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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1997
Toshiya Yatomi, Sagamihara, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
Reproducing and recording apparatus and method for dubbing video data includes structure and steps employed in a system for copying encoded video data recorded on a first recording medium to a second recording medium. Structure and steps are provided for reproducing from the first recording medium (i) the encoded video data and (ii) identification data indicating an area of the first recording medium in which the video data is not to be reproduced. Structure and steps are also provided for supplying the reproduced encoded video data to the recording apparatus for recording on the second recording medium. Structure and steps are also provided for controlling the recording operation of the recording apparatus and the reproducing operation of the reproducing apparatus according to the identification data.