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Drive apparatus, method of informing possibility of handling and operating recording medium, control method of handling and operating recording medium, and recording medium

US8149660B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 23, 2008
Grant dateApr 3, 2012
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Expiry dateApr 8, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B23/30
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A drive apparatus that handles and operates a recording medium attached with a memory tag, the drive apparatus include: a recording medium mounting part on which the recording medium is mounted; an information readout part configured to read information out of a memory tag attached to a recording medium before the recording medium is mounted on the recording medium mounting part; a determining part configured to determine whether the recording medium can be handled and operated based on the information read out by the information readout part; and an informing part configured to inform a determined result determined by the determining part.

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