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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:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masashi Ohta, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiya Akiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Tomita, Chiba, JP;
Toshimichi Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Taro Suito, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsunari Miyata, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Chotoku, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 3/90 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 3/90 ;
Abstract
A signal recorder/reproducer comprising an integrated buffer memory having a memory area for a recording system and a memory area for a reproduction system, the allocation of the memory areas being variable, and a system controller to control, via a recording control signal input unit or reproduction control signal input unit , the allocation of the memory areas in the integrated buffer memory depending upon which is designated by the user, a recording or reproduction mode.