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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:
Jan. 03, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kentaro Odaka, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshizumi Inazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Peter Bramhall, Bristol, GB;
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hewlett-Packard Limited, Wokingham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 48 ; 360 53 ; 360 64 ;
Abstract
A data recorder includes a recording unit for recording data having a predetermined data format and a frame address in a recording medium in units of frames each consisting of predetermined amount of data, and for forming a plurality of Partitions each consisting of a plurality of data areas in which different types of data are recorded during recording. The data recorder performs initialization of a length of at least one of the Partitions.