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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1993
Shigemi Maeda, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Shigeo Terashima, Tenri, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A recording/reproducing device for recording and reproducing on a rewritable recording medium which comprises absolute addresses, a sound information recording region for recording sound information entered thereto from outside and a TOC area for recording additional information on the sound information recorded in the sound information recording region. The device includes an optical head as well as a magnetic coil for recording silencing information or fading information in the TOC area, each of which respectively specifies that a desired range in the sound information recording region should be erased or a fade-in/fade-out operation adjacent to the recording start/end position of desired sound information should be executed in reproducing sound information in the sound information region, a TOC memory wherein the silencing information or the fading information read from the TOC area is stored when the recording medium is placed in the device, and a muting circuit which performs the silencing operation within the range specified by the silencing information stored in the TOC memory or a fading circuit which performs the fade-in/fade-out operation according to the fading information stored in the TOC memory.