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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1987
Fumio Matsuda, Amagasaki, JP;
Minoru Ozaki, Amagasaki, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an information storage apparatus having an error-correcting code, wherein digital information and check symbols are stored in groups of codewords which are divided into blocks of equal size and a synchronization field for data synchronization is added to each block, a detector detects errors in consecutive synchronization fields when the digital information is read, and a flag-setting circuit sets dropout flags when a signal from the detector indicates an error in consecutive synchronization fields. The flags are set from the last synchronization field that is correctly detected before the error up to the first synchronization field that is correctly detected after the error. In decoding the codewords, the errors in them are corrected with reference to the dropout flags.