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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1999
Keiji Tadokoro, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Yumine, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhiro Tsurumaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Yokota, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A library device, that is able to remote-actuate a recording/reproducing apparatus. The library device includes a recording/reproducing unit for recording or reproducing the information using a removable recording medium, a plurality of housing unit that is able to accommodate the recording medium therein, a transporting unit for transporting the recording medium between an optional housing unit in the housing unit and the recording/reproducing unit, and a control unit for controlling the transporting unit and/or the recording/reproducing unit. The control unit selects an operating mode of setting a control operation of permitting external terminal unit to perform the same control as that performed by the control unit or an operating mode of permitting the external terminal unit to perform control limited with respect to the control operation of the control unit, when the transporting unit and/or the recording/reproducing unit is controlled by the external terminal unit. The transporting unit and/or the recording/reproducing unit is controlled by the external terminal unit based on the operational mode selected by the control unit.