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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Colineau, Bures sur Yvette, FR;
Jean-Claude Lehureau, St. Genevieve des Bois, FR;
Assignee:
Thomson-CSF, Puteaux, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 47 ; 360113 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and system reading data recorded in the form of tracks on a magnetic recording medium. The recorded data is read by a row of read heads greater in number than a number of data tracks. The system of the invention does not require the read heads to follow the data tracks when reading recorded data, and allows a magnetic tape to be read even if the positions of the data tracks relative to the read head positions are unknown. The reading system of the present invention finds particular application in the area of reading high density recorded magnetic tapes.