Development of Super Hi-Vision Compact Cameras and Recording System

Mayumi Abe, Kazuyuki Arai, Daisuke Ito, Hayato Fujinuma, Toshiya Kikkawa, Taku Tsukamoto, Shinichi Takahashi, Hideaki Mita

NHK is developing Super Hi-Vision (defined as UHDTV-2 in SMPTE2036–1; SHV), a new television system capable of providing a highly realistic viewing experience. We recently developed a new SHV camera and SHV recorder/player, both with greater compactness and mobility than the previous prototype. — The camera was miniaturized as a compact 10G-SDI-based optical transmission unit and high-integration signal processing unit. With 16 H.264/AVC compression units operating in parallel, the compact recorder/player can hold up to two hours worth of content on 16 semiconductor memory cards (P2 cards). The camera and the recorder/player are less than half the sizes of the previous prototypes. — Moreover, superimposing control and status data on the ancillary data area of 1.5G-SDI ensures improved operability and efficient editing.

Published: 2010-10
Content type: Original Research
DOI: 10.5594/M001380
ISBN: 978-1-61482-944-7