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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2006
Kenichiro Imai, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Watanabe, Saitama, JP;
Kou Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichiro Imai, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Watanabe, Saitama, JP;
Kou Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A disk drive apparatus having access to a disk-shaped recording medium includes: a temperature detecting mechanism configured to detect an internal temperature; and a temperature control mechanism configured to change the disk drive apparatus to either an operating state or a stop state based on a change in the internal temperature, wherein a first temperature and a second temperature are different from each other, the temperature control mechanism changes the disk drive apparatus to the stop state at the first temperature and to the operating state at the second temperature.