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`9 Office européen des brevets
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`European Patent Office
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`6) Publication number:
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`EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
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`® Application number: 931144355
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`@ Int. C|.5: H04N 1/21
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`@ Date of filing: 01909.93
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`@ Priority: 09.09.92 JP 266596/92
`22.09.92 JP 252922/92
`2209.92 JP 252394/92
`22.09.92 JP 252923/92
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`Date of publication of application:
`04.05.94 Bulletin 94/18
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`Designated Contracting States:
`DE FR GB
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`@ Information signal processing apparatus.
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`69 An information signal processing apparatus ac-
`cording to the present invention is arranged to re-
`ceive, as an input, an information signal to temporar-
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`large amount of information in the recording medium
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`@ Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
`30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko.
`Ohta-ku
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`Tokyo(JP)
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`@ Inventor: Yamaglshl, Yolchl
`c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha,
`3-30-2, Shlmomaruko
`Ohta-ku, Tokyo(JP)
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`Representative: Tiedtke, Harro, DipI.-Ing.
`Patentanwaltsbiiro
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`Tiedtke-Biihling-Kinne 8: Partner
`Bavarlarlng 4
`D-80336 Munchen (DE)
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`The aforesaid system is constructed to record
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`formation signal in the recording medium.
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`of good operability which is capable of preventing
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`ded to an information signal when discrimination
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`information which serves to discriminate among
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`medium in predetermined units is to be added to
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`correct discrimination information added to the in-
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