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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:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jurgen Kaaden, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Klaus Oldermann, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Assignee:
Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 48 ; 360 741 ; 360 744 ; 386 37 ; 386 40 ; 386123 ; 386124 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for recording a digital signal wherein the recording rate is higher than the available data rate. In such a situation, the available excess recording capability is used for extending the playing time by the existing storage capacity of a magnetic tape is better utilized. In the present embodiment, playback time is increased by use of a constant tape transport speed with part-segmented helical track recording and a bidirectional recording operation during recording and replay.