# US 11,783,852 B2 · Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,783,852 B2 - Document ID: US11783852B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/822,133 - Filed: 2022-08-25 - Published: 2022-12-29 - Granted: 2023-10-10 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-13 - Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation - Applicants: Fujifilm Corporation - Inventors: Michitaka Kondo; Yutaka Oishi; Takashi Miyamoto; Terue Watanabe; Koji Matsumura; Yuko Uno - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11783852B2 ## CPC - G11B 5/00813: {magnetic tapes} - G11B 20/00007: {Time or data compression or expansion (audio compression based on psychoacoustics G10L19/00; data processing for reproducing audio data at different playback speeds G10L21/04; video compression H04N19/00; data compression per se H03M7/30)} - G06F 3/0608: {Saving storage space on storage systems} - G06F 3/0638: {Organizing or formatting or addressing of data} - G06F 3/0682: {Tape device} - G06F 3/0686: {Libraries, e.g. tape libraries, jukebox} - G11B 2020/00079: {the compression ratio or quality level being adapted to circumstances, e.g. to the available recording space} - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An information processing device selects, in a case where a plurality of pieces of data are collected and transmitted to a tape drive to be recorded on a magnetic tape, one mode of a first mode of transmitting a data group obtained by collecting the plurality of pieces of data without compression, to the tape drive, a second mode of transmitting a compressed data group in which the data group obtained by collecting the plurality of pieces of data is compressed, to the tape drive, or a third mode of transmitting a data group obtained by collecting a part of the plurality of pieces of data and remaining data, in which the part of the plurality of pieces of data is compressed and the remaining data is not compressed, to the tape drive, and transmits a data group generated in accordance with the selected mode, to the tape drive. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing device comprising: at least one processor, wherein the processor selects, in a case where a plurality of pieces of data are collected and transmitted to a tape drive to be recorded on a magnetic tape, one mode of a first mode of transmitting a data group obtained by collecting the plurality of pieces of data without compression, to the tape drive, a second mode of transmitting a compressed data group in which the data group obtained by collecting the plurality of pieces of data is compressed, to the tape drive, or a third mode of transmitting a data group obtained by collecting a part of the plurality of pieces of data and remaining data, in which the part of the plurality of pieces of data is compressed and the remaining data is not compressed, to the tape drive, and transmits a data group generated in accordance with the selected mode, to the tape drive. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor selects the one mode according to each of the plurality of pieces of data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the processor selects the one mode by using at least one of a compression ratio of the data, a time required for compression, or a time required for transmission of the data group to the tape drive. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor selects the one mode according to the magnetic tape of a recording destination of the data group. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor selects the one mode according to a time slot in which processing of collecting the plurality of pieces of data into the data group is performed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor selects the one mode according to a resource status of the information processing device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor selects the one mode according to a maximum transmission rate of data to the tape drive and a reception rate of the plurality of pieces of data, which are determined according to a standard of a connection interface between the information processing device and the tape drive. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor evaluates at least one of the first mode, the second mode, or the third mode to select the one mode according to an evaluation result. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing device according to claim 8, wherein the processor changes the number of evaluation targets according to a resource status of the information processing device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor selects the one mode according to the number of parallel processing in a case where processing of collecting the plurality of pieces of data into the data group is performed in parallel. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processor selects a compression algorithm used for data compression according to the magnetic tape of a recording destination of the data group, a time slot in which processing of collecting the plurality of pieces of data into the data group is performed, or a resource status of the information processing device, in a case where the second mode or the third mode is selected. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the processor selects a compression algorithm used for data compression according to the magnetic tape of a recording destination of the data group, a time slot in which processing of collecting the plurality of pieces of data into the data group is performed, or a resource status of the information processing device, in a case where the second mode or the third mode is selected. ### Claim 13 (depends on 3) The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein the processor selects a compression algorithm used for data compression according to the magnetic tape of a recording destination of the data group, a time slot in which processing of collecting the plurality of pieces of data into the data group is performed, or a resource status of the information processing device, in a case where the second mode or the third mode is selected. ### Claim 14 (depends on 4) The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein the processor selects a compression algorithm used for data compression according to the magnetic tape of a recording destination of the data group, a time slot in which processing of collecting the plurality of pieces of data into the data group is performed, or a resource status of the information processing device, in a case where the second mode or the third mode is selected. ### Claim 15 (depends on 5) The information processing device according to claim 5, wherein the processor selects a compression algorithm used for data compression according to the magnetic tape of a recording destination of the data group, a time slot in which processing of collecting the plurality of pieces of data into the data group is performed, or a resource status of the information processing device, in a case where the second mode or the third mode is selected. ### Claim 16 (depends on 6) The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the processor selects a compression algorithm used for data compression according to the magnetic tape of a recording destination of the data group, a time slot in which processing of collecting the plurality of pieces of data into the data group is performed, or a resource status of the information processing device, in a case where the second mode or the third mode is selected. ### Claim 17 (depends on 7) The information processing device according to claim 7, wherein the processor selects a compression algorithm used for data compression according to the magnetic tape of a recording destination of the data group, a time slot in which processing of collecting the plurality of pieces of data into the data group is performed, or a resource status of the information processing device, in a case where the second mode or the third mode is selected. ### Claim 18 (depends on 8) The information processing device according to claim 8, wherein the processor selects a compression algorithm used for data compression according to the magnetic tape of a recording destination of the data group, a time slot in which processing of collecting the plurality of pieces of data into the data group is performed, or a resource status of the information processing device, in a case where the second mode or the third mode is selected. ### Claim 19 An information processing method executed by a processor provided in an information processing device, the method comprising: selecting, in a case where a plurality of pieces of data are collected and transmitted to a tape drive to be recorded on a magnetic tape, one mode of a first mode of transmitting a data group obtained by collecting the plurality of pieces of data without compression, to the tape drive, a second mode of transmitting a compressed data group in which the data group obtained by collecting the plurality of pieces of data is compressed, to the tape drive, or a third mode of transmitting a data group obtained by collecting a part of the plurality of pieces of data and remaining data, in which the part of the plurality of pieces of data is compressed and the remaining data is not compressed, to the tape drive; and transmitting a data group generated in accordance with the selected mode, to the tape drive. ### Claim 20 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an information processing program for causing a processor provided in an information processing device to execute a process comprising: selecting, in a case where a plurality of pieces of data are collected and transmitted to a tape drive to be recorded on a magnetic tape, one mode of a first mode of transmitting a data group obtained by collecting the plurality of pieces of data without compression, to the tape drive, a second mode of transmitting a compressed data group in which the data group obtained by collecting the plurality of pieces of data is compressed, to the tape drive, or a third mode of transmitting a data group obtained by collecting a part of the plurality of pieces of data and remaining data, in which the part of the plurality of pieces of data is compressed and the remaining data is not compressed, to the tape drive; and transmitting a data group generated in accordance with the selected mode, to the tape drive.