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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1998
Mitsuhiko Hara, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Okauchi, Chigasaki, JP;
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus and a VTR are connected via an IEEE1394 interface bus. The control apparatus transmits a command to the VTR via the bus to designate a recording mode and a recording region of input information recorded on a magnetic tape loaded in the VTR. In response to this command, the VTR interprets the content of the received command and performs a recording operation in accordance with the interpreted content. Furthermore, the control apparatus transmits a recording time status command to an information transport apparatus to inquire a recording time of a specific information recorded on the magnetic tape. The information transport apparatus notifies the control apparatus of the recording time. The control apparatus calculates an expected information transport end time based on the information transport start time and the recording time of the specific information notified from the information transport apparatus. Then, the control apparatus starts transmitting a transport state command from a time earlier a predetermined time than the expected information transport end time. This transport state command inquires the operating condition of the information transport apparatus.