Information recording method, information recording/reproducing apparatus, and information recording medium
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsShunji Ohara, Takashi Ishida, Yoshikazu Goto, Isao Satoh
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Abstract
An information recording method has; a history determination step for determining whether or not a medium being cased and capable of being used for information recording and reproduction has previously been taken out from the case by using an identification section having historical information as to whether the medium has previously been taken out from the case or not; and a verification step for verifying correctness of information recorded always or on condition that a predetermined condition is satisfied when a result of the determination shows that the medium has previously been taken out from the case.
Claims14
An information recording method for use with a medium and a case comprising the steps of:
- (a) determining whether the medium contained in the case has previously been removed from the case by using an identification section for identifying whether the medium has previously been removed from the case;
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- (b) verifying correctness of information recorded always or on condition that a predetermined condition is satisfied when a result of step (a) indicates that the medium has previously been removed from the case,
- wherein a selective direction step is provided for accepting a selective direction as to whether the verification is performed or not, and said predetermined condition is the selective direction.
An information recording apparatus for use with an information medium and a case comprising:
- history determining means for determining whether the information medium contained in the case has previously been removed from the case by using an identification section having historical information as to whether the information medium has previously been removed from the case;
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- verifying means for verifying correctness of information recorded on said information medium i) always or ii) on condition that a predetermined condition is satisfied when an output from said history determining means indicates that the information medium has previously been removed from the case, and
- selective direction means for accepting a selective direction as to whether the verification is performed, and said predetermined condition is the selective direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.