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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1989
Izumi Miyake, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyotaka Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Nakane, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Shimaya, Tokyo, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A recording/playback apparatus is provided with a plurality of controllers (inclusive of CPU's) which, by communicating with one another, share control of each of the components of the recording/playback apparatus or of the entire apparatus. Communication among the controllers is performed in the second half of one period of a signal related to the rotational reference phase of a rotating recording medium. This makes it possible for control requiring high precision to be performed in the first half of the aforementional period without being affected by high-priority interrupts which accompany communication control. Further, in order that the aforementioned communication may be carried out in the second half of the above mentioned period, message editing is performed in the first half of the same period. This enables prompt communication processing during the short time in the second half of the period without an unnecessary waste of time.