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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1999
Chiyoko Matsumi, Suita, JP;
Masazumi Yamada, Moriguchi, JP;
Akira Iketani, Higashiosaka, JP;
Junji Yoshida, Neyagawa, JP;
Noriyuki Matsumoto, Matsuyama, JP;
Hiroyuki Iltsuka, Katano, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a transmission/reception device for transmitting/receiving data and command signals from a transmission line, a recording/reproducing device for recording data received from the transmission/reception device on a recording medium during reception and for transmitting data reproduced from the recording medium to the transmission/reception device during transmission, an operation device for generating an operation signal for determining the operation of the recording/reproducing device, a control device for controlling the recording/reproducing device in accordance with the command signals or the operation signal, and a switching signal generation device for outputting a switching signal for determining whether the operation signal is valid or invalid to the control device.