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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2001
Applicants:
Taizou Hori, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuyuki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Taizou Hori, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuyuki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A reproduction apparatus reproduces information signals recorded in a plurality of recording modes having different information sizes of an information signal to be recorded per unit time, discriminates the recording mode of the reproduced information signal, and controls tracking between a recording medium and head in accordance with the discrimination result.