Motion picture film and reproducing apparatus therefor

Claim 1

IN A SYSTEM FOR REPRODUCING PICTURE INFORMATION RECORDED IN A SERIES OF SUCCESSIVE FRAMES OF INFORMATION DISPOSED LONGITUDINALLY ON A FILM STRIP AND SOUND INFORMATION RECORDED ON A SOUND TRACK DISPOSED LONGITUDINALLY ON THE FILM ADJACENT TO THE FRAMES OF PICTURE INFORMATION, THE COMBINATION THEREWITH COMPRISING: (A) MEANS FOR MOVING THE FILM STRIP THROUGH A SCANNING AREA, (B) FIRST MEANS FOR SCANNING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN INTERROGATION PATTERN INDEPENDENT OF THE MODE OF RECORDING SAID INFORMATON OF SAID FILM STRIP, THE SCANNING AREA IN A SERIES OF SUCCESSIVE SCANSIONS EACH OF WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY ENCOMPASSES A FRAME OF PICTURE INFORMATION ON THE FILM TO GENERATE SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INFORMATION SCANNED, (C) MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE SIGNALS GENERATED BY THE FIRST SCANNING MEANS FOR GENERATING A MAIN VIDEO SIGNAL, (D) SECOND SCANNING MEANS FOR SCANNING A PORTION OF THE SOUND TRACK CONCURRENTLY WITH THE SCANNING OF THE FRAMES OF PICTURE INFORMATION TO GENERATE A SOUND SIGNAL, (E) MEANS FOR COMBINING THE SOUND SIGNAL AND THE MAIN VIDEO SIGNAL TO GENERATE A COMPOSITE SIGNAL SUITABLE FOR DIRECT APPLICATION TO A CONVENTIONAL TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND (F) MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE SIGNALS GENERATED BY THE FIRST SCANNING MEANS FOR VARYING THE FREQUENCY OF THE SCANSIONS OF THE SCANNING AREA.