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Apparatus for detecting and compensating drop-outs in an audio and video signal

CA 1205188 A · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Kakuyama, Shinji; Hagita, Shoji

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Drop-outs are detected and compensated for in an apparatus for reproducing video and audio signals that have been recorded as first and second mixed signals in adjacent first and second parallel tracks, respectively, on a magnetic record medium such as a tape and in which each of the mixed signals is comprised of a video signal mixed with at least one frequency modulated audio signal, in the case of monaural, having a respective carrier frequency. The recorded mixed signals are reproduced by two magnetic heads that scan the adjacent first and second tracks to reproduce alternately the mixed signals recorded thereon and drop-outs are, detected in the reproduced signals. The audio signals are …

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  • Granted May 27, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 27, 2003.
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FiledFebruary 15, 1983
GrantedMay 27, 1986
Term endedMay 27, 2003
Patent numberCA 1205188 A
Classification (IPC)H04N5/94 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedFeb 15, 1983Patent grantedMay 27, 1986Term endedMay 27, 2003

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