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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1989
Takashi Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenzo Kurihara, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Doi, Hadano, JP;
Masaru Teranishi, Hadano, JP;
Yoshihiro Uchiyama, Odawara, JP;
Soichi Oyama, Yokohama, JP;
Isao Tsushima, Yamato, JP;
Norihisa Komoda, Kawasaki, JP;
Ai Tanaka, Zama, JP;
Kenichi Kageura, Fujisawa, JP;
Minoru Kosuge, Odawara, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When the mount and demount operation of information media are achieved between an information medium storage shelf and a plurality of recording/playback apparatuses by use of a plurality of handling devices, in order to execute the operations in a concurrent fashion without causing an interference between the handling devices for an increased operation efficiency, the area of the storage shelf and at least one of the recording/playback apparatuses are respectively subdivided into a plurality of subareas so as to process the obtained subareas by the plurality devices respectively associated therewith.