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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:
Jun. 16, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshio Kaji, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358335 ; 358906 ; 360 351 ; 360 62 ;
Abstract
A recording and reproducing apparatus which is arranged to shorten a stand-by period and to suppress the appearance of noises comprises: a selection circuit arranged to select either a recording mode or a reproducing mode; and a control circuit which is arranged to operate, accxording to the result of detection of tracks on a recording medium, to shift a head to a vacant track on the medium when the recording mode is selected by the selection circuit, to shift the head to a recorded track on the medium when the reproducing mode is selected and to accomplish the shifting operation within a blanking period of a video signal.