Patent ID: 6292189
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
A data backup video tape recorder (VTR) in which digital data of a host computer is recorded as a composite video signal onto a video tape and reproduced as a composite signal from a video tape, said data backup VTR comprising:a communication unit for connecting with said host computer;a backup composite video signal converter unit for receiving said digital data from said host computer through said communication unit, converting said digital data into the composite video signal by adding horizontal and vertical synchronous signals thereto, and generating a backup composite video signal;an input signal switch unit for selectively switching said backup composite video signal input from one of said backup composite video signal converter unit and an actual composite video signal input via a,,i input connector of said VTR, said switching being done in accordance with a selection control signal; anda composite video signal recorder unit for receiving an output from said input signal switch unit and recording said output onto said video tape in accordance with a magnetic recording method.