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Recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus

US6546460B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 4, 2000
Grant dateApr 8, 2003
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Expiry dateJan 2, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2207/16
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus in which, when it is detected during recording main data on a removable recording medium employing a storage unit that the recording medium has been moved to a position enabling releasing of the recording medium and an electrical connection between the recording unit and the recording medium is maintained, recording of the main data is halted, which subsidiary data managing the main data is recorded on the recording medium.

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