DE69424389D1 - Gerät und Methode zur Speicherung und Verteilung von Videosignalen - Google Patents

Gerät und Methode zur Speicherung und Verteilung von Videosignalen

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DE69424389D1
DE69424389D1 DE69424389T DE69424389T DE69424389D1 DE 69424389 D1 DE69424389 D1 DE 69424389D1 DE 69424389 T DE69424389 T DE 69424389T DE 69424389 T DE69424389 T DE 69424389T DE 69424389 D1 DE69424389 D1 DE 69424389D1
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storing
video signals
distributing video
distributing
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Mitsuo Asai
Yoshihiro Takiyasu
Koichi Shibata
Mikiko Sato
Atsushi Saito
Takehisa Hayashi
Masaru Igawa
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Hitachi Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/10—Adaptations for transmission by electrical cable
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/12—Systems in which the television signal is transmitted via one channel or a plurality of parallel channels, the bandwidth of each channel being less than the bandwidth of the television signal
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/76—Television signal recording
    • H04N5/91—Television signal processing therefor
    • H04N5/92—Transformation of the television signal for recording, e.g. modulation, frequency changing; Inverse transformation for playback
    • H04N5/926—Transformation of the television signal for recording, e.g. modulation, frequency changing; Inverse transformation for playback by pulse code modulation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/76—Television signal recording
    • H04N5/765—Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/76—Television signal recording
    • H04N5/78—Television signal recording using magnetic recording
    • H04N5/781—Television signal recording using magnetic recording on disks or drums
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/76—Television signal recording
    • H04N5/78—Television signal recording using magnetic recording
    • H04N5/782—Television signal recording using magnetic recording on tape
    • H04N5/783—Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/76—Television signal recording
    • H04N5/84—Television signal recording using optical recording
    • H04N5/85—Television signal recording using optical recording on discs or drums
DE69424389T 1993-12-27 1994-12-27 Gerät und Methode zur Speicherung und Verteilung von Videosignalen Expired - Lifetime DE69424389T2 (de)

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JP33052893 1993-12-27
JP28943694A JP3617089B2 (ja) 1993-12-27 1994-11-24 映像蓄積配送装置及び映像蓄積配送システム

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DE69424389D1 true DE69424389D1 (de) 2000-06-15
DE69424389T2 DE69424389T2 (de) 2001-01-25

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EP (1) EP0660605B1 (de)
JP (1) JP3617089B2 (de)
KR (1) KR100334000B1 (de)
DE (1) DE69424389T2 (de)

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US6005599A (en) 1999-12-21
EP0660605B1 (de) 2000-05-10
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JP3617089B2 (ja) 2005-02-02
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