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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 ;
Abstract
A re-recording/re-reproducing device cleans both the magnetic tape and head of dregs which cause errors in writing and reading. A magnetic head records and reproduces input digital data to and from a magnetic tape at a normal speed. When an error in writing or reading the input digital data is detected, the tape is moved to a position where the error is detected and the magnetic head re-records/re-reproduces the input digital data to and from the magnetic tape, but does so at a speed higher than the normal speed of recording/reproducing, resulting in the removal of the dregs from the magnetic tape and head.