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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1996
Axel Marzluf, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Thomson Licensing, S.A., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A method for the determination of the cassette type of a cassette, which contains a recording medium in the form of tape for recording and/or replaying information using an apparatus having a measurement device for measuring the tape thickness and the tape length of the recording medium, and for producing a control variable for indicating the cassette type or for initiating cassette-type-dependent functions of the apparatus. The steps include determining a value for the tape thickness, determining a value for the tape length, and logically linking the value for the tape thickness and the value for the tape length to one another, to ascertain the cassette type.