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Recording and/or reproducing apparatus, particularly with means for searching for vacant tracks

Details

Inventors: Hashimoto, Seiji; Ogura, Tokihiko; Osabe, Kuniji; Nishimura, Akimasa; Takayama, Makoto;
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Examiner: Psitos; Aristotelis M.
Assistant Examiner: Garland; Steven R.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Robin, Blecker, Daley & Driscoll

In the disclosed recording and/or reproducing apparatus, a switch detects whether the recording medium is mounted on the apparatus and a signal detecting head detects whether a signal is recorded on each of the recording tracks of the medium. In response to the switch detecting that the medium is mounted on the apparatus, a control circuit causes the signal detecting head sequentially to scan the recording tracks on the recording medium one after another. A memory stores the output of the signal detecting head during the sequential scanning operation so that a vacant track search operation can be accomplished within a short period of time.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION An object of the present invention is to provide a recording and/or reproducing apparatus which permits searching for vacant recording tracks at a higher speed than the conventional random access type recording and/or reproducing apparatuses.
Another object of the invention is to provide a recording and/or reproducing apparatus which permits the operator to readily detect the amount of vacant tracks.
A further object of the invention is to provide a recording and/or reproducing apparatus of improved operability for recording and play-back operations.
These and further objects and features of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments thereof taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

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