PN code.
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embodiment of the present invention, the synchronous separating means 22 extracts the horizontal synchronous signal H and vertical synchronous signal V from the digital imagesignalS21beforetheencodingprocessandthensupplies such synchronous signals to t:he PN code generation controlling means 23.
In this embodiment, the E~N code generation controlling means 23 of the recording apparatus 20 is structured in the same structure as the PN code generation controlling means 15C of the output apparatus 10 explained above in regard to Fig.11. Therefore,thePNcodegenerationcontrollingmeans 23 is assumed to have the structure shown in Fig. 11 for the convenience of explanation.
The PN code reset timing signal generating means 151C
of the PN code generation cortrolling means 23 uses the vertical synchronous signal V as the reference signal and produces, corresponding to the image signal output apparatus 10 explained previously, the PN code reset timing signal RE
for providing the reset timing of the PN code stream for inverse spread to be used for the inverse spectrum spread.
The PN code reset timing signal RE produced here is similar to the PN code reset timing signal produced by the PN code generation controlling means 15 of the output apparatus 10 explained above and provides the timing corresponding to the startingpositionoftheverticalsectionoftheimagesignal.
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PNCLK synchronized with the horizontal synchronous signal H. This clock signal PNCLK has the same frequency as the clock signal PNCLK used in the image signal output apparatus 10 explained above. Moreover, the timing signal generating means 163 of the PN code generation controlling means 23 produces various timing signa:ls depending on the horizontal synchronous signal H.
ThePNcoderesettimingsignalREandclocksignal PNCLK
produced by the PN code generation controlling means 23 are thensuppliedtotheSSduplicationpreventingcontrolsignal detecting means 24.
In this embodiment, the SS duplication preventing control signal detecting means 24 is provided with a PN code generator and a multiplying circuit and also has a function as the inverse spectrum spreading means for extracting the duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal S21 through the inverse spectrum spread.
The SS duplicationpreventing control signal detecting means 24 produces the PN code stream for inverse spread depending on the PN code reset timing signal RE and clock signal PNCLK. This PN codestream for inversespreaddefines one vertical section as one period and has the same code pattern as t he PN code stream used for spectrum spread of the duplication preventing control signal in the output apparatus 10.
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vertical section to which the SS duplication preventing control signal is superimposed, the inverse spectrum spread using the PN code stream for inverse spread which is the same PN code stream as that used for spectrum spread to extract the duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal. The extracted duplication preventing control signal S24 is supplied to t he duplication controlling means 25.
The duplication controlling means 25 produces the write control signal S25 depending on the duplication preventing control signal S24 as explained previously and the writing means 26 inhibits or acknowledges writing of the image signal S22 into the recording medium 200 depending on the write control signal S25.
As explained, the recording apparatus of this embodiment executes, corresponding to the output apparatus 10, the inverse spectrum spread using the PN code stream which is same as that used for the spectrum spread of the duplication preventing control signal for the image signal to which the SS duplication preventing control signal is superimposed, in order to extract the duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal.
In this case, as explained above, the SS duplication preventing control signal which is the identical data in the horizontal direction and time axis direction is superimposed to the image signal output from the output apparatus 10.
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reduction utilizingcorrelationofimage signal is executed, the SS duplication preventincr control signal superimposed to the image signal is never eliminated. In addition, even when deletion and interpolation are executed in the horizontal direction and time axis direction of the image, the SS duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal is never lost.
Accordingly, even when the aspect radio converting process or irregular speed reproduction is executed, namely when the so-called cutting eclition is executed, the SS
duplication preventing control signal is not deteriorated and the details of duplicationpreventingcontrol instructed by the SS duplication preventing control signal can always be discriminated.
Therefore, in the recording apparatus 20, the duplication preventing control signal which is spectrum spread and superimposed to the image signal can surely and accurately be extracted and the duplication preventing control may be realized depending on the extracted duplication preventing control signal.
Moreover, in the output apparatus 10 and recording apparatus 20, the PN code stre,~m can be produced in the same timing for the vertical synchronous signal respectively in the output apparatus 10 and recording apparatus 20 by using the vertical synchronous signal as the reference signal to produce the PN code reset timing signal RE.
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longer required, for example, that the sliding correlator is used to detect the PN code steam spectrum spreading the duplication preventing control signal superimposed in the image signal to execute the phase control in order to produce the PN code stream for inverse spread in the same timing, the duplication preventing control signal can be quickly extracted by the inverse spec:trum spread.
As is explained previously, since the frequency of the clocksignals CLK, CLKl is determinedby using the horizontal synchronous signal as the reference signal in the output apparatus 10 and recording apparatus 20, the clock signal of the same frequency can surely be produced in both output apparatus 10 and recording apparatus 20.
In the embodiment explained previously, the SS
duplication preventingcontro] signal is superimposed to all sections of the image signal in the output apparatus 10 and recordingapparatus20,butiti.salsopossibletosuperimpose the SS duplication preventing control signal only to the effective image section, except for the vertical blanking period and horizontal blanking period. In addition, it is not always required to superimpose the SS duplication preventing control signal to all effective image sections.
For example, it is of course po,sible to execute fine setting depending on the horizontalsynchronous signal, for example, in such a manner that the SS duplication preventing control signal is superimposed to several tens of clocks from which clock counted from the front edge of the horizontal 6~-synchronous signal.
Inaddition, thePNclocksignalPNCLKhasbeentheclock of horizontal period to assign one chip to each horizontal section, but it is also allowed to assign one chip to two horizontal sections using the PN clock signal PNCLK of two horizontal periods as shown in Fig. 3F. Moreover, it is also possible to use the PN clock signal PNCLK of a plurality of horizontal periods of three horizontal periods or more to generate the PN code having the repetition frequency of one vertical period.
Further, the period of l_he PN code is not limited to one verticalperiod andthe PNcode may be generatedto repeat several times in one vertical period, for example, it may be set to 0.5 vertical periocl to repeat two times in one vertical period.
In addition, in the embodiment explained above, the analog image signal is supplied to the output apparatus 20 from the output apparatus 10 through the analog connection, but the present invention may be applied to the digital connection.
Namely, the spectrum spread duplication preventing control signal may besuperimposed to the analog image signal and also to the digital image signal.
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signal to which the spectrum spread duplication preventing control signal is superimposed and then the extracted SS duplication preventing control signal detecting means.
Intheembodimentexplainedabove, theoutputapparatus and recording apparatus are assumed as the DVD apparatuses, but these are not limited thereto and the present invention can be adopted to VTR, digital VTR, and output apparatus and recording apparatus of video disk and video CD. ~amely, the present invention may beapplied to any analog apparatus such as analog VTR andany digitalapparatussuchasDVDapparatus.
In the embodiment explained previously, the duplication preventing control signal added to the image signal recorded in the recording medium 100 is extracted and it is then spectrum spread us:ing the PN code and it is then superimposed to the image signal supplied to the recording apparatus 20, but it is also possible to use the recording medium to which the image signal previously superimposing the spectrum spread duplicati.on preventing control signal is recorded.
Namely, in the first embodiment, the SS duplication preventing control signal is formed by spectrum spreading the duplication preventing control signal using the PN code which defines, for example, one vertical section or several vertical sections as one chip for the image signal to be recorded to the recording medium. Moreover, the recording medium having recorded the image signal to which the formed CA 02227049 1998-01-1~

SS duplication preventing control signal is superimposed is produced.
In the second embodiment, the duplication preventing control signal is spectrum s]?read so that it is completed intheeffectiveimagesectionofonehorizontalsectionusing the PN code stream defining the effective image section of one horizontal section as one period for the image signal recorded to the recording medium and the spectrum spread duplication preventing controlsignal is superimposed to the effective image section of each horizontal section of the image signal. Thereby, the recording medium in which the image signal having superimposed the spectrum spread duplication preventing control signal into the effective image section is recorded can be produced.
In the third embodiment, the duplication preventing control signal is spectrum sl?read to be completed in one vertical section using, for example, the PN code stream defining one vertical section as one period for the image signal to be recorded to the recording medium and then the spectrum spread duplication preventing control signal is superimposed to the image signal. Thereby, the recording medium inwhichtheimagesignalhavingallowedsuperimposing of the spectrum spread duplication preventingcontrolsignal is recorded can be produced.
In the case of the recording medium where the image signal to which the spectrum spread duplication preventing control signal is superimposed previously is recorded, it CA 02227049 1998-01-1~
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is no longer required for the output apparatus to execute various processes such as ext:raction of the duplication preventing control signal, generation of the PN code, spectrum spread and superimpc)sing of the spectrum spread duplication preventing control signal to the image signal.
Namely, in this case, it is required in the side of the output apparatus to reproduce and out.put the image signal recorded in the recording medium.
In this case, in the recording apparatus side, the PN
code stream for inverse spread of the same code pattern as the PN code stream in which the SS duplication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal is spectrum spread is produced in the same timing as the spectrum spread for the image signalas in thecase of the recordingapparatus 20 of the embodiment explainedabove and the inversespectrum spread is executed using this PN code stream for inverse spectrum spread to extract the duplication preventing control signal superimposed t.o the image signal.
When the spectrum spread duplication preventing controlsignalispreviouslysuperimposedtotheimagesignal recorded in the recording medium as explained above, if the function to extract the duplication preventing control signal by inverse spectrum spread to the recording apparatus side is provided, the duplication preventing control may be done effectively by extracting the duplication preventing control signal superimposed previously to the image signal.
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preventing control signal generating means is provided in the output apparatus and thereby the duplication preventing control signal generated by the output apparatus is spectrum spread using the PN code stream and is then output after it is superimposed to the image signal.
In this case, even when the duplication preventing controlsignalisintrinsicallynotrecordedintherecording medium or when the spectrum spread duplication preventing control signal is not superimposed, the duplication preventingcontrolsignalisproducedin theoutputapparatus and the duplication control can be executed in the recording apparatus side using the dup].ication preventing control signal superimposed to the image signal.
Moreover, intheembodimentexplainedabove, theoutput apparatus and recording apparatus as the DVD apparatus have been used as the duplication preventing control apparatus but these apparatuses are not limited thereto. For example, the present invention can also be applied when the present invention is introduced into the output apparatus of television signal in the broadcasting station side and the signal in which the spectrum spread duplication preventing control signal is superimposed to the television signal beforeitistransmitted. Inthereceivingside,inthiscase, the inverse spectrum spread is performed to extract the duplication preventing contrcl signal superimposed to the image signal and duplication preventing control of the image signal can be executed depending on such duplication -7(~-preventing control signal.
Of course, the present invention can also be adopted to the image output and receiving apparatuses in such a case that the image signal is transmitted or received through the cable.
Moreover, in above embodiment, the duplication preventing control signal is superimposed as the additional information but the additional information to be superimposed to the image sic~nal is not limited to t he duplication preventing control signal.
Forexample, acopyrightinformationwhichcanidentify the copyright of the image to be reproduced from the image signal can be spectrum spread and then superimposed to the image signal. In this case, since the copyright holder may be identified by extracting t:he copyright information superimposedtotheimagesignalthroughtheinversespectrum spread, thisideaiseffective forpreventionofinfringement of copyright and when if the image under own copyright is used without permission, infringement of copyright can be displayed easily.
As explained previously, even when noise reduction utilizing correlation in the horizontal and vertical direction of the image signal, enlargement and compression of image formed by the image signal, conversion of image size and partial use or partial de:Letion of image are executed, the copyright information can surely be extracted and used because it is never eliminated and deteriorated.

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According to the first embodiment, the additional information which is spectrum spread and superimposed to the image signal can never be eliminated and deteriorated if the noise reduction utilizing correlation in the horizontal direction and vertical direction of the image signal is executed.
Moreover, even when enlc~rgement or compression, size conversion or partial use or partial deletion of the image reproduced from the image sig:nal where the spectrum spread additional information is superimposed are executed as explained previously, change of the additional information superimposed to the image signal can be prevented.
Therefore, even when enlargement or compression of image, conversion of image si.ze or partial use or partial deletion of image are executed, the spectrum spread additional information superimposed to the image signal to form the image can surely be detected.
According to the second embodiment of the present invention, the same additiona:l information spectrum spread by the spread signal defining the section in one horizontal section as one period is repeatedly superimposed to each horizontal section of all frarnes. Thereby, the additional information which has been spectrum spread and superimposed to the image signal is never eliminated or deteriorated by the noise reduction utilizing correlation of the image signal.
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of image formed by the image signal or frame interpolation or curtailment is executed and thereby the image signal has been changed, change of the aclditional information which is spectrum spread and superimposed to the image signal can be prevented.
Thereby, the additional information which is spectrum spread and superimposed to the image signal can surely be transmitted and the spectrum spread additional information superimposed to the image si~nal received can surely be detected in the receiving side.
According to the third embodiment, the additional information which is formed tc,become identical data in both horizontal direction and time axis direction is repeatedly superimposed to the image signal. Thereby, the additional information which is spectrum spread and is superimposed to the image signal is never eliminated and deteriorated due to the noise reduction utilizing correlation of the image slgnal.
Moreover, even when the curtailment and interpolation in the horizontal direction or curtailmentand interpolation in the time axis direction of the image signal are executed and thereby the image signal is changed, change of the additional information which is spectrum spread and superimposed to the image signal can be prevented.
Thereby, the additional information which is spectrum spread and superimposed to the image signal can surely be transmitted and the spectrum ,pread additional information ...

superimposed to the received image signal can surely be detected in the receiving side.

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Claims (36)

1. An image signal transmitting method to transmit a spectrum spread additional information by superimposing into an image signal comprising the steps of:
generating a spread code which is synchronized with the vertical synchronous signal and forms one chip with N (N:
integer 1 or larger), and transmitting said additional information which is spectrum spread using said spread code by superimposing in the time axis direction in unit of the image of said image signal.
2. An image signal transmitting method according to claim 1, wherein said additional information is a duplication preventing control information to execute the duplication preventing control to the image signal to which the relevant additional information is superimposed.
3. A method of extracting said additional information from the image signal to which the additional information spectrum spread by the spread code forming one chip with N
(N: integer 1 or larger) fields is superimposed in the time axis direction in unit of image, comprising the steps of:
generating the spread code forming one chip with N
fields corresponding to the section to which said spectrum spread additional information synchronized with the vertical synchronous signal is superimposed, and extracting said additional information superimposed to said image signal by executing the inverse spectrum spread using said spread code.
4. An image signal output apparatus comprising:
a spread code generating means for generating the spread code which is synchronized with the vertical synchronous signal and forms one chip with N (N: integer 1 or larger) fields, a spectrum spreading means for spectrum spreading the additional information using said spread code produced by said spread code generating means, and a superimposing means for superimposing said spectrum spread signal from said spectrum spreading means to the time axis direction in unit of image of said image signal.
5. An image signal output apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said additional information spectrum spread in said spectrum spreading means is a duplication preventing control information for executing duplication preventing control to the image signal to which the relevant additional information is superimposed.
6. An image signal receiving apparatus for receiving the image signal to which the additional information spectrum spread by the spread code forming one chip with N (N: integer 1 or larger) fields is superimposed in the time axis direction in unit of image, comprising:
a spread code generating means for generating the spread code forming one chip with N fields corresponding to the section where said spectrum spread additional information synchronized with the vertical synchronous signal is superimposed; and an inverse spectrum spreading means for extracting said additional information superimposed to said image signal by executing inverse spectrum spread using spread code.
7. An image signal receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said additional information is a duplication preventing control signal for the image signal to which said additional information is superimposed, and a duplication control means is also provided for executing the duplication preventing control for said received image signal depending on said additional information extracted by said inverse spectrum spreading means.
8. An image signal transmitting and receiving system consisting of an image signal output apparatus for outputting the image signal after superimposing the spectrum spread additional signal to said image signal and an image signal receiving apparatus for receiving said image signal output from said image signal output apparatus, wherein;
said image signal output apparatus comprising:
a spread code generating means for generating the spread code which is synchronized with the vertical synchronous signal to form one chip with N (N is an integer 1 or larger) fields, a spectrum spreading means for spectrum spreading the additional information using said spread code produced by said spread code generating means, and a superimposing means for superimposing said spectrum spread signal from said spectrum spreading means to the time axis direction in unit of image of said image signal, and said image signal receiving apparatus comprising:
a spread code generating means for generating the spread code forming one chip with N fields corresponding to the section where said spectrum spread additional information synchronized with the vertical synchronous signal is superimposed, and an inverse spectrum spreading means for extracting said additional information superimposed to said image signal by executing the inverse spectrum spread using said spread code.
9. An image signal transmitting and receiving system according to claim 8, wherein said additional information is the duplication preventing control information for executing the duplication preventing control to the image signal to which the relevant additional information is superimposed and said image signal receiving apparatus comprising a duplication controlling means for executing the duplication preventing control to said received image signal depending on said additional information extracted by said inverse spectrum spreading means.
10. An image signal recording medium having recorded the image signal to which the additional information spectrum spread with the spread code synchronized with the vertical synchronous signal to form one chip with N (N: an integer 1 or larger) fields is superimposed in the time axis direction in unit of image of the image signal.
11. An image signal transmitting method for transmitting a spectrum spread additional information by superimposing to an image signal, comprising the steps of:
generating the spread code which is synchronized with the horizontal synchronous signal to form one period with the section within one horizontal section, spectrum spreading said additional information to be completed in the section within said one horizontal section using said spread code, and transmitting said spectrum spread additional information by repeatedly superimposing to each horizontal section of all frames of said image signal.
12. An image signal transmitting method according to claim 11, wherein said section within one horizontal section is the effective image section within the horizontal section.
13. An image signal transmitting method according to claim 11, wherein said additional information is a duplication preventing control information to execute the duplication preventing control to the image signal to which relevant additional information is superimposed.
14. A superimposed information extracting method for extracting said additional information from the image signal to which the additional information spectrum spread to be completed in the section within one horizontal section is repeated superimposed to each horizontal section, comprising the steps of:
generating the spread code forming one period with the section within one horizontal section corresponding to the section where said spectrum spread additional information synchronized with the horizontal synchronous signal is superimposed, and repeatedly extracting said additional information superimposed to said image signal by executing the inverse spectrum spread using aid spread code.
15. An image signal output apparatus comprising:
a spread code generating means for generating the spread code synchronized with the horizontal synchronous signal to form one period with the section within one horizontal section, a spectrum spreading means for spectrum spreading said additional information using said spread code produced by said spread code generating means to produce the spectrum spread signal to be completed in the section within said one horizontal section, and a superimposing means for repeatedly superimposing said spectrum spread signal from said spectrum spreading means to said image signal.
16. An image signal output apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said spread code generating means defines the effective image section in one horizontal section as the section within said one vertical section, and said spectrum spreading means spectrum spreads said additional information to be completed in the effective image section in one horizontal section to repeatedly superimpose said spectrum spread signal in said effective image section within said one horizontal section.
17. An image signal output apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said additional information spectrum spread by said spectrum spreading means is a duplication preventing control information to execute the duplication preventing control to the image signal to which the relevant additional information is superimposed.
18. A receiving apparatus for receiving an image signal to which the spectrum spread additional information to be completed in the section in one horizontal section is superimposed to each horizontal section, comprising:
a spectrum spreading means for generating the spread code for inverse spread forming one period with the section in one horizontal section corresponding to the image signal section where said spectrum spread additional information synchronized with the horizontal synchronous section is superimposed, and an inverse spectrum spreading means for repeatedly extracting said additional information superimposed to said image signal by executing the inverse spectrum spread using said spread code for inverse spread.
19. An image signal receiving apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said additional information is a duplication preventing control signal for the image signal to which said additional information is superimposed and a duplication control means is further provided for executing the duplication preventing control of said received image signal depending on said additional information extracted by said inverse spectrum spreading means.
20. An image signal transmitting and receiving system consisting of an image signal output apparatus for outputting the spectrum spread additional information by superimposing to the image signal and an image signal receiving apparatus for receiving said image signal output from said image signal output apparatus, wherein said image signal output apparatus comprising:
a spread code generating means for generating the spread code synchronized with the horizontal synchronous signal to form one period with the section within one horizontal section, a spectrum spreading means for spectrum spreading said additional information using said spread code produced by said spread code generating means to produce the spectrum spread signal to be completed in the section within said one horizontal section, and a superimposing means for repeatedly superimposing said spectrum spread signal from said spectrum spreading means to said image signal; and said image signal receiving apparatus comprising:
a spectrum spreading means for generating the spread code for inverse spread forming one period with the section within one horizontal section, and an inverse spectrum spreading means for repeatedly extracting said additional information superimposed to said image signal by executing the inverse spectrum spread using said spread code for inverse spread.
21. An image signal transmitting and receiving system according to claim 20, wherein said image signal output apparatus defines the effective image section in one horizontal section as the section within said one horizontal section in said spread code generating means and said spectrum spreading means executes the spectrum spread to said additional information to be completed in the effective image section within said one horizontal section to repeatedly superimpose said spectrum spread signal to said effective image section within said one horizontal section.
22. An image signal transmitting and receiving system according to claim 20, wherein said additional information is a duplication preventing control information for executing the duplication preventing control to the image signal to which relevant additional information is superimposed and said image signal receiving apparatus comprises a duplication control means for executing the duplication preventing control to said received image signal depending on said additional information extracted by said inverse spectrum spreading means.
23. An image signal recording medium having recorded the image signal to which the additional information spectrum spread to be completed in the section within one horizontal section is repeated superimposed to each horizontal section of all frames.
24. An image signal transmitting method for transmitting the spectrum spread additional information by superimposing to the image signal, comprising the steps of:
generating repeatedly the spread code which becomes identical in the horizontal direction and in the space direction as time axis direction in unit of image forming one period with the section in one vertical section with reference to the synchronous signal, spectrum spreading said additional information to be completed in the section within said one vertical section using said spread signal, and transmitting said spectrum spread additional information by superimposing to said image signal.
25. An image signal transmitting method according to claim 24, wherein said section within one vertical section is the effective image section.
26. An image signal transmitting method according to claim 24, wherein said additional information is a duplication preventing control information for executing the duplication preventing control to the image signal to which the relevant additional information is superimposed.
27. A superimposed information extracting method for extracting said additional information from the image signal having superimposed the additional information spectrum spread to be completed in the section within one vertical section by the spread code repeatedly generated to become identical in the horizontal direction and in the space direction as the time axis direction in unit of image forming one period with the section within one vertical section with reference to the synchronous signal, comprising the steps of:
generating repeatedly the code for inverse spread forming one period with the section within one vertical section corresponding to the section where said spectrum spread additional information synchronized with the synchronous signal is superimposed, and extracting repeatedly said additional information superimposed to said image signal by executing the inverse spectrum spread using said produced code for inverse spread.
28. An image signal output apparatus comprising:
a spread code generating means for generating the spread code repeatedly generated to become identical in the horizontal direction and in the space direction as the time axis direction in unit of image forming one period within one vertical section with reference to the synchronous signal, a spectrum spreading means for spectrum spreading said additional information using said spread code produced by said spread code generating means to produce the spectrum spread signal completed in the section within said one vertical section, and a superimposing means for superimposing said spectrum spread signal from said spectrum spreading means to said image signal.
29. An image signal output apparatus according to claim 28, wherein said spread code generating means repeatedly generates the spread code considering the effective image section within one vertical section as the section within said one vertical section.
30. An image signal output apparatus according to claim 28, wherein said additional information spectrum spread in said spectrum spreading means is a duplication preventing control information to execute the duplication preventing control to the image signal to which the relevant additional information is superimposed.
31. A receiving apparatus receiving the image signal having superimposed the additional information spectrum spread to be completed in the section within one vertical section by the spread code repeatedly generated to become identical in the horizontal direction and the space direction as the time axis direction in unit of image forming one period with the section within one vertical section with reference to the synchronous signal, comprising:
a spectrum spreading means for generating the spread code for inverse spread forming one period with the section within one vertical section corresponding to the section where said spectrum spread additional information is superimposed, and an inverse spectrum spreading means for extracting repeatedly said additional information superimposed to said image signal by executing the inverse spectrum spread using said produced inverse spread code.
32. An image signal receiving apparatus according to claim 31, wherein said additional information is a duplication preventing control signal for the image signal to which said additional information is superimposed and a duplication controlling means is further comprised to execute the duplication preventing control for the received said image signal depending on said additional information extracted by said inverse spectrum spreading means.
33. An image signal transmitting and receiving system consisting of an image signal output apparatus for outputting the spectrum spread additional information by superimposing to the image signal and an image signal receiving apparatus for receiving said image signal output from said image signal output apparatus, wherein said image signal output apparatus comprising:
a spread code generating means for generating the spread codes repeatedly generated to become identical in the horizontal direction and the space direction as the time axis direction in unit of image forming one period with the section within one vertical section with reference to the synchronous signal, a spectrum spreading means for spectrum spreading said additional information using said spread code produced by said spread code generating means to produce the spectrum spread signal to be completed in the section within said one vertical section, and a superimposing means for superimposing said spectrum spread signal from said spectrum spreading means to said image signal, and said image signal receiving apparatus comprising:
a spectrum spreading means for generating the spread code for inverse spread forming one period with the section within one vertical section corresponding to the section where said spectrum spread additional information synchronized with the synchronous signal is superimposed, and an inverse spectrum spreading means for repeatedly extracting said additional information superimposed to said image signal by executing the inverse spectrum spread using said produced inverse spread code.
34. An image signal transmitting and receiving system according to claim 33, wherein said image signal output apparatus repeatedly generates, in said spread code generating means, the effective image sections in one vertical section as the section within said one vertical section.
35. An image signal transmitting and receiving system according to claim 33, wherein said additional information is a duplication preventing control information for executing the duplication preventing control to the image signal to which the relevant additional information is superimposed and said image signal receiving apparatus is provided with a duplication controlling means for executing the duplication preventing control of said received image signal depending on said additional information extracted by said inverse spectrum spreading means.
36. An image signal recording medium having recorded the image signal to which the additional information, spectrum spread to be completed in the section within one vertical section by the spread signal repeatedly generated to become identical in the horizontal direction and the space direction as the time axis direction in unit of image forming one period with the section within one vertical section with reference to the synchronous signal, is superimposed.
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