A video signal digital recording and reproducing apparatus includes: a rearranging section for rearranging a sequence of signals on a rectangular unit by rectangular unit basis formed by sectioning a group of pixel data on a screen of a digital video signal; an encoding section for subjecting the signals...http://www.google.de/patents/US5175631?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5175631 - Apparatus for recording and reproducing a digital video signal in the form of order-rearranged and coded data