Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Tsunenori Yoshinari

Hideyuki Nishida

Toshiaki Shingu

Katsumi Arisaka

Kazunori Masuda

Takahiro Shirai

Kazuhiko Muto

An image information recording apparatus is arranged to record compressed image information within a predetermined section of a recording tape extending from a beginning of the tape, to record non-compressed image information in another section located after the predetermined section, and to record, also within the predetermined section, positional information indicative of a position where the non-compressed image information which corresponds to the compressed image information is recorded on the tape, so that all recorded images are quickly graspable and any of the non-compressed images thus can be quickly extracted. Further, in recording image information of a plurality of kinds, a non-recorded area of a tape-shaped recording medium is divided and a divided recording area thus obtained is allocated to some of the image information of different kinds, so that the tape-shaped recording medium can be efficiently used.

Recording apparatus for recording moving and still signals on different parts of tape-shaped recording medium

An information recording device, which includes a case, a magnetic record carrier provided within the case, at least one semiconductor integrated circuit having at least one semiconductor memory provided within the case, and terminals for inputting and outputting data to and from the semiconductor memory or the semiconductor integrated circuit. Further, a recording and/or reproducing apparatus using the device, includes a detection circuit for detecting the mounting of the information recording device, and a switching circuit for switching the state of use of a memory in the apparatus in accordance with an output of the detection circuit.

Information recording and/or reproducing apparatus using an information

A method for setting an information reader to a target information recorded position on an information recording medium in an information reproducing apparatus includes steps of reading a start position from the medium by the reader, which contacts the medium, separating the reader from the medium after reading the current position, driving the medium after separating the reader from the medium, successively estimating a current read position based on the start position and a driving motion during the driving step, checking whether the estimated current read position matches a target position, contacting the reader with the medium and reading position information when the estimated current read position matches the target position, comparing the position represented by the read position information with the target position and driving the medium, contacting the reader, while reading the position information when a mismatch is detected, and comparing the position represented by the newly read position information with the target position and continuing to drive the medium until a match is detected by the comparison.

Method for detecting an information recorded position in an information

A magnetic tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises a tape-characteristic-information detecting circuit arranged to detect information on characteristics of a tape from a tape-characteristic-information recording area provided on the tape which is employed as a recording medium, and a circuit-constant setting circuit arranged to set circuit constants of necessary circuits on the basis of the output of the tape-characteristic-information detecting circuit.

Magnetic tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus with detecting means

A semiconductor photo-sensor comprising a photo-sensor area for converting an optical signal to an electrical signal, and a signal processing circuit for processing the electrical signal. The photo-sensor area and the signal processing circuit are formed on one semiconductor substrate.

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Tokyo, Japan

Tsunenori Yoshinari