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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1993
Shigemitsu Higuchi, Fujisawa, JP;
Atsuo Suga, Kamagaya, JP;
Yuji Inaba, Katsuta, JP;
Toshiro Aizawa, Katsuta, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
For the purpose of data compression and expansion in the playback mode reproducing data including video data and audio data recorded on a magnetic tape, a relative speed signal is generated from a circuit on the basis of the moving speed of the magnetic tape and the rotation speed of a head drum, and the characteristic of the recorded data is controlled according to this relative speed signal. The tension of the magnetic tape is detected by a circuit, and the phase difference between the detected tape tension signal and a reel rotation speed command signal is detected by a circuit so as to control the tape tension according to the detected phase difference. When a target value of the drum rotation speed is changed, a drum drive signal is changed stepwise at a predetermined time interval, and the amount of delay of a drum rotation reference signal delayed according to a signal indicative of the rotation speed of a capstan is changed, so as to determine the range in which both the capstan rotation speed and the drum rotation speed can be changed. Interfaces are disposed between a system controller and a pitch controller so as to control the tone pitch of the audio signal according to the capstan rotation speed signal.