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Magnetic head replacement structure in helical scan magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus and method thereof

US5825971A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 23, 1997
Grant dateOct 20, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/7973
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A head arrangement and head offset are set so that the track pattern continuously recorded on a continuously running tape will be ordered in the sequence of recording when taken along the time dimension. In intermittent-feed still-speed recording, recording information is divided for recording, and the magnetic tape is fed momentarily by a distance equal to the tape amount recorded. In a helical scan magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, intermittent still-speed recording is performed at prescribed intervals of time, and playback is performed with conditions that satisfy .vertline.v.vertline..ltoreq.r/N (N: positive integer, v: real number, r: positive real number) when the magnetic tape is played back at a speed v times as fast as normal playback speed and the rotary drum is rotated for playback at a speed r times as fast as recording speed. A digital playback head and an analog playback head are mounted on the same rotary drum, and the playback mode is automatically switched to play back a tape on which both analog and digital signals are recorded.

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