Patent ID: 6925035

Claim:
A method of recording information signals on an information-signal recording medium having “n” places, where “n” denotes a predetermined natural number equal to or greater than 2, the method comprising the steps of: storing into a buffer memory “n” information signals inputted at “n” transfer rates respectively; reading out the “n” information signals from the buffer memory on a time sharing basis; recording via a head the “n” information signals, which have been read out from the buffer memory, on the “n” places of the information-signal recording medium respectively on a time sharing basis at a transfer rate higher than the “n” transfer rates, the head being movable relative to the information-signal recording medium; and deciding amounts of the “n” information signals read out from the buffer memory for every read-out on the basis of (1) a time taken by the head to move from a point on the information-signal recording medium to a next point thereon, (2) the “n” transfer rates, and (3) the transfer rate higher than the “n” transfer rates to control a continuity in the time-sharing-based recording between the information-signal recording medium and the buffer memory via the head.