JP3444498B2 - Video recording device and video recording method - Google Patents

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Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video recording apparatus and a video recording method, and is suitable for application to, for example, a digital video tape recorder mainly intended for general purposes other than broadcasting stations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a digital video tape recorder (VTR) mainly intended for general purposes other than broadcasting stations, it is necessary to increase the recording efficiency of the video signal in order to reduce the size, and the digital video signal is compressed. It is designed to be encoded and recorded and reproduced. As this compression algorithm, an orthogonal transform coding method such as DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) is used.

In the orthogonal transform coding method such as DCT, it is necessary to block the input video signal in units of, for example, 8 × 8 pixels for the compression processing. Therefore, the recording area of the video signal is 8 pixels ×. It is decided by an integral multiple of 8 lines. For example, with respect to the number of scanning lines, the recording area is 480 lines for the 525 format video signal, and the recording area is 576 lines for the 625 format video signal. In this way, in the digital VTR tape format mainly intended for general use, it is sufficient if the area displayed on the television screen is recorded. Therefore, when not all of the scanning lines required by the broadcasting standard are recorded. There is.

[0004]

By the way, even in such a digital VTR mainly intended for general use, since the video signal is digitally recorded, the image quality is much less deteriorated as compared with the analog VTR. Therefore, if this digital VTR can be used for broadcasting stations,
It is considered that an inexpensive digital VTR for broadcasting can be realized with a remarkably simple structure as compared with the conventional digital VTR for broadcasting stations.

However, in the digital VTR mainly intended for general use, the number of scanning lines required by the broadcasting standard is, for example, 485 lines in the case of the 525 system and 576 lines and 1/2 line in the case of the 625 system as described above. Since the video signal of is not recorded, there is a problem that it cannot be used as it is.

In order to solve this problem, the number of scanning lines is increased by an integral multiple of 8 lines in accordance with the number of scanning lines required by the broadcasting standard.
It is conceivable to record 584 video signals. However, in this way, as a recording method of a digital VTR mainly intended for general use, there is a problem that the processing time of compression encoding becomes longer and the recording efficiency is lowered, and as a solution, it is still insufficient. .

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points. For example, a digital video signal conforming to the broadcasting standard (first standard) is, for example, a standard other than the broadcasting standard (second standard).
Even when recording on a recording medium by a recording method conforming to the digital video signal, the video recording device and method with a simple structure capable of restoring the digital video signal of the first standard at the time of reproduction are proposed. To do.

[0008]

In order to solve such a problem, according to the present invention, in a video recording apparatus for recording a digital video signal on a recording medium, a digital video signal conforming to the first standard is converted into a digital video signal conforming to the second standard. When recording on a recording medium by a recording method based on a digital video signal, the image range of one frame assumed by the second standard is the first
When the standard of 1 is limited to a partial area of the image range of one frame, the image part of the digital video signal conforming to the first standard that is not the recording target range in the second standard is thinned out, Recording means for recording the thinned-out video signal in an additional recording area on the recording medium is provided.

According to the present invention, in a video recording method for recording a digital video signal on a recording medium, a digital video signal conforming to the first standard is recorded by a recording system conforming to the digital video signal of the second standard. When recording on a medium, when the image range of one frame assumed by the second standard is limited to a partial area of the image range of one frame assumed by the first standard, a digital signal conforming to the first standard A first video signal of a portion of the video signal corresponding to an image range of one frame assumed in the second standard is separated, and the video signal is recorded in a predetermined video recording area on a recording medium.
Step of the digital video signal conforming to the first standard, the image part of the range which is not the recording target range in the second standard is separated and thinned, and the thinned video signal is recorded on the recording medium. A second step of recording in an additional recording area.

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[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

(1) Principle of the Present Invention FIG. 1 shows an overall method for recording video information according to the present invention, in which a digital VTR for compressing and encoding a digital video signal of 525 system with scanning lines by a component system is recorded. Indicates. In this embodiment, when 23 to 262 lines of the first field of video information and 285 to 524 lines of the second field of video information are recorded as the video recording area,
21 of the first field as a scan line that does not meet the broadcast standard,
22 lines and half of 263 lines, 2nd field 283
Half of the lines, 284 and 525 lines, a total of 5 lines of video information are recorded in the additional information recording area.

The scanning lines are sampled every 4 pixels and recorded in the additional information recording area. The 21 lines, 22 lines, 283 lines and 284 lines adjacent to each other are arranged so that the sampling phase is shifted by 2 pixels. And is recorded by a method suitable for interpolation processing during reproduction. The pixel data to be recorded is selected only for the luminance information in consideration of the capacity of the additional information recording area, and the color difference information is not recorded.

When the recording method as the component signal is 4: 2: 2 and 4: 2: 0, 4: 1: 1 etc., the luminance information of 180 pixels per line quantized by 8 bits corresponds to 5 lines. The total amount of information of the recording data of the recording data recorded in the additional information recording area per frame is

[Equation 1] 900 bytes as required by.

FIG. 2 shows a digital VTR as a method of recording video information according to the present invention, which records video information in a component system by compressing and coding a digital video signal having 625 scanning lines. In this embodiment, when 23 to 310 lines of the first field of video information and 335 to 622 lines of the second field of video information are recorded as the video recording area, the scanning lines which do not meet the broadcasting standard are 623 of the second field. The video information which is half of the line is recorded in the additional information recording area.

When the recording method as the component signal is 4: 2: 0, the total information of the recording data recorded in the additional information recording area per frame by combining the luminance information of 360 pixels and the color difference information of 180 pixels The amount is

[Equation 2] 540 bytes as required by.

When the number of scanning lines of the image information recorded in the image recording area at the time of recording does not satisfy the number of scanning lines of a predetermined broadcasting standard, the image information corresponding to the missing scanning line is added to the additional information recording area. By recording the information, the video information recorded in the video recording area and the additional information recording area on the recording medium at the time of reproduction is reproduced to restore the digital video signal of the number of scanning lines which satisfies a predetermined broadcasting standard. obtain.
As a result, the digital VTR mainly intended for general use can be used for broadcasting stations.

(2) Video recording apparatus of the embodiment In FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a video recording apparatus as a whole which is a digital VTR mainly intended for general use, and an input video signal S1 is an analog digital conversion circuit 2. Converted to digital signal.

Video signal S1 converted into a digital signal
Of the video information S2 recorded in the video recording area (23 to 262 lines and 285 to 524 lines in FIG. 1, 23 to 3 lines in FIG. 2).
10 lines and 335 to 622 lines) are compressed and encoded by the compression encoding block 3, for example, every 8 pixels × 8 lines, compression-encoded by DCT, etc. The data is compressed into a data amount and input to the error correction code adding unit 6.

On the other hand, the video information S3 to be recorded in the additional information recording area of the video signal S1 (21, 22 lines, half of 263 lines, half of 283 lines, 284, 525 in FIG. 1).
Line (half of the line 623 in FIG. 2) is recorded in the additional information recording area by the recording data sampling unit 4,
The data is thinned out or sampled as described above with reference to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, provided with a data array for recording in the additional information recording area on the tape by the additional information recording processing unit 5, and input to the error correction code adding unit 6.

The error correction code adding section 6 adds an error correction code to the input data, and the resulting data is record-coded for recording on the magnetic tape in the channel coding section 6, and then the recording amplifier 8 is added. Is converted into a recording signal through the magnetic recording medium and supplied to the magnetic head of the tape transport unit 9. In this way, video information is recorded in the video recording area and the additional information recording area of the helical recording track on the magnetic tape.

[0023] The helical recording track is constructed as shown in FIG. 4, for example, with these video information S2 is recorded in the main recording region AR _V1 of the video recording region AR _VD, the video in the video recording region AR in _VD The video information S3 is recorded in the additional information recording area AR _V2 which is a portion where no signal is recorded. A subcode recording area AR _SB and an audio recording area AR _AU are arranged before and after the video recording area AR _VD .

(3) Video reproducing apparatus according to the embodiment In FIG. 5, reference numeral 10 shows a video reproducing apparatus composed of a digital VTR for the purpose of general use as a whole, and is reproduced by the magnetic head of the tape transport section 9. The signal S10 is amplified by the reproduction amplifier 11. The amplified reproduction signal is input to the data extraction unit 12, a reproduction clock is generated from the reproduction signal, and data is extracted from the reproduction signal based on the reproduction clock.

The data extracted by the data extraction unit 12 is
The data encoded by the channel decoding unit 13 for magnetic recording is converted into digital data before the channel coding, and the error correction processing unit 14 performs error correction processing. Of these, the video recording area AR
_The data reproduced by _VD (AR _V1 ) is decoded into the original digital video signal from the compressed state by the compression decoding block, and is input to the data reproduction processing unit 17.

The data reproduced from the additional information recording area is transferred from the error correction processing section 14 to the additional information reproduction processing section 16
The data recorded in the additional information recording area AR _V2 is extracted from the data reproduced here and input to the data reproduction processing unit 17. In the data reproduction processing unit 17, the data in the video recording area AR _VD (AR _V1 ) and the data in the additional information recording area AR _V2 are restored to the state before recording, and the digital video signal thus obtained is converted into a digital video signal. The analog conversion circuit 18 converts the signal into an analog signal, and a video signal conforming to the broadcasting standard is sent out.

Here, as the data reproducing process for the digital video signal of the 525 scanning line system, as shown in FIG. 6, the pixel data recorded in the additional information recording area AR _V2 and the video recording area AR as shown in FIG. _{On the} basis of the pixel data recorded in _VD (AR _V1 ), non-recorded pixels are interpolated.

In practice, this data reproducing process is performed by bit shifting the luminance information of the pixel data recorded in the additional information recording area AR _V2 and the video recording area AR _VD (AR _V1 ) by 1 bit shift.
In addition to weighting to / 2 or 1/4, the luminance information of adjacent pixel data is added as shown in FIG. 6 to interpolate the luminance information of unrecorded pixel data. For color difference information, the video recording area AR _VD (A
The color difference information of the pixel data recorded in R _V1 ) is weighted to 1/2 or 1/4 by bit shift and interpolated as the color difference information of the unrecorded pixel data that are vertically adjacent to each other. There is.

Further, regarding the data reproducing process for the digital video signal having the number of scanning lines of 625, half the pixel data of 623 lines recorded in the additional information recording area AR _V2 is simply converted into the video recording area AR _VD (AR _V1 ), It is added after the 622 lines of pixel data recorded.

(4) Effects of the Embodiments According to the above configuration, it is necessary for a broadcast standard that is not recorded in the additional information recording area AR _V2 on the magnetic tape and in the video recording area AR _VD (AR _V1 ) on the tape. The video information of the scanning line is recorded, and at the time of reproduction, the video recorded in the additional information recording area AR _V2 is added to the video recorded in the video recording area AR _VD (AR _V1 ) to be reproduced, and the broadcast standard Since the reproduction signal of 1 is obtained, the number of scanning lines to be recorded is insufficient, so that the digital VTR intended for general purpose which cannot be used as a broadcasting standard can be used for broadcasting.

Thus, since the broadcasting signal can be recorded as a whole by using the additional information recording area AR _V2 of the digital VTR for general purpose, an inexpensive broadcasting digital VTR can be realized, and conversely, the tape recorded for broadcasting can be realized. Playback is possible with a general purpose VTR.

(5) Other Embodiments In the above embodiment, the video recording area AR _VD (A
The video information of the scanning line, which is not recorded in R _V1 ) and is required in the broadcast standard, is recorded in the additional information recording area AR _V2 in the video recording area AR _VD , but instead of this, FIG. As shown, the same effect as that of the above-described embodiment can be realized by recording in the sub-code recording area AR _SB , which is arranged in front of the video recording area AR _VD .

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the video recording apparatus, the video reproducing apparatus and the video recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention are applied to the video tape recorder mainly for general use is described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention is not limited to this, and any device that records and reproduces a video signal can be widely applied to, for example, a video disc device or a magnetic disc device.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, even an image portion of a digital video signal conforming to the first standard that is not a recording target in the second standard is thinned out. Since the data is recorded in the additional recording area, the recording technology that considers the restoration to the digital video signal conforming to the first standard without changing the signal processing part conforming to the second standard is realized. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining a recording method for recording video information in which a scanning line is a 525 system as a principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram for explaining a recording method for recording video information in which a scanning line is a 625 system as a principle of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a video recording apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining a format of a recording track on a magnetic tape according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a video reproducing apparatus according to the present invention.

6 is a schematic diagram showing a pixel interpolation method as a data reproduction process executed by the video reproduction device of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing another embodiment of the recording format on the magnetic tape.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Video recording device, 2 ... Analog digital conversion circuit, 3 ... Compression coding block, 4 ... Recording data sampling unit, 5 ... Additional information recording processing unit, 6 ... Error correction code adding unit, 7 ...... Channel coding department,
8 ... Recording amplifier, 9 ... Tape transport, 10
...... Video reproduction device, 11 ...... Reproduction amplifier, 12 ...... Data extraction unit, 13 ...... Channel decoding unit, 14
...... Error correction processing unit, 15 ...... Compression / decoding block unit, 16 ...... Additional information reproduction processing unit, 17 ...... Data reproduction processing unit, 18 ...... Digital analog conversion circuit.

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1.Recording a digital video signal on a recording medium
In the video recording device, The digital video signal conforming to the first standard is converted to the second standard.
Recording media with a recording method that conforms to the digital video signals of
When recording on the 1st frame assumed in the second standard.
1-frame image assuming the image range of the first standard
Complies with the above first standard when limited to a part of the range
Recorded in the second standard of digital video signals
The image part of the range that is not the target range is thinned out and
The thinned-out video signal is added to the additional recording medium on the recording medium.
Recording means for recording in various recording areas It is characterized by including
Video recording device. 2.The video recording apparatus according to claim 1, The additional recording area is a data compliant with the second standard.
Reserved in the recording area for recording the digital video signal
It is the additional information recording area Video characterized by
Recording device. 3.The video recording apparatus according to claim 1, The additional recording area is a data compliant with the second standard.
Separately from the recording area for recording the digital video signal.
It is a subcode recording area that is kept Projection characterized by
Image recording device. 4.The video recording apparatus according to claim 1, In the above thinning processing, the digital that conforms to the first standard
According to the second standard of the video signal, it is considered as the recording target range.
The difference between adjacent scan lines in the image part of the non-existent area
Decimate digital video signal leaving phase pixels That
Characteristic video recording device. 5.Recording a digital video signal on a recording medium
In the video recording method, The digital video signal conforming to the first standard is converted to the second standard.
Digital video signal Recording medium with a recording method that complies with
When recording on the 1st frame assumed in the second standard.
1-frame image assuming the image range of the first standard
When limited to a part of the range, The second of the digital video signals conforming to the first standard
The image of the part corresponding to the image range of one frame assumed by the standard
The image signal is separated, and the video signal is stored on the recording medium.
The first step of recording in the video recording area of Of the digital video signals conforming to the first standard, the above
The image part of the range not covered by the standard of 2 is recorded.
Separated and thinned out video signal
To record in an additional recording area on the recording medium.
With step A video recording method comprising: