Patent ID: 6788877
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising:recording means for recording, on a recording medium, image data and error information indicative of presence or absence of any error in the image data; reproducing means for reproducing the image data and the error information from the recording medium; interpolating means for interpolating the reproduced image data on the basis of the error information reproduced by said reproducing means; mode change-over means for changing over a recording mode between a first recording mode in which said recording means records the image data and the error information while transporting the recording medium at a first speed and a second recording mode in which said recording means records the image data and the error information while transporting the recording medium at a second speed different from the first speed; and control means for controlling and causing, in response to the change-over of the recording mode effected by said mode change-over means, said recording means to record the error information indicative of the presence of any error together with the image data for a predetermined period of time.