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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
May. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Koichi Komoda, Niihama, JP;
Inventor:
Koichi Komoda, Niihama, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/91 (2006.01); H04N 5/93 (2006.01); H04N 7/26 (2006.01); H04N 7/167 (2006.01); H04N 9/79 (2006.01); H04N 11/02 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/86 (2006.01); G11B 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A playback unit () reproduces contents which are recorded on a video cassette tape (), and a recording unit () records the contents on another video cassette tape () and, simultaneously, an erasing unit () erases the contents from the video cassette tape (). Thereby, the copy-inhibited contents recorded on the video cassette tape () can be transferred to the other video cassette tape () without copying the contents.