Abstract:
A method for superimposed recording of a first signal and a second signal with frequency which is less than the frequency for the first signal, in a perpendicular magnetic recording medium by means of a ring-shaped magnetic head. The mutually superimposed first and second signals are supplied to the magnetic head. The value of the first signal current to be supplied to the magnetic head is set at a value which is greater than the current value for which the reproduced output level of the first signal that was recorded on the magnetic recording medium attains a maximum, and a satisfactory superimposed recording characteristic can be obtained by such an arrangement.
Abstract:
A constant current source (14) is combined with a fixed AC bias circuit (34) to supply a constant current biased drive signal to a record head (58). A voltage doubler (48) may be used to double the current to the head.
Abstract:
An automatic calibration arrangement for a tape recorder is disclosed. The arrangement includes a microprocessor 36 which responds to pre-stored calibration signals stored in a ROM 38 and a RAM 40 to write predetermined tones onto each track of the tape using the record circuits and record heads of the tape recorder, and then monitors the corresponding signals as replayed by the replay heads and replay circuits of the tape recorder so as to automatically adjust parameters of the record and replay circuits accordingly. The record and replay circuits are arranged to be settable by means of digital numbers produced by the microprocessor. Parameters which may be adjusted include record bias, record drive current (to produce 1% third harmonic distortion), and the mid band and band edge filter circuits, and phase adjustment of the replay circuits. Recorders not having replay circuits (but having replay heads) can still have their bias level and record current calibrated and can record replay calibration frequencies for external calibration purposes.
Abstract:
This invention reduces crosstalk interference components without a significant increase in recorded bandwidth of the modulated audio signals and without a significant degradation of the signal-to-noise ratio of the reproduced audio signals. According to the invention, the nominal carrier frequency of the modulated audio signal in adjacent tracks or scans is offset by an amount sufficient to shift the crosstalk interference components outside the desired audio pass band for substantially all modulating amplitudes and frequencies. At the same time, the modulated audio frequency spectra of the adjacent tracks substantially overlap so that additional overall bandwidth requirements are minimized. A satisfactory offset from track to track is in the order of twice the maximum audio response frequency. As the offset is reduced or as occasional high frequency high amplitude audio occurs in adjacent tracks, crosstalk distortion components will tend to appear beginning at the high frequencies. Such crosstalk interference can be further reduced by the use of frequency dependent compressor-expander noise reduction because of the audio band rather than across the entire audio band as in the case of no track-to-track carrier offset, In one example audio signals are frequency modulated and recorded on a helical scan recorder using carrier frequencies f 1 and f 2 for odd and even scans. On playback the signals from odd and even scans are processed by respective limiters 6 and 8 respective demodulators 10 and 12 and respective high pass filters 14 and 16.
Abstract:
A method of recording information, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a magnetic storage means having magnetisable material and deliberately inhibiting the magnetic properties of said material over a zone of said storage means (b) determining an inhibition value related to and indicative of at least one of the location and area of said zone, said inhibition value being specific to the one particular storage means deliberately inhibited in step (a), and (c) subsequently recording said information in a manner such that replay thereof is only possible if a signal corresponding to the said inhibition value specific to that said particular storage means is first obtained. Determination of said inhibition value is by means of a computer program providing the sub-steps of (i) writing repeatedly a predetermined number of times to said storage means over an area including (at least part of) said zone a character set composed of at least one character (ii) reading back the matter written over said area, and (iii) calculating the difference between the number of times said character set was written and was read back, the value of this difference providing said inhibition value. Recording step (c) includes the provision of an initialising program which comprises a repetition of the same sub-steps (i), (ii) and (iii) but the difference value last found is compared with the inhibition value first obtained and if a predetermined matching requirement is fulfilled by this comparison then said signal is generated. The invention also provides a magnetic storage means or recording medium to which method steps (a) and (b) have been applied, method step (c) being applied to another zone of the same storage means/recording medium or to another storage means/recording medium that is paired with the first.
Abstract:
This invention relates to an audio magnetic card and the method as well as the apparatus using the card. This design enables the apparatus to store the audio data on the IC memory body embedded in the card and to reproduce the stored data from the IC body. Combining the content and the outline, this card has effectiveness of vision sensing and audio hearing, as well as the value of collection and preservation.
Abstract:
A write amplifier (4) comprising four current mirrors (14, 22, 30 and 38) which are turned on two at a time by two switchable floating current sources (46, 48) between the input terminals (16, 40; 24, 32) of the current mirrors in order to produce a write current of alternating polarity through the write head (2). The parasitic capacitances across the write head (2) and/or the parasitic capacitances (Cp1, Cp2) of the write amplifier (4) at the write terminals (6, 8) are compensated by means of feed-forward capacitors (170, 172, 174, 176). The high impedance at the terminals (6, 8) of the write head (2) enables the common-mode voltage across the write head (2) to be fixed at any desired voltage value by means of a common-mode circuit.
Abstract:
It is to provide that a magnetic reproduction apparatus with a cross-talk reducing system for improving an S/N respect of a reproducing signal by reproducing (compensating) the cross-talk component. A distance between a first magnetic head (4) which has a plus azimuth angle and a second magnetic head (5) which has a minus azimuth angle is provided, so that a second head (5) can scan a track which is scanned before by a first head (4). Furthermore, a delaying circuit (10) for delaying a first reproduction signal of the first head (4), a first filter (4) for extracting a first cross-talk component from an output of the delaying circuit (10), a second filter (5) for extracting a second cross-talk component from a second reproduction signal of the second head (5), a first adder (12) for adding the second cross-talk component which is reversed a polarity and the output of the delaying circuit (10) and a second adder (14) for realizing an adder processing between the output of the delaying circuit which is reversed a polarity and the second reproduction signal.
Abstract:
A disc drive wherein at least two outer tracks of the disc in a region (15) beyond the defined track 0 are used to store the drive operating microprogram, and/or manufacturing test program, and/or specific electrical, mechanical and magnetic parameters and media defect information. This data can be read from these outer tracks of the disc during initialization of the disc drive, or during seek operations of the drive to immediately adjust the positioning of the read/write head. It allows the disc drive to react to microprogram problems without changing either the mask ROM or an EPROM supplied. The microprogram is read onto the drive over the I/O interface.
Abstract:
A method of magnetic recording consisting in line recording of an electric signal on a magnetic medium (1) by means of magnetic heads (8) oscillating in a plane perpendicular to the surface of the magnetic medium with sinusoidally changing speeds the maximum values of which being equal, their periods of oscillation being dividable by the period of the electric control signal and the magnetic heads (8) oscillating in mutual counter-phase mode. A device for implementing the method of magnetic video recording comprises a magnetic medium (1), magnetic heads (8) effecting the line recording of the electric signal and a stable magnetic head (10) effecting the longitudinal recording of the electric control signal. The outputs of delay elements (3), interconnected in series, are electrically connected to mechanisms (14). The device further comprises, interconnected in series, a first frequency multiplier (20), whose input is connected to the electric control signal source (7) and whose output is connected to the input of the mechanism (14) for movement of the magnetic head (8) and to the input of the first delay element (19), a second frequency multiplier (22), a pulse counter (23) and a switch (24) the outputs of which are connected to the windings (22) of the magnetic heads (8).