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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Ayako Satou, Osaka, JP;
Senichi Onoda, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Ayako Satou, Osaka, JP;
Senichi Onoda, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an information acquiring unit operable to acquire information representing a state of a recoding medium from the recording medium, a determining unit operable to determine the state of the recording medium based on the information acquired by the information acquiring unit, and an informing unit operable to inform result of the determination by the determining unit to an outside of the imaging apparatus.