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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:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Atsushi Hashimoto, Hirakata, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kodoma, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 722 ;
Abstract
A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus having a time code detecting block (16) for detecting and issuing a time code, a reset position memory (18) for storing the time code at a reset position, a previous time code memory (20) for storing the time code, a relative time memory (21) for storing a relative time, and a calculation block (19) for calculating a present relative time based upon the time code issued from the time code detecting block, the time code stored in the reset position memory, the time code stored in the previous time code memory, and the relative time stored in the relative time memory.