Abstract:
A magnetic recording and reproducing method, applicable to a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus such as a video tape recorder, comprises the steps of recording a first signal in a magnetic layer (6b) of a magnetic tape by a first head, recording a second signal which is preferably a digital signal in a shallower portion (6a) of the first signal recorded magnetic layer by a second head having a different azimuth from that of the first head. The width of the shallower portion (6a) is preferably narrower than the width of the first signal recorded magnetic layer. The recorded first and second signals are reproduced by heads having different azimuth from each other, respectively, so as not to interfere with each other.
Abstract:
When a PCM signal having a sampling frequency of 32 KHz, a quantization of 12 bits per sample, and 4 channel is to be recorded onto tape (33), the PCM signal undergoes, prior to being recorded onto the tape, such predetermined data dispersion that burst errors incurred in the reproduction operation may be compensated.
Abstract:
In a recording apparatus frequency modulators (25-28) a provided for modulating carriers having different frequencies with an information signal. The different frequency irriers are sequentially combined by a switch (12) and aplied to a recording head in response to the head being fifted from one track to the next to record each of the carriers a different track, so that there is a difference in frequency between carriers recorded on adjacent tracks. During play- back, the frequency-modulated carriers are sequentially produced and separated by band-pass filters (25-28) into individual carriers, frequency-demodulated respectively by (29-32) and sequentially combined by a switch 3) to form the original information signal. Tracking control (100) is provided to control the lateral position of the ansducer head in response to the carriers which are derived tracks on opposite sides of the track being scanned.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus comprises a ' rotor drum (11) mounting thereon a plurality of rotary magnetic heads (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d), a plurality of reproducing amplifiers (5a-5d), recording/reproducing mode switching circuits (4a-4d), head selection circuits (6, 7), control circuits (21, 22) and a DC voltage source (23). The control signal circuit (21, 22) and the DC voltage source (23) receive a control signal transmitted from a stator drum through a rotary transformer (17, 18b) and produce signals for controlling the mode switching circuits (4a-4d) and the head selecting circuits (6, 7) and a DC voltage for energizing all the circuits on the rotor drum, respectively.
Abstract:
In a rotary head magnetic recording and reproducing system of a helical-scan type for successively recording and reproducing audio signals in and from record patterns on a magnetic tape, which record patterns are inclined relative to the longitudinal direction of the magnetictape, by a magnetic head provided on a rotary cylinder, during the successive reproduction of the record patterns by the magnetic head, in order to prevent noise from being contained in a reproduced audio signal which noise is caused by the switching of the record patterns to be reproduced or by the occurrence of a dropout in the reproduced signal, an audio signal is divided into two discrete signals which have a phase difference therebetween and are transmitted respectively on two separate transmission paths. and two hold circuits (5, 7; 10,11), each of which is arranged in one of the two transmission paths, are put into operation in synchronism with the switching of the record patterns or the occurrence of the dropout in the reproduced signal, and output signals (G, H) of the two hold circuits (5, 7; 10, 11) are added together thereby to reduce noise contained in the reproduced output audio signal (H', L).
Abstract:
A PCM (pulse code modulated) audio signal recording and/or reproducing apparatus is disclosed, in which a scanning track area formed by one scanning of a rotary head (1, HA, HB) on a tape (2) is separated into a plurality of track areas in its longitudinal direction to thereby form multi-channel segment track areas and the PCM audio signal (SL, SR) is recorded on and/or reproduced from each of segment track areas of each channel on the tape (2). According to this apparatus, when a plurality of programs are sequentially recorded in a timer scheduled event recording mode, it becomes possible to select (30) a recording mode (S) (series recording mode) in which the recording is carried out only on the segment track area of one channel and a mode (P) (parallel recording mode) in which the recording is sequentially carried out on segment track areas of different channels.
Abstract:
Circuitry usable in a tamper protected recording system for characterizing audio signals at the time of recording including a filter (10) for selecting a portion of the audio signal, a zero crossing detector (14) to detect zero crossings, a threshold detector (16) to determine when the threshold of the detector is satisfied, a first microprocessor (18) for counting the zero crossing detections for successive time intervals and determining for each of the time intervals whether the threshold was satisfied and a second microprocessor (20) for converting the counts and threshold information into data signals that can be recorded with the audio signal.
Abstract:
A display apparatus for a multi-channel PCM recorder comprises a display device (10) having a first set of display segments (16a to 16f), each segment (16a to 16f) corresponding to one of a number of channels, a pilot signal reproducing circuit (26) for reproducing a pilot signal superimposed on PCM data recorded on channels of a magnetic tape, a first logic circuit (25) . supplied with the reproduced pilot signal and a timing signal for generating indication signals representing pre-recorded channels, and a drive circuit for supplying said indication signals to the first set of display segments (16a to 16f).
Abstract:
A digital tape drive wherein tape is written, and a read-after-write operation is immediately performed to check the integrity of the write operation, for either direction (11, 12) of tape movement. The tape (10) contains a plurality of parallel data tracks. Two read/write head modules (14, 15) span the entire tape. The read (R) and write (W) gaps of each module are alternately spaced across the width of the tape, such that the write gaps of one module are aligned with the read gaps of the other module. When one module is selected for writing, as a function of the direction of tape movement, the other module is selected to read-after-write check the first module's written data. One module (14) writes odd-track data during one direction (11) of tape movement, and reads even-track data during the opposite direction (12) of tape movement; as the other module (15) writes even-track data during said opposite movement direction (12), and reads odd-track data during said one movement direction (11). Common read and write electronic circuits are switched between the two modules, since each module is using only one of its read and write gap multiples at any given time.
Abstract:
Apparatus for reproducing a digital signal includes a rotary head (11 A, 11 B) that accurately reproduces the digital signal, which is recorded on a tape (14), even when the tape runs at high speed. Transitions of a reproduced signal are detected (32), intervals corresponding to the transitions are counted (33) on the basis of a predetermined reference signal, and the rotation of the rotary head ( 11 A, 11 B) is controlled in response to the counted value so that the relative speed between the rotary heads (11 A, 11 B) and the tape (14) is held constant, notwithstanding changes in the absolute speed of the tape, as in a fast-forward mode.