Recording/reproducing apparatus
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsShigeru Yamazaki, Kemmei Masuda, Toshio Tsuchiya
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Abstract
A recording/reproducing apparatus capable of switching over among a plurality of heads with high precision, wherein the apparatus is provided with: a recording/reproducing unit for recording/reproducing signals onto/from a recording medium with a plurality of heads; a generating unit for generating control data for controlling the recording/reproducing unit; and a transmitting unit for transmitting control data generated by the generating unit to the recording/reproducing unit, wherein priority is given in transmission to data for controlling the switching of the plurality of heads over other data.
Claims3
A recording/reproducing apparatus, comprising:
- a rotary drum mounted with a plurality of magnetic heads;
- a stationary drum opposite to the rotary drum;
- a rotary transformer which transmits signals between the rotary drum and the stationary drum;
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- a recorder/reproducer which records/reproduces signals onto/from a recording medium with the plurality of magnetic heads, wherein the rotary drum is provided with the recorder/producer;
- a head operating status detector which detects operating conditions of the plurality of magnetic heads;
- a head operating status signal generator which generates head operating status signals based on the output data of the head operating status detector;
- the stationary drum being provided with a head operating status signal decoder which discriminates the head operating status signals;
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- a control signal generator which generates control signals for controlling the recorder/reproducer,
- wherein the head operating status signals and the control signals are transmitted by the rotary transformer, and the control signal generator generates the control signals based on a result of discrimination of the head operating signal decoder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.