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Helical scanning type recording/reproducing apparatus

CA 1209252 A · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Takahashi, Takao; Shimada, Keiichiro; Moriwaki, Hisayoshi

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An apparatus for recording and reproducing an information signal comprised of a video signal and two channels of audio signals from an audio signal source in a plurality of successive tracks on a record medium each track, being divided into at least two sections comprising circuitry, for generating the two channels of audio signal from the output of the audio signal source; an A/D for converting the audio signals into digital form; a compressor for compressing the digitized audio signal; first recorder for recording the compressed digitized audio signal in the plurality of successive tracks such that one field interval of the video signal is recorded in at least one of the sections of each …

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  • Granted August 5, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 5, 2003.
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FiledMarch 22, 1983
GrantedAugust 5, 1986
Term endedAugust 5, 2003
Patent numberCA 1209252 A
Classification (IPC)G11B20/10 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMarch 22, 1983Patent grantedAug 5, 1986Term endedAug 5, 2003

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