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Optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus

US7978567B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2006
Grant dateJul 12, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2030

Classification

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

Abstract

The present invention provides an optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus having a function of communicating with a noncontact IC. The apparatus includes a chassis, an external antenna arranged for communication with a noncontact IC outside the chassis, an internal antenna arranged for communication with a noncontact IC included in an optical disc loaded in the chassis, a control section performing a search operation of searching for the noncontact IC outside the chassis and the noncontact IC in the optical disc, and a switching section changing conduction state between the external antenna and the control section and that between the internal antenna and the control section under the control of the control section.

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