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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Kenichiro Tada, Tokorozawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kenichiro Tada, Tokorozawa, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for recording and reproducing information which can expand a ring buffer area in a recording medium. In an apparatus for recording and reproducing information in which a ring buffer area where an information signal is circulatively recorded and reproduced and a memory area where the information signal is permanently stored are formed on a recording medium, wherein a recorded position of the information signal is set as an extension area of the ring buffer area in response to an erasing command for erasing the information signal recorded in the memory area.