公开(公告)号：US06393199B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-21

申请号：US09040922

申请日：1998-03-18

Applicant: James U. Lemke ,  James C. Crosby ,  Robert E. Monteleone ,  William W. French

Inventor： James U. Lemke ,  James C. Crosby ,  Robert E. Monteleone ,  William W. French

IPC: H04N576

CPC classification number: H04N9/83 ,  G11B5/0086 ,  G11B5/00865 ,  G11B5/534 ,  G11B15/026 ,  G11B15/125 ,  G11B15/1875 ,  G11B33/121

Abstract: A helical scan tape recorder records VHS video and audio at speeds up to 40× the playback speed of a standard VHS VCR. The recorder employs a high speed scanner operating in a helical scan mode. Input signals feed the scanner through a capacitive coupler. For VHS recording, the scanner has 32 heads mounted on its periphery; 16 video heads and 16 audio heads. An external source of video and associated audio provides 8 channels each of video and audio, and each channel drives 2 heads in parallel. During a half rotation of the scanner, heads fed from the 8 channels contact the tape and are recorded, and during the next half rotation the other group of 8 heads are similarly recording. The audio is delayed so that a segment of video records over its associated audio segment.

Abstract translation: 螺旋扫描磁带录音机以高达标准VHS录像机播放速度的40倍的速度记录VHS视频和音频。 记录仪采用以螺旋扫描模式运行的高速扫描仪。 输入信号通过电容耦合器馈送扫描仪。 对于VHS录音，扫描仪有32个头戴在其外围; 16个视频头和16个音频头。 视频和相关音频的外部源提供每个视频和音频8个通道，每个通道并行驱动2个头。 在扫描仪的半圈期间，从8个通道馈送的头部接触磁带并进行记录，而在下半个旋转期间，另外8个磁头组同样进行记录。 音频被延迟，使得在相关联的音频片段上的一段视频记录。

公开(公告)号：US06188535B1

公开(公告)日：2001-02-13

申请号：US08193179

申请日：1994-02-09

Applicant: James U. Lemke ,  A. Bruce Manildi ,  James C. Crosby ,  Charles J. Spatafore

Inventor： James U. Lemke ,  A. Bruce Manildi ,  James C. Crosby ,  Charles J. Spatafore

IPC: G11B2104

CPC classification number: G11B5/0086 ,  G11B5/588 ,  G11B15/1875 ,  G11B15/4678

Abstract: A tape drive includes a rotary head assembly for recording and playing back a series of arcuate tracks on a moving tape where the tracks are transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tape. The tape drive includes a servo mechanism for correcting track misregistration by adjusting the position of the rotary head assembly with respect to the tape in response to servo information in the arcuate tracks. A close transducing engagement between the tape and the rotary head assembly is provided by creation of a low ambient pressure between the assembly and the tape when the assembly rotates.

Abstract translation: 磁带驱动器包括用于在移动的磁带上记录和重放一系列弧形磁道的旋转磁头组件，其中磁道横向于磁带的纵向轴线。 磁带驱动器包括伺服机构，用于通过响应于弓形轨道中的伺服信息调整旋转磁头组件相对于磁带的位置来校正磁道重合。 通过在组件旋转时在组件和带之间产生低环境压力来提供带和旋转头组件之间的紧密转换接合。