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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1987
Kazuo Arai, Hirakata, JP;
Kiyoshi Ota, Neyagawa, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for reproducing signals recorded in slanting tracks on a recording tape including tape position information recorded at a specified area on each track apparatus has a tape speed setting circuit for setting a plurality of tape speeds, and a cylinder speed setting circuit for setting a rotational speed of a rotary cylinder such that the track direction speed component of a reproducing head mounted on the rotary cylinder is kept constant. A tape running control circuit controls a reel drive circuit so that the tape runs at a speed set by the tape speed setting circuit. A cylinder control circuit controls the rotary cylinder so that the rotary cylinder rotates at a speed set by the cylinder speed setting circuit. In a transition state from a normal reproduction mode to a high speed search mode, the tape speed setting circuit changes the tape speed in a step-wise fashion so that the deviation of the track direction speed component of the head in each step of tape speed change is within a range in which the tape position information is correctly read.
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