Digital signal recording apparatus
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1. A digital information signal recording apparatus comprising:
- (a) head means including at least one pair of heads which are arranged to have different azimuth angles and to rotate at adjacent rotating phases to each other;
(b) data compressing means for reducing the amount of digital data;
(c) selection means for selectively producing one of a first digital data sequence to be supplied to said data compressing means and a second digital data sequence outputted by said data compressing means;
(d) signal processing means, arranged to receive the digital data sequence produced from said selection means for supplying two channels of recording signals in parallel to said pair of heads such that a given amount of data is periodically recorded on a recording medium by said pair of heads at a time; and
(e) mode switching means for switching an operation mode of said apparatus between a plurality of modes, including;
a first mode in which said selection means produces the first data sequence and said signal processing means supplies in parallel said head means with the two channels of recording signals including the given amount of data for every given period of time t, anda second mode in which said selection means produces the second data sequence and said signal processing means supplies in parallel said head means with the two channels of recording signals including the given amount of data for every given period of time nt, wherein "n" represents an integer which is at least 2.
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Abstract
A digital signal recording apparatus is provided with data compressing means for reducing the amount of data of digital information supplied; recording means which is arranged to be capable of selectively recording the digital data supplied or digital data compressed by the data compressing means by means of at least one pair of heads; and switching means for switching a cycle in which recording is performed by the pair of heads from one cycle over to another according to the information to be recorded by the recording means.
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1. A digital information signal recording apparatus comprising:
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(a) head means including at least one pair of heads which are arranged to have different azimuth angles and to rotate at adjacent rotating phases to each other; (b) data compressing means for reducing the amount of digital data; (c) selection means for selectively producing one of a first digital data sequence to be supplied to said data compressing means and a second digital data sequence outputted by said data compressing means; (d) signal processing means, arranged to receive the digital data sequence produced from said selection means for supplying two channels of recording signals in parallel to said pair of heads such that a given amount of data is periodically recorded on a recording medium by said pair of heads at a time; and (e) mode switching means for switching an operation mode of said apparatus between a plurality of modes, including; a first mode in which said selection means produces the first data sequence and said signal processing means supplies in parallel said head means with the two channels of recording signals including the given amount of data for every given period of time t, and a second mode in which said selection means produces the second data sequence and said signal processing means supplies in parallel said head means with the two channels of recording signals including the given amount of data for every given period of time nt, wherein "n" represents an integer which is at least 2. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A digital information signal recording apparatus comprising:
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(a) head means including first and second pairs of rotating heads, each pair of rotating heads having different azimuth angles and rotating at adjacent rotating phases to each other; (b) data compressing means for reducing the amount of digital data; (c) selection means for selectively producing one of a first digital data sequence to be supplied to said data compressing means and a second digital data sequence outputted by said data compressing means; (d) signal processing means, arranged to receive the digital data sequence produced from the selection means, for supplying two channels of recording signals to said first and second pairs of rotating heads such that a given amount of data is periodically recorded on a recording medium by said first and second pairs of heads at a time; and (e) mode switching means for switching an operation mode of said apparatus between a plurality of modes including; a first mode in which said selection means produces the first digital data sequence and said head means performs recording by using both of said first and second pairs of heads, and a second mode in which said selection means produces the second digital data sequence and said head means performs recording by using only said first pair of heads. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A digital information signal recording apparatus comprising:
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(a) head means including at least one pair of rotary heads which are arranged to have different azimuth angles and to rotate at adjacent rotating phases to each other; (b) data compressing means for reducing the amount of digital data; (c) selection means for selectively producing one of a first digital data sequence to be supplied to said data compressing means and a second digital data sequence outputted by said data compressing means; (d) signal processing means, arranged to receive the digital data sequence produced from said selection means for supplying two channels of recording signals in parallel to said pairs of heads such that a given amount of data is periodically recorded on a recording medium by said pair of heads in a given amount at a time; (e) transportation means for transporting said recording medium in the direction of intersecting a tracing direction in which said rotary head traces said recording medium; and (f) mode switching means for switching an operation mode of said apparatus between a plurality of modes including; a first mode in which said selection means produces the first data sequence, said pair of rotary heads rotate at a given speed w and said transportation means transports said recording medium at a given speed v, and a second mode in which said selection means produces the second data sequence, said pair of rotary heads rotate at said given speed w and said transportation means transports said recording medium at a given speed v/n, wherein "n" represents an integer which is at least 2. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A digital information signal recording apparatus comprising:
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(a) input means for inputting a first data sequence; (b) first data compressing means for reproducing the amount of digital data of said first data sequence to produce a second data sequence; (c) second data compressing means for reducing the amount of said digital data of said second data sequence to produce a third data sequence; (d) selection means for selectively producing one of said second data sequence and said third data sequence; and (e) recording means for recording data sequence selected by said selection means. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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