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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1993
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing information recorded on slant information tracks includes magnetic heads mounted on a rotary cylinder. The magnetic heads scan a magnetic tape which has slant information tracks on which tracking pilot signals are formed. A tracking error detector detects the tracking error signal of the magnetic head scanning using the tracking pilot signal recorded on the slant information tracks. The tracking error detector then generates a tracking error signal indicating the amount of the track bending. A control signal generator generates a control signal in response to the tracking error signal for controlling the scanning position of the magnetic head. A tracking controller controls the slant track scanning position of the magnetic head.