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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2009
Ryogo Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Shimono, Tokyo, JP;
Ryogo Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Shimono, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording media control apparatus is disclosed which includes: a host interface configured to connect recording media to a recording media unit, the recording media being subject to the writing and reading of data thereto and therefrom, the recording media unit incorporating an internal temperature sensor; an access request section configured to make either a data write request or a data read request to the recording media unit; a temperature status determination section configured to request temperature acquisition from the recording media unit in a predetermined cycle and, based on the acquired temperature, to determine temperature status of the recording media; and an access control section configured to transmit a command to the recording media unit via the host interface in response to an access request from the access request section and the temperature acquisition request from the temperature status determination section.