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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuya Sano, Nara, JP;
Makoto Iida, Hirakata, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 ;
Abstract
A bit stream which is a data string including coded data of a multiplicity of channels is output from a tuner section and a recording channel selection section selects coded data of a desired channel from the bit stream and output by configuring the data string. The data string output from the recording channel selection section is recorded to and reproduced from a magnetic tape of a recording and reproducing section by a rotary head. The coded data of the data string reproduced from the recording and reproducing section is discompression-encoded by an MPEG2 decoder and a video signal is output.