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Information recording and reproducing apparatus, information recording and reproducing system, information processing apparatus and information reproducing apparatus

US8154823B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 17, 2009
Grant dateApr 10, 2012
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/596
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information recording and reproducing apparatus 1 having a high efficiency of information transfer includes one or more recording media forming a plurality of recording surfaces, a plurality of heads respectively disposed on the recording surfaces, a first actuator for supporting the heads and moving the heads uniformly, a plurality of second actuators provided one for an associated one of the heads, the second actuators moving the heads independently relative to the first actuator, recording processing circuits for simultaneously outputting recording signals, and reproducing processing circuits simultaneously supplied with reproduced signals read out by the heads to reproduce information from the reproduced signals.

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