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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
Koji Ashizaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Toyoda, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kitani, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus having a function of communicating with a noncontact IC. The apparatus includes a chassis, an external antenna arranged for communication with a noncontact IC outside the chassis, an internal antenna arranged for communication with a noncontact IC included in an optical disc loaded in the chassis, a control section performing a search operation of searching for the noncontact IC outside the chassis and the noncontact IC in the optical disc, and a switching section changing conduction state between the external antenna and the control section and that between the internal antenna and the control section under the control of the control section.