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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jürgen Kaaden, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing S.A., Boulogne Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/518 ; G11B 1/548 ; G11B 5/584 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/518 ; G11B 1/548 ; G11B 5/584 ;
Abstract
A tape recorder, having a reading device for a magnetic tape, is set up to read out simultaneously a number of data tracks recorded in parallel on the magnetic tape. Stored on the magnetic tape in the vertical direction relative to the data tracks is additional information which can be sensed as a whole in specific tape positions by the reading device. The additional information can contain information on the state of the tape. Such a tape recorder can read the information on the state of the tape immediately after the insertion of a magnetic tape cassette without the need for the magnetic tape to be transported to and fro.