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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2010
Hisahiro Hayashi, Chigasaki, JP;
Toshihiro Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Katsuki, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuo Kurokawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Atsushi Fuchiwaki, Yokohama, JP;
Hisahiro Hayashi, Chigasaki, JP;
Toshihiro Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Katsuki, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuo Kurokawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Atsushi Fuchiwaki, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a plurality of devices in which a first device has a connecting unit connected with a host device to perform a data transfer with the host device, a second device shares a temporarily recording area with the first device to perform the data transfer between the first and second devices via the temporarily recording area, and the data transfer is performed by using the temporarily recording area shared with the first device and using the connecting unit of the first device when the second device performs the data transfer with the host device, in this way, a power consumption is reduced.