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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenichi Iida, Saitama, JP;
Yoshimichi Minakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
A recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus in which, when it is detected during recording main data on a removable recording medium employing a storage unit that the recording medium has been moved to a position enabling releasing of the recording medium and an electrical connection between the recording unit and the recording medium is maintained, recording of the main data is halted, which subsidiary data managing the main data is recorded on the recording medium.