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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:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitsuo Harumatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Yokohoma, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 49 ; 360 53 ;
Abstract
First data blocks are reproduced from a recording medium. The first data blocks contain respective identification information pieces for discriminating the first data blocks from each other. A decision is made as to whether or not each of the reproduced first data blocks is correct in response to the identification information piece therein. Each reproduced first data block which is decided to be not correct is discarded. Second data blocks are generated from the reproduced first data blocks which are not discarded. The second data blocks differ in size from the first data blocks.