Recording apparatus using a tape cassette with a memory

A recording apparatus which uses a tape cassette with a memory and records a program and time data on a tape contained within the tape cassette, the memory having a program information area for storing program information on programs recorded on the tape in the tape cassette and a tape information area for storing tape information on the entire tape in the tape cassette, and the program information including a program inconsistency flag which is reset or set for each of the programs recorded on the tape in accordance with whether or not a content of a recorded program is inconsistent with the information on the recorded program on the tape, and the tape information including a tape inconsistency flag which is set or reset in accordance with whether or not the content actually recorded on the entire tape is inconsistent with the program information in the memory, said apparatus comprising:

• a memory writer for writing tape information and program information into the memory provided in the tape cassette;
• a memory reader for reading tape information and program information from the memory provided in the tape cassette;
• a tape reader for reading time data on the tape in the tape cassette;
• an overwrite detector for receiving the program information from the program information area from said memory reader and for detecting, according to time data on the tape read by said tape reader, if a program described in the program information has been recorded at a recording position in correspondence with the program information, and for deciding that an overwrite has occurred if it has been determined that the program has not been recorded at the recording position;
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• a data corrector for correcting the program information in the program information area, as actually recorded on the tape, for a program on which overwrite has occurred, according to time data on a current program to be recorded on the tape.

A recording apparatus which uses a tape cassette with a memory and records a program and time data on a tape contained within the tape cassette, the memory having a program information area for storing program information on programs recorded on the tape in the tape cassette and a tape information area for storing tape information on the entire tape in the tape cassette, and the program information including a program inconsistency flag which is set or reset for each of the programs recorded on the tape in accordance with whether or not a content of a recorded program is inconsistent with the information on the recorded program in the tape, and the tape information including a tape inconsistency flag which is set or reset in accordance with whether or not the content actually recorded on the entire tape is inconsistent with the program information in the memory, said apparatus comprising:

• a memory writer for writing tape information and program information into the memory in the tape cassette;
• a memory reader for reading tape information and program information from the memory in the tape cassette;
• a tape reader for reading time data and a cue control signal on the tape in the tape cassette;
• a detector for detecting the tape inconsistency flag read by said memory reader;
• a detector for detecting the cue control signal recorded at a top of each recorded program read by said tape reader when said detector has detected that the tape inconsistency flag has been set;
• a data corrector for correcting the program information in the program information area, as actually recorded on the tape, for a program on which the cue signal has been detected by said detector, according to time data on programs already recorded on the tape;
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• a resetter for resetting the tape inconsistency flag after said data corrector has corrected the program information in the program information area.

A recording apparatus which uses a tape cassette with a memory and records a program and time data on a tape contained within the tape cassette, the memory having a program information area for storing program information on programs recorded on the tape in the tape cassette and a tape information area for storing tape information on the entire tape in the tape cassette, and the program information including a program inconsistency flag which is set or reset for each of the programs recorded on the tape in accordance with whether or not a content of a recorded program is inconsistent with the information on the recorded program on the tape, and the tape information including a tape inconsistency flag which is set or reset according when the content actually recorded on the entire tape is inconsistent with the program information in the memory, said apparatus comprising:

• a memory writer for writing tape information and program information into the memory in the tape cassette;
• a memory reader for reading tape information and program information from the memory in the tape cassette;
• a tape reader for reading time data on the tape in the tape cassette;
• a detector for receiving time data recorded for each program on the tape read by said tape reader and for detecting a discontinuity of the time data;
• a data corrector for correcting the program information in the program information area, as actually recorded in the tape, for programs on which a discontinuity of the time data has been detected by said detector, according to time data on programs already recorded on the tape;
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• a resetter for resetting the tape inconsistency flag after said data corrector has corrected the program information in the program information area.

A recording apparatus which uses a tape cassette with a memory and records a program and time data on a tape contained within the tape cassette, said memory having a program information area for storing program information on programs recorded on the tape in the tape cassette and a tape information area for storing tape information on the entire tape in the tape cassette, the program information including a program inconsistency flag which is set or reset for each of the programs recorded on the tape in accordance with whether or not a content of a recorded program is inconsistent with the information on the recorded program in the tape, and the tape information including a tape inconsistency flag which is set or reset in accordance with whether or not the content actually recorded on the entire tape is inconsistent with the program information in the memory, said apparatus comprising:

• a memory writer for writing tape information and program information into the memory in the tape cassette;
• a memory reader for reading tape information and program information from the memory in the tape cassette;
• a tape reader for reading time data and a cue control signal on the tape in the tape cassette;
• a detector for detecting the tape inconsistency flag in the tape information area read by said memory reader;
• a detector for detecting the cue control signal recorded at a top of each recorded program read by said tape reader when said detector has detected that the tape inconsistency flag has been set;
• a data corrector for correcting the program information in the program information area, as actually recorded on the tape, for programs on which the cue control signal has been detected by said detector, according to time data on programs already recorded on the tape;
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• a resetter for resetting the program inconsistency flag after said data corrector has corrected the program information in the program information area.

A recording apparatus which uses a tape cassette with a memory and records a program and time data on a tape contained within in the tape cassette, the memory having a program information area for storing program information on programs recorded on the tape in the tape cassette and a tape information area for storing tape information on the entire tape in the tape cassette, and the program information including a program inconsistency flag which is set or reset for each of the programs recorded on the tape in accordance with whether or not a content of a recorded program is inconsistent with the information on the recorded program in the tape, and the tape information including a tape inconsistency flag which is set or reset in accordance with whether or not the content actually recorded on the entire tape is inconsistent with the program information in the memory, said apparatus comprising:

• a memory writer for writing tape information and program information into the memory in the tape cassette;
• a memory reader for reading tape information and program information from the memory in the tape cassette;
• a tape reader for reading time data and a cue control signal on the tape in the tape cassette;
• a detector for detecting a program inconsistency flag in the program information area read by said memory reader;
• a detector for detecting the cue control signal recorded at a top of each recorded program read by said tape reader when said detector has detected that the program inconsistency flag had been set;
• a data corrector for correcting the program information in the program information area, as actually recorded on the tape, for a program on which the program inconsistency flag has been set, according to time data on programs already recorded on the tape;
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• a resetter for resetting the program inconsistency flag for the program on which the data corrector has corrected the program information.

A recording apparatus which uses a tape cassette with a memory and records a program and time data on a tape contained within the tape cassette, the memory having a program information area for storing program information on programs recorded on the tape in the tape cassette and a tape information area for storing tape information on the entire tape in the tape cassette, and the program information including a program inconsistency flag which is set or reset for each of the programs recorded on the tape in accordance with whether or not a content of a recorded program is inconsistent with the information on the recorded program on the tape, and the tape information including a tape inconsistency flag which is set or reset in accordance with whether or not the content actually recorded on the entire tape is inconsistent with the program information in the memory, said apparatus comprising:

• a memory writer for writing tape information and program information into the memory in the tape cassette;
• a memory reader for reading tape information and program information from the memory in the tape cassette;
• a detector for detecting a program inconsistency flag in the program information area read by said memory reader;
• a tape reader for reading time data on the tape in the tape cassette;
• a detector for receiving time data recorded for each program read by said tape reader on the tape and for detecting a discontinuity of the time data;
• a data corrector for correcting the program information in the program information area, as actually recorded on the tape, for a program on which the program inconsistency flag has been set, according to time data on programs already recorded on the tape;
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• a resetter for resetting the program inconsistency flag for the program on which the data corrector has corrected the program information.