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Cartridge having sensor hole to be opened/closed and apparatus and method for driving the same

US6574189B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 6, 2000
Grant dateJun 3, 2003
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Expiry dateSep 6, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/144
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cartridge having a sensor hole to be opened/closed and a method and an apparatus for driving the same. To improve a problem that a cartridge receiving a DVD-RAM disc which has been once withdrawn therefrom performs the recording process under the same conditions as a bare disc, the disclosed cartridge has a unit for flexibly opening/closing the sensor hole in accordance with a result of a defect check, so that information processing process is greatly accelerated.

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