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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Noboru Sekiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Yamaga, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/55 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/5504 (2013.01);
Abstract
A servo reproduction apparatus according to the present technology includes: a servo reproduction head. The servo reproduction head includes a first reproduction head portion and a second reproduction head portion. The first reproduction head portion reads a servo pattern recorded on a plurality of first servo bands, which are some of a plurality of servo bands in a magnetic tape including the plurality of servo bands. The second reproduction head portion reads a servo pattern recorded on a plurality of second servo bands, which are others of the plurality of servo bands.