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US 8,285,116 B2Granted
Recording apparatus, recording method, recording medium, and recording system
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorTakeo Morinaga
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Abstract
A control unit of a recording apparatus determines a transfer mode of content data by an external device, re-encodes the content data by a re-encoding unit and records the re-encoded content data in a recording unit if the determined transfer mode is a first transfer mode with which the re-encoding unit is compatible, and records the content data in the recording unit, re-encodes the content data read out from the recording unit by the re-encoding unit, and re-records the re-encoded content data in the recording unit if the determined transfer mode is a second transfer mode with which the re-encoding unit is not compatible.
Claims15
A recording apparatus comprising:
- an interface configured to receive content data transferred from at least one external device;
- a re-encoding unit, coupled to the interface, configured to re-encode the content data;
- a recording unit, coupled to the re-encoding unit, configured to record the content data;
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- a control unit, coupled to the re-encoding unit and the recording unit, configured to:
- determine, based on a transfer speed, a transfer mode of the content data transferred from the external device,
- re-encode the content data using the re-encoding unit and record the re-encoded content data in the recording unit when the determined transfer mode is a first speed-based transfer mode with which the re-encoding unit is compatible, and
- record the content data transferred from the external device in the recording unit, and thereafter, re-encode the content data read out from the recording unit using the re-encoding unit, and re-record the re-encoded content data in the recording unit when the determined transfer mode is a second speed-based transfer mode with which the re-encoding unit is not compatible.
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A recording method comprising the steps of:
- determining, based on a transfer speed, a transfer mode of content data transferred from an external device;
- re-encoding the content data using a re-encoding unit and recording the re-encoded content data in the recording unit when the determined transfer mode is a first speed-based transfer mode with which the re-encoding unit is compatible;
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- recording the content data transferred from the external device in the recording unit, and thereafter, re-encoding the content data read out from the recording unit using the re-encoding unit, and re-recording the re-encoded content data in the recording unit when the determined transfer mode is a second speed-based transfer mode with which the re-encoding unit is not compatible.
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A non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:
- determining, based on a transfer speed, a transfer mode of content data by an external device;
- re-encoding the content data using a re-encoding unit and recording the re-encoded content data in the recording unit when the determined transfer mode is a first speed-based transfer mode with which the re-encoding unit is compatible;
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- recording the content data transferred from the external device in the recording unit, and thereafter, re-encoding the content data read out from the recording unit using the re-encoding unit, and re-recording the re-encoded content data in the recording unit when the determined transfer mode is a second speed-based transfer mode with which the re-encoding unit is not compatible.
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A recording system comprising:
- a recording apparatus;
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- at least one external device configured to transfer content data to the recording apparatus, wherein
- the recording apparatus includes:
- an interface for receiving the content data transferred from the external device;
- a re-encoding unit, coupled to the interface, configured to re-encode the content data,
- wherein the external device includes at least one of a first external device for transferring the content data to the recording apparatus in a first transfer mode with which the re-encoding unit is compatible, or a second external device for transferring the content data to the recording apparatus in a second transfer mode with which the re-encoding unit is not compatible;
- a recording unit, coupled to the re-encoding unit, configured to record the content data;
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- a control unit, coupled to the re-encoding unit and the recording unit, configured to:
- determine, based on a transfer speed, a transfer mode of the content data transferred from the external device,
- re-encode the content data using the re-encoding unit and record the re-encoded content data in the recording unit when the determined transfer mode is the first speed-based transfer mode, and
- record records the content data transferred from the external device in the recording unit, and thereafter, re-encode the content data read out from the recording unit using the re-encoding unit, and re-record the re-encoded content data in the recording unit when the determined transfer mode is the second speed-based transfer mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.