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Record/reproduction apparatus for recording/reproducing multi-channel signals in different areas of a recording medium

  • US 5,587,978 A
  • Filed: 04/15/1993
  • Issued: 12/24/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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:

  • 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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