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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshiya Yatomi, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
386 46 ; 386 95 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed an apparatus for recording or reproducing a signal on or from a cassette having a magnetic tape and a memory. In accordance with a signal which includes a first signal recorded by a first VTR compatible with the memory and a second signal recorded by a second VTR incompatible with the memory and is reproduced from the magnetic tape, the apparatus detects the area of the magnetic tape in which the second signal is recorded, and modifies data stored in the memory in accordance with the detection result.