Appeal No. 1998-2518
Application No. 08/442,835
position information. When the control head reads program
start information that identifies a beginning location of a
recorded program, a control means stops the erase head and
recording means from erasing and recording, respectively.
Claim 6 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads
as follows:
6. A recording and reproducing apparatus for recording
at least one program on a recording traveling medium in a
transport direction thereof, said recording medium having a
control signal recording track extending in the transport
direction thereof for recording position information,
comprising:
erase head means for erasing program and position
information at an erase position of said recording medium in a
recording mode of the apparatus as the recording medium
travels in the transport direction thereof,
program recording means for recording a new program and
position information onto said recording medium in the
transport direction thereof at a position downstream of said
erase position in said recording mode, said position
information including program start information identifying a
beginning location of a program recorded on the recording
medium,
control head means for reading said position information
from said control signal recording track in said recording
mode at a position upstream of said erase position in the
transport direction of said recording medium, and
control means for controlling said erase head means and
said program recording means to stop erasing and recording,
respectively, when said control head means reads position data
from said recording medium that includes program start
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