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Video signal recording apparatus

CA 1209255 A · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Sato, Seiji; Takeuchi, Koichi; Nishitani, Kiyoshi

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A video signal recording apparatus of reduced size for portability combines a video camera and helical scan video tape recorder in a single unit, in which the reduced size is obtained in part by having a tape guide drum of reduced diameter, which requires a tape wrap angle greater than the conventional 180° and employs a pair of rotary tape heads that are arranged close together relative to the diametrically opposed conventional head arrangement. The timing of the heads in recording the fields of the video signals as tracks is controlled by a vertical synchronization signal having pulses that are delayed to account for the finite distance between the two rotary heads. The vertical sync …

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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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FiledAugust 23, 1983
GrantedAugust 5, 1986
Term endedAugust 5, 2003
Patent numberCA 1209255 A
Classification (IPC)G11B5/52 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedAug 23, 1983Patent grantedAug 5, 1986Term endedAug 5, 2003

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