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Data encoder

US5659529A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 19, 1995
Grant dateAug 19, 1997
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/2525
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data encoder wherein the outputs of a synchronization data generating means 51, a cluster counter 52, a sector counter 53, a recording data output means 56 and a dummy data generating means 55 are selected by a selector 57 to provide an output. A selector control means 59 is constituted to control the selector 57 to output a data group (cluster) which is one recording unit formed of the predetermined number of sectors in the predetermined format by controlling the selector 57 in a predetermined timing depending on a Link signal based on the sector counter 53 and a count value of the byte counter 60. The processing load shared on a microcomputer, which is controlling the recording operation, can thus be alleviated remarkably.

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