JPH0410142B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention]

The present invention relates to a method for recording and reproducing multiplexed information, and more particularly to a method for recording and reproducing multiplexed information in which not only video signals but also different types of multi-channel signals such as audio information are multiplexed, recorded, and reproduced. In the case of a video disc as a recording medium, in addition to video signals, other types of information signals such as audio information are also multiplexed and recorded. In this case, the video signal is frequency modulated, and the audio signal is a two-channel signal for stereo or bilingual program mode, and each channel signal is transmitted through two independent audio carriers, which are also frequency modulated. By modulating it, it is recorded on a video disc together with the previous frequency-modulated video information. In addition to such two-channel audio information, there is a demand for multiplexing two-channel information, for example, but in the case of video discs that must be multiplexed with video information having a wide dedicated bandwidth, for reasons described in detail later. However, the reality is that there is almost no bandwidth available for recording two additional channels, and when multiplexing four channels of audio, there is also the constraint that compatibility with existing systems must be considered. be. Furthermore, it is necessary to record a special identification signal to identify the program contents (stereo mode, four language modes, etc.) that are multiplexed in four channels, making multiple recording of information even more difficult. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for recording and reproducing multiplexed information that does not have any adverse effect on video information and can maintain compatibility with existing systems. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for recording and reproducing multiplexed information in which identification information of program contents of multiplexed recording information is recorded without increasing the recording band. The recording/reproducing method of the present invention modulates a subcarrier with a subchannel signal, superimposes this modulation signal with a main channel signal, frequency modulates the main carrier with this superimposed signal, and records a recording medium using this modulation signal. This is a playback method in which the level of the subcarrier is changed depending on the recording program mode during recording, and during playback, the signal read from the recording medium is detected by FM.
The system is characterized in that a demodulated signal is obtained, a subcarrier component is extracted from the FM demodulated signal, and the program mode is identified by determining the level of the subcarrier component. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The features and effects of the present invention will be explained below with reference to the drawings in order to better understand them. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the frequency spectrum of a video disk, which is a recording medium, in the case where existing two-channel audio multiplexed information is included. That is, the color video signal is 8.1M
The Hz carrier is FM (frequency modulated), and the sync chip level is 7.6MHz and the white peak level is
The band has been converted to 9.3MHz, which is indicated by A in the figure. B is chroma signal (3.58MHz)
C is the first sideband wave, and C is also the second sideband wave. Also, the video signal is a direct current (DC)
Since it is a wideband information signal from the component to 5.6MHz, ±
It has a modulation band D of 5.6 MHz (3.15 to 14.35 MHz). Furthermore, the noise spectrum peculiar to video discs is as shown by curve E in the figure. Taking this fact into consideration, for existing video discs, approximately 2.3MHz indicated by F and approximately 2.3MHz indicated by G are used.
Select two 2.8MHz audio carriers,
Each of these audio carriers is approximately 40Hz to 20KHz.
FM by two-channel audio signal with a band of
Processing and audio multiplexing are attempted. If, for example, it is desired to multiplex two-channel information in addition to the two-channel audio information, it is difficult to set up a new audio carrier, as is clear from the frequency spectrum of FIG. 1. Even if 4-channel audio multiplexing were possible, as mentioned above, there would be the issue of compatibility with existing playback devices, and it would also be necessary to consider the characteristics when playing back on existing playback devices. It is also undesirable to let it deteriorate. This device is designed to multiplex audio information in four channels in consideration of this point. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a recording system for four-channel audio multiplexing, in which audio inputs for the first to fourth channels are provided, for example, the first and second channels.
The first language for the channel (Japanese as an example)
A stereo signal is input to the matrix circuit 1. As audio inputs of the third and fourth channels, for example, stereo signals in a second language (English as an example) are input to the matrix circuit 2. Of course, it is also possible to input audio signals in four independent languages as four-channel information. Also, the first channel and the third channel
Existing two-channel audio information can also be transmitted by inputting left and right stereo signals or two-language signals to only the channels, respectively. In this way, there are two sets of stereo signal modes (designated MPX stereo mode), one independent
A matrix control signal is sent from a control circuit (not shown) that identifies the two-language signal mode (referred to as MPX monaural mode) and the existing signal mode using only the first and third channels (referred to as NO-MPX mode). and matrix circuit 1
and 2. Each matrix circuit performs operations such as deriving the addition/subtraction calculation outputs of the two input signals, respectively, or deriving the two inputs as they are, depending on the control signal. In the case of MPX stereo mode, the main channel signal (L+R), which is the addition output of the input signals, is output to each output line 3 and 4 of matrix circuits 1 and 2, and becomes one input each of mixers 7 and 8. . On the other hand, each output line 5 and 6 of the matrix circuits 1 and 2 outputs a subchannel signal (LR) which is a subtracted output of the input signal. Both subchannel signals are input to modulators 9 and 10, respectively, to modulate a predetermined subcarrier signal, and are preferably subjected to FM processing. The subchannel information thus modulated becomes input to mixers 7 and 8, and is combined with the previous main channel signals 3 and 4, respectively, and input to modulators 11 and 12. The main carriers of the FM modulators 11 and 12 are selected to be 2.3 MHz and 2.8 MHz, which are the same as the audio carrier frequencies of existing video discs, in order to maintain compatibility with existing reproduction systems. These FM modulated outputs are sent to the mixer 1 along with the FM processed video information in the modulator 13.
The signals are mixed at step 4 and passed through limiter 15 to form a video disc recording signal. On the other hand, a subcarrier level controller 16 is provided, and the subcarrier level is controlled by a control signal indicating a program mode of recorded information, and the program mode of multiplexed information is identified by this subcarrier level. It's becoming like that. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the frequency spectrum of the input signals to the FM modulators 11 and 12 of FIG. 2. The main channel signal (L+R) has a band of approximately 40Hz to 20KHz. Subchannel signal (L-
R) is the subcarrier in modulators 9 and 10.
It is FM modulated and has a maximum deviation of ±15KHz. The frequency of this subcarrier is selected to be _3H ( _H is the horizontal synchronization signal frequency in the video signal), and in the case of the NTSC system, _H
= 15.734KHz, so 3 _H = 47.25KHz,
_H = 15.625KHz for B, G, I-PAL systems
Therefore, 3 _H = 46.88KHz. In the FM modulators 11 and 12, the main channel signal is modulated so that the frequency deviation of the main carrier is ±100 KHz. In addition, when modulating subchannels, ±45KHz for MPX monaural and ±45KHz for MPX stereo.
The carrier frequency deviation is made to be 60KHz. For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 2, a subcarrier level controller 16 is provided to control the subcarrier level according to the recording program mode.
% level (main channel carrier is ±100K
Hz (100% modulation level), the subcarrier level is controlled to be 45% in MPX monaural mode and 60% in MPX stereo mode. Since there is no subchannel signal in the NO-MPX mode, the subcarrier level is controlled to be zero. Now, when we think about TV voice multiplex broadcasting,
In this broadcast, as in the system shown in Figure 2, the sub-carrier is subjected to FM processing using the sub-channel signal, and this FM output and the main channel are used to perform FM on the main carrier, but the receiving side uses the inter-carrier method. Since it is common, it is necessary to select a subcarrier frequency _SC which is basically inconspicuous for buzz beats, and therefore it is selected to be n _H (n is an integer). In addition, since buzz tends to increase as the frequency increases, the subcarrier frequency in this broadcast is set to _2H . However, with the video disc playback system,
Since a so-called split carrier system is used instead of an intercarrier system, there is no buzzbeat generation in principle. Therefore, the subcarrier frequency of the subcarrier is not limited to n _H from the point of view of buzzbeat. However, the subcarrier frequency _SC is limited to n _H for completely different reasons as described below. In a video disc system, as shown in Figure 2, an audio carrier and a video carrier are combined and added to a limiter, and the limiter output is recorded by providing pits on the disc. If the signal is distorted, beats from the audio carrier will appear on the playback screen. This beat is composed of the audio main carrier frequency _AC and the horizontal sync signal frequency _H.
The _{way it} appears is determined by _the relationship _with The fact is that the beats are the least noticeable. Therefore, the audio main carrier frequencies are selected to be 146.25 _H = 2.301136 MHz and 178.75 _H = 2.812499 MHz, as shown by F and G in FIG.
If subchannel audio multiplexing as explained in FIGS. 2 and 3 is performed on this audio main carrier _AC , a spectrum of upper and lower sidebands _U and _D as shown in FIG. 4A will be generated in the case of no modulation. Beats on the screen are also generated by the sideband waves of this subchannel as well as the main channel. Therefore, the frequency _U of both sidebands,
It would also be desirable for _D to have a 1/4 offset from _nH . Therefore, it is necessary that | _U −n _H |=1/4 ...(2) | _D −n _H |=1/4 ...(3). On the other hand, since there is the relationship _U = _AC + _SC ...(4) _D = _AC − _SC ...(5), from equations (1), (2) and (4), we also have (1), (3) From equation (5), _SC needs to be n _H. Next, when using the audio multiplexing system shown in Figures 2 and 3, the main channel has a frequency deviation of ±100KHz when the modulation depth is 100%, and the frequency deviation is ±100KHz when the subchannel modulation depth is 100%.
15KHz deviation, modulation audio frequency band
10KHz, 60% of main channel level 100%
(In MPX stereo mode) In other words, ±60KHz is the frequency deviation due to the subchannel, and the required bandwidth with the subcarrier frequency as _nH is very complicated to calculate in detail, but as a rough guide, it can be found by the following formula. 100+n _H +15+10+60 ≦250 (KHz) Here, 250KHz on the right side of the above inequality indicates half of 500KHz, which is the difference between the two audio main carriers 2.3MHz and 2.8MHz, and the maximum of one audio main carrier. Indicates the possible deviation width. Therefore, the relationship n≦4 is obtained. Furthermore, when changing the subchannel carrier frequency _SC in a video disc, there is a fact that the noise characteristics become extremely small near _3H , as shown in Figure 4B, and from the relationship between this and n≦4, _SC = _3H . By doing this, it is possible to minimize the influence of audio beats on the playback screen and to prevent the influence of audio information on each other due to audio multiplexing, and also to improve the S/N ratio. Additionally, video disc playback devices are equipped with a tangential servo system for time axis correction, which detects the phase error of the reproduced color burst signal. During a certain vertical blanking period, no accurate error signal is generated, and therefore the information detection points are randomly swung at high frequency in the tangential direction. In this case, the main carrier is modulated accordingly, but since the subcarrier that is directly modulated by the subchannel signal has a low frequency of _3H , it generates less noise in the reproduced signal compared to modulation using a high frequency as a carrier. There are some advantages. Having described the recording system above, the reproducing system will now be described with reference to FIG. A reproduced RF (high frequency) signal by the pickup 17 is separated into only audio information by an LPF (low pass filter) 18.
Note that the video information reproduction system is not illustrated.
The output of LPF18 is BPF (band pass filter) 1
9,20. For example, BPF19 allows the center frequency of the audio main carrier to pass through the vicinity of 2.3MHz, and BPF20
Pass through the vicinity with 2.8MHz as the center frequency. The respective outputs of the BPFs 19 and 20 are applied to FM detectors 21 and 22 and subjected to FM detection, respectively. Each output of FM detector 21 and 22 is connected to switch 2.
3 is alternatively selected and applied to the next stage LPF 24 and BPF 25. Further, the output of the detector 22 is supplied to the LPF 26, and the LPFs 24 and 26 have a characteristic of allowing only audio band signals of 20 KHz or less to pass through. The BPF 25 has a pass characteristic of ±22.5 KHz centered around the subcarrier frequency _3H , and its output is subjected to FM detection in the detector 27. This detection output and LPF24,2
6 outputs are introduced into a switching circuit 28, and according to a control signal from a switch controller 29, these three inputs are switched and outputted to two signal lines 30 and 31 as desired. Hold capacitors 32 and 33 are provided between both signal lines 30 and 31 and the reference potential point and are used for dropout compensation operation. The signals on lines 30 and 31 are routed to amplifier 34.
and 35 to the matrix circuit 36, and in response to a control signal from the matrix controller 37, the two inputs are derived as desired two-channel signal outputs. The rectifier 38, LPF
39 and a level discriminator 40 are provided to discriminate the recording program mode (MPX stereo, MPX monaural, NO-) according to the subcarrier level.
MPX mode) is performed, and a corresponding signal is output. This mode discrimination signal becomes each control signal for the switch controller 29 and matrix controller 37. Note that a reset signal generator 41 is provided, which generates a reset signal when the reproduced audio information RF signal is no longer present, and outputs a reset signal to the level discriminator 4.
It is reset to 0 to reset the mode discrimination output. Regarding the switching circuit 28, S ₁ to _{S 4}
It consists of four switches, and switch S ₁ turns on and off the output line 30 of the LPF 27.
Output of LPF26 and line 31 by switch _S4
On and off are performed respectively. Also, Switch S ₃
The output of the detector 27 and the line 31 are turned on and off, and the switches S ₂ and S ₃ turn the output of the detector 27 on and off.
The output of the line 30 is turned on and off. In addition, DOS (dropout sensors) 42 to 44 are provided to detect dropout, and these detect the presence or absence of a signal level at each input of the detectors 27, 21, and 22 to identify the occurrence of dropout. are doing. A switch controller 29 is controlled by the sensor output of each DOS, and controls on/off of each switch of the switching circuit 28. In this configuration, the audio information extracted by the LPF 18 is separated into two channel information by the BPFs 19 and 20. That is, the main carrier is separated into a 2.3MHz component and a 2.8MHz component. Now, we will discuss playback when MPX stereo mode information is recorded on the video disc.
First, the state of the switch 23 is controlled by the user's selection. For example, when the first Japanese language stereo using the first channel and the second channel shown in FIG. 2 is selected, the switch 23 switches the detector 2
1 output is selected. Further, the switching circuit 28 is controlled so that the switches S ₁ and S ₃ are on and the other switches S ₂ and S ₄ are off. The switch control of this switching circuit 28 is performed by the discriminator 4 that discriminates the level of the subcarrier signal.
Automatically done by outputting 0. That is,
This is done by determining that the MPX stereo mode level is set. Main channel signal (L+R) of stereo information from the first channel and the second channel
is extracted by the LPF 24, and the subchannel signal (LR) is extracted by the BPF 25 and subjected to FM detection by the detector 27. (L+R)
The signal is output on line 30 via switch _S1 , and the (LR) signal is output on line ₃₁ via switch S3 and applied to matrix circuit 36, respectively. Since the MPX stereo mode has been determined by the level discriminator 400 and the corresponding mode output has been generated, the matrix controller 37 performs addition/subtraction processing on both (L+R) and (L−R) signals, and the first This method derives left and right channel stereo signals for each of the three languages. When selecting the second language stereo using the third and fourth channels in FIG. 2, control is generated from an external control circuit (not shown) in response to the user operating an external audio signal selection switch. The signal controls switch 23 to select the output of detector 22. Switching circuit 28
The operating states of the matrix circuit 36 and the matrix circuit 36 are the same as in the first Japanese language stereo described above. Therefore, the main carrier 2.8 MHz audio information is selected at switch 23, and the (L+R) and (L-R) signals are routed to lines 30 and 31, respectively. Then, by matrix processing, left and right channel stereo signals in the second language are obtained. Next, a case will be described in which independent signals of four languages are recorded on a video disk as channels 1 to 4 in FIG. 2. In this case, since each channel has independent content, performing matrix processing will result in loss of compatibility with existing regenerators that do not have a subchannel reproducing function. Each channel signal is multiplexed and recorded without being separated. In this case, since it is MPX monaural mode, the subcarrier level is equivalent to 45%, and the discriminator 40 detects this and controls the matrix circuit 36 so that it does not perform addition/subtraction processing. There is. At this time, the switch 23 is activated by a control signal corresponding to the operation of the external audio signal selection switch by the user.
Then, the switching circuit 28 is switched, and it becomes possible to listen to any one of the first to fourth languages. For example, to select the first language, the switch 23 selects the output of the detector 21, and the switching circuit 28 selects the output of the detector _{21 .}
All you have to do is turn on one and turn off the other. Similar considerations can be made regarding the selection of other channels. The switching status of each switch in such a case is shown in the table.

[Table] Dropout is a phenomenon in which the signal on the recording track cannot be read due to scratches or dust on the video disk, and it occurs in a relatively short period of time. The lack of information due to this dropout can be detected in DOS42-44
As shown in the bottom column of the table above, the switches S ₁ to _{S 4} of the switching circuit 28 are all turned off as shown in the bottom column of the table above, and the hold output immediately before the dropout caused by the hold capacitors 32 and 33 is sent out to compensate. ing. That is, in a normal playback state, the on/off state of each switch S ₁ to _{S 4} is determined by one of the modes as described above, but during the dropout period, all switches S ₁ to _{S 4} are set regardless of the mode. Forced off, dropout compensation is performed by capacitors 32 and 33.
This is done by The input impedance of the amplifiers 34 and 35 is sufficiently large, and the capacitors 32 and
33 is prevented from discharging.
In addition to the period during which the dropout is occurring, each switch _S1 to _S4 is turned off for a short period after the dropout ends to compensate for the dropout. This is to prevent the occurrence from being transmitted to the output. For this purpose, the switch controller 29 is configured to output a control signal for a slightly longer period than the dropout occurrence period. The features and advantages of the configuration shown in FIG. 5 will be described below. First of all, it is characterized by providing only one reproduction and demodulation circuit system for the recorded information of the two newly added subchannels, which can be shared by switching it with the switch 23. The system configuration can be simplified, resulting in lower costs and easier integration. Furthermore, by using a common circuit, the reproduction characteristics such as the sound quality of the two sets of stereo signals (including foreign language signals) are the same, and the characteristics of each channel do not change due to changes over time or temperature. There are advantages. The second structural feature is related to the first structural feature, but it is possible to achieve this by providing only one reproducing demodulation circuit system for the recorded information of the two newly added subchannels. When making it possible to share
Input selector switch 23 to this common demodulation circuit system
is arranged not at a position where only the sub-channels are selectively switched, but at a position where the main channel is also switched in the same way, as shown in FIG. When a subcarrier regenerative demodulation circuit system is shared, a commonly considered switching configuration is to provide a switch that only switches between the two subchannels at the input stage of the regenerative demodulation circuit system, and to switch between the two main channels as follows: This is a configuration in which the switching is performed inside the switching circuit 28 of the stage. However, such a configuration is undesirable because the number of switches increases and the control of the switches becomes complicated. Therefore, the above-mentioned configuration shown in FIG. 5 is adopted to reduce the number of switches. The third structural feature is in the dropout compensation circuit, in which the switches S ₁ to _{S 4} of the channel selection switching circuit 28 are used as a part of the dropout compensation circuit, and the dropout compensation capacitors 32 and 33 are used as a part of the dropout compensation circuit. The main channel and sub-channel share this feature to simplify the circuit. The fourth feature is the program mode (MPX stereo, MPX monaural, NO-
Change it for each mode of MPX and record it.
The point is that this subcarrier level is discriminated in the reproduction system to determine the recording mode. By doing so, there is an advantage that there is no need to specially insert an identification signal indicating the recording mode during recording. In the circuit configuration shown in FIG. 5, only a part of the 4-channel multiplexed audio information, that is, only two channel signals, is selectively output, but a 4-channel signal output adapter as shown in FIG. It is conceivable that all 4-channel multiplexed information can be reproduced by separately adding . That is, as shown by the dotted line in FIG.
The reproduced RF signal by the LPF 18 is derived from the terminal 45, and the recording mode identification signal by the level discriminator 40 is derived from the terminal 40.
In the adapter shown in FIG. 6, BPFs 60 and 61 which input the reproduced RF signal are provided to select and extract the main carriers 2.3MHz and 2.8MHz. Each output of BPF60 and 61 is FM
The wave is detected by the detectors 62 and 63, and the LPF 64,
At 65, the main channel signals are each extracted. In addition, the output wave BPF6 of each detector 62, 63
6 and 67, the signals near the subcarriers are extracted, and the subchannels are detected in the next stage detectors 68 and 69. These main channels and sub-channels are applied to the channel signal processing circuit 70, and the combination processing of each channel signal is performed in accordance with the recording mode discrimination signal derived from the output terminal 46 of the circuit device shown in FIG. 5 mentioned above. . Then, four channel outputs are obtained from the output terminals 71 to 74, respectively. Further, for example, arbitrary signals may be output from the output terminals 71 and 73 according to a user's command, and if necessary, all channels of broadcasting in four countries may be output, or a specific It is also possible to output only the channel. Therefore, in the signal processing circuit 70, each combination of these output signals can be appropriately selected by an external select signal. Furthermore, it goes without saying that a structure may be adopted in which all four channel signals are simply led out to the respective output terminals 71 to 74 without introducing the recording mode discrimination signal from the circuit shown in FIG. In addition, as another example, only normal 2-channel playback, that is, NO-MPX mode playback, is possible.
Audio RF information may be introduced from a VDP (video disc player) and input to the adapter shown in Figure 6, so that all 4-channel disc playback can be obtained from this adapter, and the adapter can only play subchannels. It may be configured as follows. By doing this, all channels can be played back simultaneously, and the number of circuits in the VDP itself can be reduced. In addition, since only the audio information signal from which video information and the like having components around 10 MHz have been removed is supplied to the outside from the external supply terminal (45 in Figure 5), unnecessary radiation may cause interference with other external equipment (TV). radio, etc.) will not be adversely affected. In the above example, there are two additional
Although all subchannels are FM processed and recorded on the recording disk, they may also be processed and recorded using AM (amplitude modulation) processing. Therefore, in this case, the modulators 9 and 10 in the recording system of FIG.
It is clear that the detectors 27, 68, and 69 in the reproducing system of FIGS. 5 and 6 become AM detectors. Here, when multiplexing subchannels, we will examine whether the subcarrier is subjected to AM or FM processing and then the main carrier is subjected to FM processing, that is, which method has better characteristics during playback: FM-AM method or FM-FM method. Consider using Figures 7 and 8. The amplitude characteristics of the BPFs 19 and 20 of the reproduction system in FIG. 5 are as shown in FIG. 7A, and the group delay characteristics are as shown in FIG. 7B. In other words, when it is necessary to maintain a certain level of amplitude characteristics, the flat part of the group delay characteristic has to become narrow, and therefore, as shown in Figure B, the flat part of the group delay characteristic has a narrow band of ±75KHz. It's summery. Here, the frequency spectrum that also takes into account the upper and lower sidebands when the main carrier _c receives FM modulation and reaches a certain instantaneous frequency _c1 is expressed as follows.
Figure 8A when superimposed on the group delay characteristic of BPF
It will be like this. In Figure A, for simplicity, FM−
In the case of the FM method, only the first-order sideband is considered, so as an example of the FM-AM method, the frequency spectrum when a monotone signal is balanced modulated (balanced modulation) and further FM modulated is shown. ₁ and ₂ are upper sideband, ₂ and ₄
indicates the lower sideband. When the instantaneous frequency _c1 of the main carrier _c reaches the upper limit of the flat part of the group delay characteristic, the upper side band
Both ₁ and ₂ will be subject to phase and amplitude fluctuations. Therefore, if each frequency component is expressed as a vector at this time, it will look like Figure B, with the upper sideband ₁ ,
₂ will be shifted from the normal position (shown by the dotted line). For this purpose, the composite wave of both sidebands ₁ and ₂ is
₁₂ also deviates from the normal position shown by the dotted line. Then,
Both the phase and amplitude of the total composite vector (not shown) of the main carrier _c1 and the composite waves ₁₂ and ₃₄ (the composite waves of the lower side bands ₃ and ₄ ) change. Then,
In the FM-AM system, the reproduced output is greatly adversely affected, but in the FM-FM system, the advantage is that the amplitude fluctuation of the subchannel carrier reproduced by the first detector is not affected at all. Furthermore, in reality, the detection characteristics of the FM detectors 21 and 22 (see FIG. 5) have frequency characteristics as shown in FIG. C, and do not exhibit linearity over the entire range. Therefore, if the main channel is significantly modulated by passing through such a detector, the amplitude characteristics of the subchannels will be affected. In this case, FM−
The AM system will be more adversely affected than the FM-FM system. Therefore, FM−FM
If this method is used, the reproduction characteristics will be better. Audio multiplex information recording mode (MPX stereo,
In each of the above examples, a method was used in which the subcarrier level of the subchannel was changed in advance according to each mode in order to indicate each mode (MPX monaural, etc.). It is also conceivable to code an identification signal for identifying the recording mode in advance in a portion that does not affect the video information, and to record the code in a time-axis multiplex manner together with a frame number representing the address information of the playback track. In this case, the rectifier 38, LPF 39, and level discriminator 4 in the circuit system of FIG.
The zero and reset signal generator 41 is no longer necessary, and instead, a recording mode discriminator that detects the recording mode identification code signal from the output of a video detector (not shown) and generates a control signal may be added. Here, when using an adapter as shown in Fig. 6, when the operation mode of the playback system shown in Fig. 5 is a special mode such as still playback or double speed playback, the adapter will not operate in playback mode to prevent noise generation. It is desirable to avoid this. Therefore, the circuit system shown in FIG. 9 can be considered. That is, the reproduced RF signal from the pickup 17 is input to an audio processing circuit 90 and a video processing circuit 91. The audio processing circuit 90 is the same as the audio demodulation system shown in FIG. 5, and selectively reproduces only two channel signals out of four channel multiplexed information. This audio processing circuit 90
The output of the input stage LPF 18 (see Fig. 5) is connected to the output terminal 45 via the ATT (attenuator) 92.
and connect it to the playback RF of the adapter 94 in Figure 6.
Use as input. On the other hand, the video output from the video processing circuit 91 is input to a control circuit 93 such as a microcomputer, and the attenuation state of the ATT 92 is controlled by the control output of the control circuit 93.
Further, the control circuit 93 receives various operation mode command signals from the keyboard 95, and controls the operation mode of the regenerator and also controls the attenuation state of the ATT 92. Here, in the case of a video disc in which the identification signal of the multiplexed recording mode of video information is coded into the video information and inserted and recorded as described above, NO-
In MPX mode, playback is not required when using the adapter 94 that only plays subchannel signals, so the control circuit 93 detects a code indicating this NO-MPX mode from the video signal output and attenuates the ATT92. The amount is controlled to be large (or almost infinite). Therefore, the audio RF signal level at the input of the adapter 94 is extremely low (or almost zero).
Thus, the above objective is achieved. In addition, since it is preferable that the regenerator side performs so-called muting of audio information during predetermined modes such as the above-mentioned special raw mode, the control circuit 93 determines the operating state of the keyboard 95 and determines the operating state of the keyboard 95 to perform such muting. ATT92 is controlled during this period, and mutating is performed in the same way. By doing this, in a playback mode where the adapter 94 may perform erroneous playback due to a disturbed playback RF signal, the playback RF signal sent to the adapter is
Since the signal level is attenuated and adapter playback is stopped, incorrect playback can be prevented. In addition, since the RF signal level at the input stage of the adapter is used to control whether or not the adapter demodulation operation can be performed, the connection between the regenerator and the adapter is simply one audio information transmission path. The cost of the connector is low, and there is no need to worry about incorrect wiring connections. Furthermore, on the adapter side, RF
Since only the presence or absence of a signal level is determined, there is no need to use special logic circuits or microcomputers, the cost is low, and malfunctions do not occur. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing another example of muting in an adapter, in which a reproduced RF signal A input to the adapter is detected by an envelope detector 100. The detected output B becomes a pulse-like waveform C in the waveform shaper 101. This pulse C triggers a retriggerable MMV (monostable multivibrator) 102, and its Q output D becomes one input of a two-input NAND gate 103 and also becomes a trigger input of another retriggerable MMV 104. The output E of this MMV 104 serves as another input to the gate 103, and the output F of this gate 103 is used as a muting signal. FIG. 11 shows operating waveforms of signals of each part of the circuit of FIG. 10, and A to F correspond to signals A to F of each part of FIG. 10. As mentioned above, when the playback device is in a special mode other than the normal playback mode, such as still playback or double speed playback, the adapter should not play audio information in the same way as in the normal playback mode. As such, the case of steel playback will be explained, for example. In the case of still playback, the pick-up operates to skip recording tracks on the video disk at regular time intervals and always track the same track, so playback starts at the moment of this track jump.
The RF signal disappears. Since this occurs periodically, the reproduced RF signal becomes as shown in Figure A. Since the extinction in this case occurs more noticeably than in the case of other dropouts or noises, the envelope detection output will be as shown in Figure B. If this is shaped by the waveform shaper 101 having a level comparator function, the pickup will be reduced. A pulse train generated synchronously every time the track is jumped is obtained as shown in Figure C. In this case, if the output pulse width of the MMV 102 is selected to be slightly larger than the pulse period in Figure C during jump, the Q output of the MMV 102 will be as shown in Figure D. Therefore, since the Q output of the MMV 104 is as shown in Figure E, the NAND gate outputs of the outputs D and F of both MMVs 102 and 104 are as shown in Figure F, and a low level output is obtained during the steal operation period. It can be a muting signal. 1st
In the example shown in FIG. 0, if a pulse width detection circuit that outputs a pulse only when a predetermined pulse width is input is added to the front stage of the MMV 102, even more accurate operation will be possible. In addition, the output pulse width of MMV102 is MMV10
By making it slightly smaller than that of 4, the first
This makes it possible to mask dropouts that occur sporadically as shown in the right-hand portion of Figure 1. Even in the playback mode in the forward and reverse directions at a predetermined double speed, if the output pulse widths of the MMVs 102 and 104 are appropriately set, a muting signal is similarly generated during the playback mode. The purpose can be achieved by blocking or attenuating the playback output of the adapter using this muting signal. By doing this, it is possible to generate a muting signal only from the reproduced RF signal without receiving any reproduction mode information from the regenerator side, so that various effects similar to those described in the example of Fig. 9 can be obtained. occurs. The modes of four-channel multiplexing of audio information are: (1) The first channel and the second channel are in stereo mode; the second channel and the 41st channel are in stereo mode; (2) the first channel and the second channel are in stereo mode. , 3rd channel and 4th channel are in 2 language mode; (3) 1st channel and 2nd channel are in 2 language mode, 3rd channel and 4th channel are in stereo mode; (4) All channels are independent 4 However, if we consider the existing 4-channel system, matrix 4-channel system, SQ encode 4-channel system, etc., the signal may become an 8-channel signal even though it is actually 4 channels. Of course, it can also be applied. In a general recording/reproducing system, a so-called noise reduction device such as a signal compression/expansion device is used to improve the characteristics of a reproduced signal, and it is preferable to use the noise reduction device in the above-mentioned system as well. In this case, the signal compression/expansion device disclosed in Utility Model Application No. 57-129585 by the applicant of the present invention or the same
It is preferable to use the noise reduction method disclosed in the specification of No. 163320. In the above example, the video disk was described, but it can be applied not only to general recording media but also to transmission systems in which multiplexed information is frequency-converted and sent/received via a signal transmission path. It is particularly suitable for playback systems for recording media that do not generate data. As described above, according to the present invention, the multiplexed information recording program mode can be identified simply by determining the subcarrier level, so there is no need to use an identification signal using a special frequency, and There is an advantage that there is no need to insert and record a special code signal for identification into the video signal.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a diagram showing the recording frequency spectrum of a video disc, Figure 2 is a block diagram of the multiplex recording system, Figure 3 is a diagram showing the frequency spectrum for subchannel multiplexing, and Figure 4 is the frequency of the subchannels. A diagram explaining how to select a subcarrier frequency for conversion, Figure 5 is a block diagram of a reproduction method for a multiplex recording medium, Figure 6 is a block diagram of a reproduction adapter, and Figures 7 and 8 are subchannel modulation. Figure 9 is a block diagram illustrating a mode of signal exchange between the regenerator and the regenerator, and Figure 10 is a block diagram illustrating a method for determining the operating mode of the regenerator in the regenerator. 11 are diagrams showing operating waveforms of each part of the circuit block of FIG. 10. Explanation of symbols for main parts 9, 10...FM/AM
Modulator, 11, 12, 13...FM modulator, 17
...Pickup, 18, 24, 26...LPF,
19, 20, 25...BPF, 21, 22, 27
...Detector, 23...Switch circuit, 28...Switching circuit, 32, 33...Hold capacitor, 36...Matrix circuit, 40...Level judger, 42-44...DOS, 94...Reproduction adapter.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Modulating a subcarrier with a subchannel signal, superimposing this modulation signal with a main channel signal, frequency modulating the main carrier with this superimposed signal, and recording and reproducing a recording medium recorded using this modulation signal. The method includes recording with different levels of the subcarrier depending on a recording program mode during recording, and performing FM detection on a read signal from the recording medium during reproduction to obtain an FM demodulated signal,
A recording/reproducing method characterized in that the program mode is identified by extracting a subcarrier component from the FM demodulated signal and determining the level of the subcarrier component. 2. Two sets of the sub-channel signal and the main channel signal are provided, the two sub-carriers of the same frequency are modulated by the two sub-channels, and each of these modulated signals and each of the two main channel signals are superimposed. 2. The recording and reproducing method according to claim 1, wherein two main carriers having different frequencies are frequency-modulated by these two sets of superimposed signals.