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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
May. 21, 1998
Soo Jang, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
In the method and apparatus for controlling an intermittent recording state, an operating mode is received from a user. The operating mode indicates an operation period and a pause period, wherein operations are performed on a tape medium during the operation period and no operation is performed on the tape medium during the pause period. The pause period is compared with a predetermined period of time, and if the pause period exceeds the predetermined period of time, the tape medium is disengaged from the recording/reproducing head of the recording/reproducing apparatus during the pause period and/or the rotation of the recording/reproducing head is stopped during the pause period.