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Rotary head type PCM recording and reproduction method and system

US4685004A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 1985
Grant dateAug 4, 1987
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B20/10527
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a recording operation by a rotary head type PCM recording/reproducing apparatus including at least two magnetic heads, the odd-numbered sample data and the even-numbered sample data are discriminatively extracted and stored. The stored data corresponding to an amount of data outputted from the A/D converter within a predetermined time is selectively read out and supplied to the two heads to thereby record the data in such a manner that the odd-numbered data and the even-numbered data are recorded separately on a track basis or alternatively recorded separately on a preceding half and a succeeding half of each track. The error detecting and correcting code is prepared on the basis of the data to be recorded in each track. In reproduction of the recorded data, upon detection of a drop-out of the data from one of the two heads, the drop-out data is corrected through interpolation procedure to thereby reconstitute the original analog signal.

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