Dynamic information storage or retrieval – Information location or remote operator actuated control – Selective addressing of storage medium
Patent
1992-04-28
1994-05-31
Argenbright, Tony M.
Dynamic information storage or retrieval
Information location or remote operator actuated control
Selective addressing of storage medium
369 58, G11B 700
Patent
active
053175492
ABSTRACT:
An information recording and reproducing apparatus employs a magneto-optical disk including a main information recording area wherein plural pieces of main information can be recorded and a TOC area wherein control information related to each piece of main information can be recorded. When a reproducing operation cannot be performed from the TOC area, it is checked whether or not any pieces of control information exist, for example, by detecting an amplitude of a reproduced signal. Or, whether or not a recording or reproducing function of the apparatus works properly may be checked by, for example, a method of test writing and reproduction. As a result, whether or not the magneto-optical disk is a blank disk can be accurately determined. Further, when the disk is determined to be a blank disk, distinctive information indicating a blank disk is recorded in a predetermined portion of the TOC area. Thereafter, upon loading the disk, the disk is promptly determined to be a blank disk. On the other hand, when the disk is not determined to be a blank disk, at least a recording operation is inhibited, thereby eliminating a possibility of destroying useful main information already recorded in the main information recording area.
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Kojima Kunio
Maeda Shigemi
Argenbright Tony M.
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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