Recording and reproducing apparatus and method
AssigneeVictor Company of Japan, Ltd.
InventorToshio Kuroiwa
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Abstract
A signal is recorded on and reproduced from a first tape-like storage medium. At least one indexing signal is recorded on the first storage medium. Or, at least one indexing signal already recorded on the first storage medium is detected. The location of the indexing signal is determined as an indexing position. The signal that has been recorded on the first storage medium is recorded on a randomly accessible second storage medium from the indexing position for a specific period.
Claims9
A recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a first recorder and reproducer to drive tape-like first storage medium for recording a signal on and reproducing the signal from the first storage medium, record at least one first indexing signal on the first storage medium or detect at least one second indexing signal already recorded on the first storage medium, and determine the location of the recorded first or second indexing signal as an indexing position;
- a second recorder and reproducer to record a signal on and reproduce the signal from a randomly accessible second storage medium;
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- a controller to control the second recorder and reproducer to record the signal that has been recorded on the first storage medium on the second storage medium from the indexing position for a specific period P.
A recording and reproducing method comprising the steps of:
- recording a signal and at least one indexing signal on a tape-like first storage medium;
- determining the location of the indexing signal as an indexing position;
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- recording the signal that has been recorded on the first storage medium on a randomly accessible second storage medium from the indexing position for a specific period P.
A recording and reproducing method comprising the steps of:
- detecting at least one indexing signal already recorded on a tape-like first storage medium;
- determining the location of the indexing signal as an indexing position;
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- recording a signal that has been recorded on the first storage medium on a randomly accessible second storage medium from the indexing position for a specific period P.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.