Recording media adaptor device for identifying type of recording media before connecting recording media connection terminal to device connection terminal
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKazuya Kazo
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Abstract
The present invention has an object of determining the type of a recording medium before it is attached and electrically connected to a device to access data in recording media respectively having different shapes, so that information necessary to access the recording medium to be attached can be prepared in advance.
Claims12
An adaptor device to which recording media having different shapes are attached and which is attached to an input/output device for performing input/output of a signal to/from the recording media, comprising:
- attachment means to which the recording media are attached;
- medium-side connection means electrically connected to terminal parts for signal input/output to/from the recording media;
- device-side connection means electrically connected to a terminal part for signal input/output of the input/output device;
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- medium identification means by which the input/output device identifies a type of each of the recording media attached to the attachment means before the terminal part for input/output of the signal input/output device is electrically connected to the device-side connection means.
An input/output device to which recording media respectively having different shapes are attached and which has an adaptor device including a medium-side connection part electrically connected to terminal parts of each of the recording media for signal input/output, a device-side connection part electrically connected to a terminal part for signal input/output of the input/output device, and a medium identification part for indicating a type of each of the recording media attached, comprising:
- connection means electrically connected to the device-side connection part included in the adaptor device for performing input/output of a signal to/from the recording media;
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- determination means for determining a type of the recording media attached to the adaptor device based on a medium identification part provided on the adaptor device before the device-side connection part and the connection means are connected.
An input/output device to which a plurality of recording media having different shapes are attached and which performs input/output of a signal to/from the plurality of recording media, comprising:
- tray means having a plurality of attachment parts provided so that the plurality of attachment parts to which the plurality of recording media share respective partial attachment regions in one common projection plane on which the respective partial attachment regions are projected while having different attachment positions in a depth direction parallel to a thickness direction of the recording media;
- a plurality of medium-side connection means respectively provided for the plurality of attachment parts and electrically connected to terminal parts for signal input/output to/from the plurality of recording media;
- drive means for accessing the recording media through the plurality of medium-side connection means;
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- medium detection means for detecting a type of each of the plurality of recording media respectively attached to the plurality of attachment parts of the tray means before the drive means accesses the recording media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.