US 11,790,945 B2
Cartridge, memory, data recording apparatus, and data reproduction apparatus including information for adjusting magnetic tape width
Minoru Yamaga, Tokyo (JP); Eiji Nakashio, Tokyo (JP); Kazuo Anno, Tokyo (JP); Takanobu Iwama, Tokyo (JP); Naohiro Adachi, Tokyo (JP); and Shinya Tochikubo, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/52,084
Filed by Sony Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/000069
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/075067, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-189513 (JP), filed on Oct. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0254370 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. G11B 15/43 (2006.01); G11B 5/008 (2006.01); G11B 23/027 (2006.01); G11B 23/107 (2006.01); G11B 23/30 (2006.01); G11B 5/78 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 15/43 (2013.01) [G11B 5/00813 (2013.01); G11B 5/78 (2013.01); G11B 23/027 (2013.01); G11B 23/107 (2013.01); G11B 23/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge, comprising:
a cartridge case that houses a magnetic tape; and
a memory provided in the cartridge case, the memory storing information before a data recording on the magnetic tape, the information being for adjusting, during the data recording or during a data reproduction on the magnetic tape, a width of the magnetic tape,
wherein the information includes information regarding the width of the magnetic tape, and
wherein the information is acquired during at least any one of an unwinding operation or a rewinding operation before the data recording.