Abstract:
A digital information recording-reproducing apparatus is disclosed, in which the recording means records a digital information signal and a control code. The reproducing means detects the control code when the digital information signal is reproduced, and only outputs the digital information signal if the detected control code satifies a predetermined condition. The control code may specify the data type, a time period, or user or apparatus identifier. The control code may include information for decrypting an encrypted digital information signal.
Abstract:
Encrypting/decrypting conversion method and apparatus capable of controlling dynamically cyclic shift independent of data to undergo encrypting/decrypting conversion includes two or more different fixed circulating shift processing means (201, 202, 203) for shifting cyclically the data by a fixed bit number leftward or rightward, a cyclic shift processing selecting means (606) for selecting fixed cyclic shift processing means (201, 202, 203). The selecting sequence determined by the cyclic shift processing means is determined on the basis of data (G1, G2, G3) for determining the shift number selecting sequence.
Abstract:
A digital information signal transmitting/receiving method and system having a transmitter (100) for transmitting an encrypted digital information signal and a plurality of receivers (200) for receiving the encrypted digital information signal from the transmitter (100). The transmitter (100) simultaneously distributes a plurality of identification codes associated with the receivers (200) ahead of the digital information signal. Then, the digital information signal is distributed to the receivers. The receivers (200) detect particular, or their own, identification codes from the plurality of identification signals assigned to the receivers (200). The received encrypted digital information signal is decrypted into the original information on the basis of the particular identification codes associated with the corresponding receivers or the recorders (300). Either the receivers (200) or the recorders (300) generate an information request signal. The transmitter (100) is responsive to this information request signal to add to the digital information signal identification signals for identifying the receivers (200) or the recorders (300) which generated the information request signal. The recorders (300) control the received information signal to be recorded in response to the identification signals received by the receivers (200).
Abstract:
A digital signal recording method and apparatus for recording a digital signal on a recording medium (111) by dividing the digital signal at intervals of a certain byte number, adding to each of the divided signals a synchronizing signal, a control signal including block address information, and an error detection and correction code to form signal blocks, and precoding each of the signal blocks in order to detect a partial response. Before the precode processing, the digital signal and the error detection and correction code are scrambled (303) on the basis of the control signal, and the control signal is inverted (301).
Abstract:
The recording area of the magnetic tape (2-1, 3-4, 6-6) is divided into a first area (4-5) for recording a PCM converted audio signal and a second area (4-4) for recording a PCM converted video information. In recording the audio signal and the video information which have been separately PCM converted, the magnetic tape (2-1, 3-4, 6-6) is wrapped around the rotary heads (3-1, 6-1) so that a wrap angle (ϕ s , ϕ P ) of each of said first (4-5) and second (4-4) areas is less than 90° with respect to the rotary heads (3-1, 6-1) of a predetermined diameter.
Abstract:
A data recording/reproducing method and apparatus for' carrying out the method in a rotary head type PCM recording/reproducing apparatus including at least two magnetic heads (10, 11), a rotatable cylinder (9) having mounted thereon the magnetic heads in diametrical opposition at an angle of 180°, an A/D converter (6) for sampling an analog signal such as audio signal and converting it to a digital signal, and a signal processing circuit (7, 14) for adding the digital signal with an error detecting and correcting code, synchronizing signal and control signal, wherein the output of the signal processing circuit is recorded on a magnetic tape (12) or the signal recorded on the magnetic tape is reproduced. In recording operation, the odd-numbered sample data and the even-numbered sample data are discriminatively extracted and stored. The stored data corresponding to an amount of data outputted from the A/D converter (6) and completed within a predetermined time is selectively read out and supplied to the two heads to thereby record the data in such a manner that the odd-numbered data and the even-numbered data are recorded separately on the track basis (24, 25) or alternatively recorded separately on a preceding half (R-ODD, L-ODD) and a succeeding half (L-EVEN, R-EVEN) of each track. The error detecting and correcting code is prepared on the basis of the data to be recorded in each track. In reproduction, upon detection of drop-out of data from one of the two heads, the drop-out data is corrected through interpolation procedure to thereby reconstitute the original analog signal.
Abstract:
A method of producing a tracking control signal in a ro- ary head type magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus and a rotary head type magnetic recording and reproducing tpparatus capable of a proper tracking by the use of the track- ng control signal. First and second tracking signals (f o , f 1 ) are ecorded on local portions of each odd-numbered track (A) md the first tracking signal (f o ) and a third tracking signal (f 2 ) are recorded on local portions of each even-numbered track B) in such a manner that the second tracking signals on two )dd-numbered track adjacent to any one even-numbered rack are not overlapped with each other and the third tracking signals on two even-numbered tracks adjacent to any one add-numbered track are not overlapped with each other when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction )f the tracks; upon scanning of a track crosstalk signals are letected from two adjacent tracks simultaneously with repro- luction of the first and second or third tracking signals; and he detected crosstalk signals are compared by the use of tim- ig of the reproduction of the first tracking signal for each rack thereby producing a tracking control signal. The second racking signal may have a frequency equal to that of the third racking frequency. The recording and reproducing apparatus comprises a signal source (e.g., 19) generating at least two dif- erent frequencies, circuit sections (e.g., 9, 10a, 10b, 17) for generating three gate pulse signals (e.g., d, h, i in Fig. 6), a selector (e.g., 18) associated with the signal source and gate pulse signal generating circuit sections for serially and cyclically delivering signals of at least two different frequencies in accordance with the gate pulse signals so that first, second and third tracking signals are recorded on local portions of tracks of the magnetic tape as described above, and a tracking control circuit including filters (e.g., 32, 38) for extracting from reproduction outputs of the heads tracking signal components representative of the first tracking signal for each track and crosstalk signals from two adjacent tracks, a circuit (e.g., 38-41) for generating a sampling pulse signal from the extracted tracking signal component representative of the first tracking signal for each track and a comparator (36) for comparing the extracted tracking signal components representative of the crosstalk signals from two adjacent tracks by the use of the sampling pulse signal.
Abstract:
A rotary-head PCM data recorder in which PCM signals of m in number, synchronizing signal (1), control signals (5-10) related to the PCM signals, and a parity signal (4) for error detection and correction are formed into data blocks (0-127), and data blocks of n in number are recorded on one track of a magnetic tape. Among the control signals, bits of signals common to n data blocks (i.e., information needed once for each track) are formed in distributed data allocated in multiple blocks or multiple tracks, and multiple block distributive control data are recorded on one track multiple number of times, or multiple track distributive control data are recorded along n block strings multiple number of times. In reproduction, block or track distributive data are composed to reproduce the control signals. The recorder in this arrangement reduces the bits count needed for the control signals. and is capable of compensating the dropout of reproduced data due to scars on the tape and the like.