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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:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsumi Yamaoka, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 401 ; 395438 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for processing data wherein control dependency on the host computer may be lower through an external control with the aid of a simpler program and wherein the data recording/reproduction may be performed efficiently without lowering the processing efficiency of the host computer. An error correction method is employed in which the error correction capability for burst errors may be improved.