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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1992

Filed:

May. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:

Shunji Hoshino, Yokohama, JP;

Hiroya Ohkuma, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 32 ; 369 4437 ; 369121 ;
Abstract

Optical recording/reproducing apparatus of the 2-head or 3-head type uses a simplified controller but is nevertheless capable of high-speed read-after-write check. In a 2-head embodiment a switching circuit supplies either a reproducing output of a recording head or a reproducing output of a reproducing head to a signal processing circuit selectively. When the reproducing output of the reproducing head is supplied, a signal generator supplies a signal to the signal processing circuit corresponding to the reproducing output of the recording head. In a 3-head embodiment a circuit compares identification signals in reproducing outputs of an erasing head and a recording head, respectively, and supplies the recording head with data to be recorded from a FIFO memory. A 3-head embodiment may also use a switching circuit for supplying either a reproducing output of an erasing head or a reproducing output of a reproducing head to a signal processing circuit.


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