PARALLEL STORAGE DEVICE FOR PLURAL VIDEO IMAGES

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a parallel storage device for plural video images in which the registration time of a video image is not limited by the storage capacity of a coder and the registration of the video image is finished after a prescribed time even when a long time is required for the input of the video image. SOLUTION: Three analog video signals 1 are outputted to four optional coders 2 by using a video path changeover device 5. While the three coders 2 encode each analog video signal and store tentatively the video information to each disk device 3, the remaining one coder transfers the video information stored tentatively to a video image storage section 6. A control section 4 selects the coders 2 for coding and temporary storage operation or transfer of the video information stored tentatively to the video image storage section 6. In this case, the control section 4 selects the transfer operation in a prescribed time after the coding operation so that the three analog video signals are continuously coded and transferred to the video image storage section 6, the video path changeover device 5 is used to connected the analog video signals 1 to an idle coder and then the coding and tentative storage are stored. The operations above are repetitively controlled.