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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
May. 20, 1996
Shigeo Kizu, Fukaya, JP;
Hidenari Ikeda, Fukaya, JP;
Masahiro Nakashika, Fukaya, JP;
Yasuyoshi Nishikawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Toshinobu Murakami, Fukaya, JP;
Keisuke Ogi, Tokyo, JP;
Fumihiko Murakami, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A digital magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus comprising a unit for recording high-definition information including video information and audio information, which is based on a first high-definition television scheme, on a recording medium in accordance with a second high-definition television scheme, the first high-definition television scheme having a first data format of a first amount of information smaller than a second amount of information of a second data format of the second high-definition television scheme, the recording unit including a circuit for allocating a recording area corresponding to a difference between the first amount of information and the second amount of information as a free recording area on which any information is selectively recorded, to match the first amount of information with the second amount of information.