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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2006
Tetsuro Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Ando, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Sawai, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Shimosato, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuro Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Ando, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Sawai, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Shimosato, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information recording apparatus with a capability of recording information to a plurality of non-contact recording media within a communicable range of the apparatus body, the apparatus including: a medium loading portion into which a non-contact recording medium is removably loaded; a medium detector configured to detect that a non-contact recording medium has been loaded in the medium loading portion; a first antenna for sending and receiving information to and from the non-contact recording medium loaded in the medium loading portion; a second antenna for sending and receiving information to and from the non-contact recording medium removed from the medium loading portion; and antenna switch for switching between the first antenna and the second antenna according to the detection output from the medium detector.