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Method and apparatus for controlling a video signal print system

US5251074A · kind A · utility

32Cited by
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28Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 12, 1990
Grant dateOct 5, 1993
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Expiry dateApr 12, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B27/324
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

During the playback operation for freezing and storing a specific frame of a picture in a memory and thereafter printing the frame, the recording medium is turned reversely for a prescribed amount according to an instruction from a printer in response to the entry of the freeze command in order to accurately search the frame at the entry of the freeze, and thereafter the recording medium is played back in normal mode. The amounts of reverse turn and the successive forward turn in normal playback are counted and compared, and when the difference has become a prescribed value, a freeze signal is produced and the frame of the picture selected by the freeze command is stored in the memory and printed when required. This control method for use in a video print system is designed so that the recording medium is turned reversely for a prescribed amount according to an instruction from the printer and then stopped until the next command is entered.

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