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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2000
Masayuki Ohbayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Ohbayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording and/or playback apparatus having a first storage medium including a management region and a data region, an initializing device for initializing the first storage medium so that the first storage medium includes the management region and the data region, a generating device for generating a predetermined value when the initialization is performed, a second storage medium storing the predetermined value therein, a transforming device for applying a transformation to the predetermined value so as to be a different value, and a control device for controlling the output of the transforming device so as to store the output in the management region.