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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenji Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisayoshi Moriwaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiichiro Shimada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 191 ; 358341 ; 358343 ;
Abstract
A system for use in recording/reproducing video and audio signals, where the audio signals to be recorded can consist of various kinds of signals such as stereo signals, bilingual signals, or monaural signals, in which the kind of audio signal that is present in the signal to be recorded is detected and a corresponding code is added to the audio signal prior to being encoded and recorded. During playback, the particular code is detected and used to control switches to select the corresponding proper audio reconverting system based on the detected code.