Tape cassette, tape recording apparatus and tape reproducing apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTadashi Ozue, Yoshihisa Takayama
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Abstract
A tape cassette and tape recording/reproducing apparatus including a tape partitioned into a plurality of partitions for recording data thereon, and a separate memory included in the tape cassette for storing control information relating to each tape partition, thereby reducing the time and number of operations needed to access a particular partition.
Claims12
A tape cassette comprising:
- a tape-shaped recording medium including a plurality of partitions, wherein recording data is recorded into each one of said plurality of partitions;
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- memory means for storing attached or subsidiary information relating to each one of said plurality of partitions, said memory means being separate from said tape-shaped recording medium.
A tape recording apparatus for recording data onto a tape-shaped recording medium of a tape cassette, wherein a tape-shaped recording medium area thereon is divided into a plurality of partitions for recording data and memory mens for storing attached or subsidiary information relating to each one of the plurality of partitions independently from the tape-shaped recording medium, the apparatus comprising:
- input means for inputting recording data to be recorded onto said tape-shaped recording medium;
- read-out means for reading out from said memory means said attached information;
- recording control means for controlling the recording of said recording data on said tape-shaped recording medium based on said attached information read out by said read-out means;
- attached information generating means for generating new attached or subsidiary information appearing during the recording of said recording data onto the tape-shaped recording medium;
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- writing means for writing into said memory means said new attached information generated by said attached information generating means.
A tape reproducing apparatus for reproducing recording data from a tape-shaped recording medium of a tape cassette, wherein a tape-shaped recording medium area thereon is divided into a plurality of partitions for recording data, and memory means for storing attached or subsidiary information relating to each one of the plurality of partitions independently from the tape-shaped recording medium, the apparatus comprising:
- read-out means for reading out from said memory means said attached information;
- reproduction control means for controlling the reproduction of said recording data from said tape-shaped recording medium based on said attached information read out by said read-out means;
- attached information generating means for generating new attached or subsidiary information appearing during the reproducing of said recording data from the tape-shaped recording medium;
- writing means for writing into said memory means said new attached information generated by said attached information generating means;
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- output means for outputting reproduction data reproduced by said reproduction control means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.