Patent ID: 6192182
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: G11B,H03M,H04N

Abstract:
A digital information signal recording apparatus for recording a digital information signal onto diagonal tracks of a recording medium, such as a tape, comprising:record-signal forming means for encoding an input digital information signal with an error correction code to form record-data of a plurality of data units, some of said data units including encoded data and at least one data unit being composed of auxiliary data other than the input digital information signal; andrecording means for successively recording record-data onto diagonal tracks of said recording medium so that a plurality of data units including encoded data and at least one data unit being composed of auxiliary data are both recorded on one track of the recording medium, and wherein the record-data recorded on each track is formed in such a manner that the data unit of the one track composed of the auxiliary data is recorded apart from the data units composed of similar type and content auxiliary data in other tracks adjacent to and in the vicinity of the one track.