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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2003
Hideo Arai, Chigasaki, JP;
Hitoaki Owashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kyoichi Hosokawa, Yokohama, JP;
Keizo Nishimura, Yokosuka, JP;
Yoshizumi Watatani, Fujisawa, JP;
Akira Shibata, Katsuta, JP;
Hideo Arai, Chigasaki, JP;
Hitoaki Owashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kyoichi Hosokawa, Yokohama, JP;
Keizo Nishimura, Yokosuka, JP;
Yoshizumi Watatani, Fujisawa, JP;
Akira Shibata, Katsuta, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A digital signal recording/reproducing apparatus having a mode for recording a compressed input signal on a recording medium and a mode for recording a non-compressed input signal on the recording medium. The apparatus include input circuits which input a digital compressed signal and an analog non-compressed signal, an A/D converter, a data compressor, a mode change-over circuit which changes-over the mode, and a selector which selects either a digital compressed signal from the data compressor or a digital compressed signal from the input circuit. A recorder records a recording signal to a recording medium and a reproducer.