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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Kenichiro Tada, Tokorozawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kenichiro Tada, Tokorozawa, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An information recording and reproducing apparatus with a ring buffer which can expand a ring buffer area on a recording medium. In response to the extension command operation, an extension start point is obtained based on a current recording position in the ring buffer area, an empty area on the recording medium is set as an extended area in the ring buffer area, and the extended area is set as a target of recording and reproduction next to an area which ends at a position just before the extension start point.