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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2000
Takafumi Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an information recording apparatus and a method thereof that allow all data on a magnetic tape to be easily obtained and instrumental data and header information supplied from respective systems to be combined when instrumental data is recorded. According to the present invention, an additional information area is formed at the top of the magnetic tape. The additional information area is followed by a data area. Instrumental data is stored in a buffer memory through a data connector. The header information is stored in a local memory through a header information control connector in addition to a control command. Instrumental data is swept out from the buffer memory and recorded to a data area of the magnetic tape. After the instrumental data is recorded, header information is read from the local memory and stored in the buffer memory. The header information is swept out from the buffer memory and recorded to the additional information area of the magnetic tape. When data is read from the additional information area, all contents of the magnetic tape are obtained. Since header information is temporarily stored to the local memory and then recorded, a processing portion that combines header information and instrumental data can be omitted.