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Video data recording and reproducing apparatus and method thereof

US5974225A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 2, 1998
Grant dateOct 26, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 2, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/877
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A video data recording apparatus which divides video data which has been compressed and encoded in units of groups of pictures (GOPs) comprised of the video data of a predetermined plurality of frames into a plurality of data blocks of a predetermined format, adding a GOP identifying code for identifying a GOP of compressed and encoded video data, recording on a predetermined number of slanted tracks on the tape the plurality of data blocks. Also, a video data reproduction apparatus which reproduces the video data recorded by the video data recording apparatus by simple tracking control.

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