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Data recording apparatus and data erasing apparatus capable of performing restoration when power supply malfunction occurs during recording or erasing

US6882493B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 3, 2002
Grant dateApr 19, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/65
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data recording apparatus is provided with: a recording device which includes a data recording region having data recorded in a predetermined unit, a first management data region having management data with respect to the data recorded in the data recording region, stored in the predetermined unit, and a second management data region having the same management data as that stored in the first management data region, stored in the predetermined unit; a control device which performs, in the predetermined unit, control processing including a record processing for recording data in the data recording region and an update processing for updating management data in the first management data region and the second management data region; and a memory which stores status data indicating a control processing status in the predetermined unit by the control device.

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