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US 4,777,537 AGranted
Signal recording apparatus and method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKatsuhiko Ueno, Takayuki Sasaki, Koji Iijima, Masaaki Arai
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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKatsuhiko Ueno, Takayuki Sasaki, Koji Iijima, Masaaki Arai
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Described is a method and a recording apparatus whereby audio and video signals can be recorded on a plurality of recording tracks on the same recording medium. A series of temporarily consecutive audio signals can be recorded across a plurality of tracks. On at least the audio track, information signals including the leading track number, the next following track number and the number of the video track bearing the corresponding video signals, are recorded. The track number data of the information signals on these audio tracks are written in corresponding positions of a digital, table memory. These control code data are recorded on a predetermined control track on the recording medium such that a series of desired audio signals and the corresponding video signals can be selectively reproduced smoothly and promptly by first reading the control track and then reproducing the audio and video tracks in accordance with the control code data information.
An improved signal recording apparatus of the type in which a plurality of fields of video signals are sequentially recorded on a corresponding plurality of concentrically arranged tracks on a rotary recording medium, and selected ones of the remaining tracks on the recording medium are arranged to have audio signal segments recorded thereon, some of which are intended to be reproduced sequentially, wherein the improvements in the recording apparatus comprise:
In combination with a rotary recording medium on which a plurality of fields of video signals are sequentially recorded on a corresponding plurality of concentrically arranged tracks on said rotary recording medium, and selected ones of the remaining tracks on the recording medium are arranged to have time compressed audio signal segments and control code data signals recorded thereon, said control code data signals including address data indicating a track number and address on said rotary recording medium and data for discriminating whether a track being reproduced is an audio track or a video track, a signal reproducing apparatus of the type which reproduces signals from said rotary recording medium, the reproducing apparatus comprising:
In a method of sequentially recording a plurality of fields of video signals on a plurality of concentrically arranged tracks on a rotary recording medium and audio signal segments, some of which are intended to be reproduced in sequence, on selected ones of the remaining tracks on the recording medium, the improvement comprising the steps of:
A signal reproducing method for use with a rotary recording medium on which a plurality of fields of video signals are sequentially recorded on a plurality of concentrically arranged tracks on said rotary recording medium, and selected ones of the remaining tracks on the recording medium are arranged to have time compressed audio signal segments and control code data signals recorded thereon, said control code data signals including address data indicating the track numbers of related audio and video tracks on said rotary recording medium and data for discriminating whether a track being reproduced is an audio track or a video track, the signal reproducing method comprising the steps of:
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