A reproducing apparatus includes a reproduction unit transporting a tape-shaped recording medium and reproducing an image data string including coded image data from the recording medium, where the image data is coded by selectively using intraframe coding and interframe predictive coding for every frame, a memory storing the image data string, a decoding unit reading and decoding the image data string stored in the memory, an instruction unit generating an instruction to reproduce in a normal r...

A reproducing apparatus which comprises a reproducing part having a first reproducing mode and a second reproducing mode different from the first reproducing mode and arranged to reproduce a signal recorded on a recording medium, a detection part for detecting a recording time of the signal recorded on the recording medium, and a control part for switching the reproducing part between the first reproducing mode and the second reproducing mode according to the recording time detected by the detec...

A reproducing apparatus for reproducing signals from a record bearing medium on which a video signal or some other signal is recorded in a plurality of blocks is provided with discriminating unit for determining at least whether the signal recorded in each of the blocks is a video signal or some other signal; storing unit for storing the result of discrimination made by the discriminating unit; reproducing unit for selectively reproducing the records of the blocks on the basis of information obt...

The reproducing device is prevented from being taken out because the reproducing device becomes controllable by operation of the device only when a visitor who borrowed the reproducing device enters through a specified entrance and that the reproducing device becomes uncontrollable by operation of the device when the visitor has come out of the exit. When a receiving means of the reproducing device receives an ID code signal for enabling control by a command from an operation means of the device...

The invention provides an apparatus for reproducing a plurality of image data which has been recorded in a plurality of independent areas on a disk-shaped recording medium and specified so as to be reproduced in predetermined order, from the disk-shaped recording medium by using a pickup mechanism. The apparatus has a memory for storing the reproduced image data and a memory control unit for reading out the image data stored in the memory in the predetermined order, and controls whether the imag...

In the disclosed reproducing apparatus a detector detects that a reproducing head is properly positioned relative to selected one of recording tracks on the recording medium and a control responsive to the detecting means enables an output arrangement to put out an information signal reproduced by the head when the detector detects that the head is properly positioned relative to the selected track. This allows a display device to display the reproduced information when the head is properly posi...

Disclosed is a reproducing apparatus having synchronizing signal generating means of the self-running type, means for reproducing a video signal from a medium, and means for adding a synchronizing signal produced by the synchronizing signal generating means to the video signal reproduced by the reproducing means, wherein the synchronizing signal produced by the synchronizing signal generating menas of the self-running type is added to the video signal reproduced from the medium.

A reproducing system having a simultaneous recording and reproducing means that is functionally more sophisticated. This sophisticated recording and reproducing means can perform recording and reproducing of received data more properly even when the power is turned off, or the received channel is changed. The reproducing system includes a simultaneous recording and reproducing means which, as recording received data in a recording means, can either arbitrarily choose and reproduce data recorded ...

A reproducing apparatus for detecting a reproduction stop date when reproduction of image data is stopped in the past, and for determining a reproduction start position in the image data on a basis of the reproduction stop date, and further for starting the reproduction of the image data from the determined reproduction start position in response to an instruction of starting reproduction.

A signal of a run-length-limited code is reproduced from a recording medium. A transversal filter subjects the reproduced signal to a partial-response waveform equalization responsive to tap coefficients. Detection is made as to whether or not the reproduced signal corresponds to a peak point. Peak-point information is generated in response to a result of the detection. A delay circuit outputs at least three successive samples of the peak-point information. A temporary decision device operates f...