Recording medium recording apparatus and method and recording medium

• US 6,104,677 A
• Filed: 03/25/1998
• Issued: 08/15/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nashida, Tasushi, Kirihara, Kazushi
• Primary Examiner(s): DINH, TAN X
• Application Number:
  US09/046,665
• Time in Patent Office: 874 Days
• Field of Search: 369/14, 369/13, 369/275.2, 369/275.3, 369/33, 369/54, 369/58, 369/275.1, 369/274
• US Class Current: 369/14
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 23/031 Indicating means, e.g. sticker, bar code
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 23/046 Indicating means, e.g. quantity of tape
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 23/40 Identifying or analogous means applied to or incorporated in the record carrier and not intended for visual display simultaneously with the playing-back of the record carrier, e.g. label, leader, photograph
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier

Abstract

A recording medium recording apparatus includes data input means for inputting data to be recorded on a recording medium, data recording means for recording the data onto the recording medium, related information input means for inputting information relating to the data, and related information recording means for recording the related information onto the recording medium. When data is recorded onto the recording medium, related information is recorded onto the recording medium by the related information recording means. The recording medium has a related information recording section where related information is to be recorded. Related information is recorded onto the related information recording section by the related information recording means so as to be visually recognizable.

Claims

1. A recording medium recording apparatus comprising:

data input means for inputting data to be recorded on a recording medium;

data recording means for recording the data onto a data recording section in the recording medium;

related information input means for inputting visually recognizable information relating to the data; and

related information recording means for recording the visually recognizable related information onto a related information section of the recording medium so that the related information is visually recognizable.

2. The recording medium recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the related information recording means records the related information when the data is recorded onto the recording medium.

3. The recording medium recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the related information recording section includes a thermal member, and the related information recording means comprises a thermal head.

4. The recording medium recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the related information recording section includes a magnetic member, and the related information recording means comprises a magnetic head.

5. A recording medium recording method used in recording data onto a recording medium that is mounted in a recording apparatus, comprising the steps of:

inputting data to be recorded on the recording medium;

recording the data onto a data recording section of the recording medium;

inputting visually recognizable information relating to the data; and

recording the visually recognizable related information onto a related information section of the recording medium so that the related information is visually recognizable.

6. A recording medium onto which data is to be recorded when it is mounted in a recording apparatus, comprising:

a data recording section onto which the data is to e recorded in a state that the recording medium is mounted in the recording apparatus; and

a visually recognizable related information recording section onto which visually recognizable related information that relates to the data is to be recorded in a state that the recording medium is mounted in the recording apparatus.

7. The recording medium according to claim 6, wherein the related information recording section is rewritable.

8. The recording medium according to claim 6, wherein the related information recording section includes a thermal member.

10. The recording medium according to claim 8, wherein the related information recording section includes a bonded sheet-shaped thermal member.

11. The recording medium according to claim 6, wherein the related information recording section includes a magnetic member.

13. The recording medium according to claim 6, wherein the data recording section is accommodated in a body, and the related information recording section is formed on the body.

14. The recording medium according to claim 13, wherein the data recording section is a magnetic disk or an optical disc and the body is a cartridge.

15. The recording medium according to claim 13, wherein the data recording section is a magnetic tape and the body is a cassette.

16. The recording medium according to claim 6, wherein the data recording section is a recording region of a magnetic disk or an optical disc, and the related information recording information recording section is formed in a region of the magnetic disk or the optical disc other than the recording region thereof.

17. The recording medium according to claim 6, wherein the data recording section is accommodated in a body that is accommodated in an outer case, and the related information recording section is formed on the outer case.

9. A recording medium onto which data is to be recorded when it is mounted in a recording apparatus, comprising:

a data recording section onto which the data is to e recorded in a state that the recording medium is mounted in the recording apparatus; and

a visually recognizable related information recording section onto which visually recognizable related information that relates to the data is to be recorded in a state that the recording medium is mounted in the recording apparatus,

wherein,

organic low-molecular-weight substance is dispersed in a synthetic resin, and

the related information recording section includes a thermal member.

12. A recording medium onto which data is to be recorded when it is mounted in a recording apparatus, comprising:

a data recording section onto which the data is to e recorded in a state that the recording medium is mounted in the recording apparatus; and

a visually recognizable related information recording section onto which visually recognizable related information that relates to the data is to be recorded in a state that the recording medium is mounted in the recording apparatus,

wherein,

the magnetic member contains microcapsules in which a liquid and a magnetic powder are sealed, and

the related information recording section includes a magnetic member.