Record/reproduction apparatus for recording/reproducing multi-channel signals in different areas of a recording medium
First Claim
1. A recording/reproducing apparatus for recording data signals having a compressed data amount and recording signals having continuous addresses on a recording medium, and reproducing the data signals, comprising:
- data signal input means for encoding and compressing a continuous input signal, output as a first data signal;
recording means for recording the first data signal on the recording medium;
reproduction means for reproducing a second data signal from the recording medium;
recording/reproduction control means for recording a first portion of the first data signal in a first area of the recording medium, for reproducing a first portion of the second data signal from a second area, for recording a second portion of the first data signal, following an end address of the first portion of the first data signal, into the first area of the recording medium, and for reproducing a second portion of the second data signal from the second data area, thereby alternately recording the first data signal and reproducing the second data signal; and
data signal output means for expanding and decoding at least the first and second portions of the second data signal to produce a continuous output signal.
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Abstract
A digital signal which is recorded on a recording medium with being encoded is duplicated to another recording medium without being decoded. An audio signal is recorded and/or reproduced using data recorded in a TOG of the recording medium. A first data signal (2-channel audio signal) is intermittently recorded on and/or reproduced from a first area of the recording medium, and a second data signal (other 2-channel audio signal) is intermittently recorded on and/or reproduced from a second area of the recording medium during a period in which the first data signal is not recorded or reproduced.
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8 Claims
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1. A recording/reproducing apparatus for recording data signals having a compressed data amount and recording signals having continuous addresses on a recording medium, and reproducing the data signals, comprising:
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data signal input means for encoding and compressing a continuous input signal, output as a first data signal; recording means for recording the first data signal on the recording medium; reproduction means for reproducing a second data signal from the recording medium; recording/reproduction control means for recording a first portion of the first data signal in a first area of the recording medium, for reproducing a first portion of the second data signal from a second area, for recording a second portion of the first data signal, following an end address of the first portion of the first data signal, into the first area of the recording medium, and for reproducing a second portion of the second data signal from the second data area, thereby alternately recording the first data signal and reproducing the second data signal; and data signal output means for expanding and decoding at least the first and second portions of the second data signal to produce a continuous output signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A recording/reproduction apparatus for recording data signals having a compressed data amount and for recording signals having continuous addresses on a recording medium and reproducing the data signals, comprising:
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data signal input means for encoding and compressing a first group of channels of a multi-channel data signal, output as a first data signal, said first group of channels being represented by a continuous input signal; recording means for recording the first data signal on the recording medium; reproducing means for reproducing a second data signal from the recording medium; recording/reproduction control means for recording a first portion of the first data signal into a first area of the recording medium, for reproducing a first portion of the second data signal from a second area of the recording medium, for recording a second portion of the first data signal, following an end address of said first portion of the first data signal, into the first area of the recording medium, and for reproducing a second portion of the second data signal from the second data area, thereby alternately recording the first data signal and reproducing the second data signal; and data signal output means for expanding and decoding at least the first and second portions of the second data signal to produce a continuous output signal representing a second group of channels of the multi-channel data signal. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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