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US 5,473,589 AGranted
Information recording/reproducing apparatus capable of performing ready operation in response to external loading request
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorYuji Horie
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Abstract
An information recording/reproducing apparatus has a controller for setting the apparatus in a ready state in which at least one of information reproduction, information recording and information erasure can be effected after a recording medium is loaded, in the case where an external request has been detected within a predetermined time period. The controller sets the apparatus in a non-ready state after a recording medium is loaded, in the case where an external request has not been detected within a predetermined time period.
Claims1
An information recording/reproducing apparatus, comprising:
- loading means for automatically loading a recording medium in a predetermined position within said apparatus;
- detecting means for detecting whether or not an external loading request is issued within a predetermined time period after the recording medium is left in an eject position where the recording medium can be inserted in and removed from the apparatus;
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- control means for setting the apparatus in a ready state in which at least one of information reproduction, information recording and information erasure can be effected, after the recording medium is loaded by said loading means, in the case where said detecting means has detected the external loading request within the predetermined time period, and for setting the apparatus in a non-ready state after the recording medium is loaded by said loading means, in the case where said detecting means has not detected the external loading request within the predetermined time period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.