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Information recording apparatus, non-contact recording medium and recording method for the same

US7995119B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 2, 2006
Grant dateAug 9, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/907
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information recording apparatus with a capability of recording information to a plurality of non-contact recording media within a communicable range of the apparatus body, the apparatus including: a medium loading portion into which a non-contact recording medium is removably loaded; a medium detector configured to detect that a non-contact recording medium has been loaded in the medium loading portion; a first antenna for sending and receiving information to and from the non-contact recording medium loaded in the medium loading portion; a second antenna for sending and receiving information to and from the non-contact recording medium removed from the medium loading portion; and antenna switch for switching between the first antenna and the second antenna according to the detection output from the medium detector.

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