Recording and reproduction apparatus
OwnerHiroyuki Miyazakiinventor
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Abstract
This invention is intended to solve a problem that unnecessary inoperable time is generated because time required for an initialization processing is not set according to an area used by a hard disk. When a power is turned on, interlock for nullifying a key operation is carried out. After initializing IC's and the like, the initialization of the hard disk is started. Whether the initialization of the hard disk is finished is checked regularly. The initialization is finished according to the area used by the hard disk. If the end of this initialization is verified, the interlock is released and the key operation is enabled.
Claims3
A recording and reproduction apparatus comprising:
- a recording medium which records data;
- and
- a control portion which processes the data based on an operation input from an operation portion, wherein
- the control portion comprises:
- initialization means for executing initialization of the recording medium when the apparatus is started;
- monitoring means for monitoring a progress status of the initialization;
- lock means for nullifying the operation input from the operation portion during the initialization;
- and
- unlock means for accepting the operation when an end of the initialization is detected.
A recording and reproduction apparatus comprising:
- a recording medium which records data;
- a sub-control portion which drives and controls the recording medium;
- and
- a control portion which controls the sub-control portion based on an operation input from an operation portion, and which processes the data, wherein
- the sub-control portion comprises:
- initialization means for executing initialization of the recording medium when the apparatus is started;
- and
- detection means for detecting a progress status of the initialization, and the control portion comprises:
- lock means for nullifying the operation input from the operation portion during the initialization;
- verification means for verifying with the sub-control portion the progress status of the initialization;
- and
- unlock means for accepting the operation when an end of the initialization is verified by a response from the sub-control portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.