INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120288252A1
• Filed: 04/27/2012
• Published: 11/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Iwashita, Koji
• Granted Patent: US 8,983,262 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/224
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10527 Audio or video recording; Data buffering arrangements G11B20/12 - G11B20/18 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10537 Audio or video recording
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10944 Real-time recording or reproducing, e.g. for ensuring seamless playback of AV data
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/41 Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00339 with an electronic or magnetic storage medium I/O device RFID or the like H04N1/00342
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4184 providing storage capabilities, e.g. memory stick
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/001 Sharing resources, e.g. processing power or memory, with a connected apparatus or enhancing the capability of the still picture apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0041 Point to point H04N2201/0039 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0051 Card-type connector, e.g. PCMCIA card interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention relates to an information recording apparatus capable of relay recording, during which a sequence of data is continuously recorded across a plurality of recording media, as well as to a controlling method thereof. If the relay recording mode is set, it is determined whether any medium having a wireless communication function is present among the recordable recording media. If a recording medium having a wireless communication function is present, data transfer utilizing the wireless communication function is inactivated. This enables relay recording that accounts for cases in which memory cards provided with a wireless communication function are included among the recording media.

Claims

1. An information recording apparatus having a relay recording mode in which a sequence of data is recorded across a plurality of recording media, comprising:

an identification unit that identifies a recording medium having a wireless communication function among recordable recording media;

a wireless control unit that controls the wireless communication function of the recording medium having a wireless. communication function; and

a main control unit that controls the wireless control unit, in the case that the relay recording mode is set, to inactivate data transfer utilizing the wireless communication function for the recording medium having a wireless communication function determined by the identification unit.

2. The information recording apparatus according to claim 1 wherein, in the case that the relay recording mode is set and a recording medium having a wireless communication function identified by the identification unit is a recording medium initially used in the relay recording mode, the main control unit does not inactivate data transfer utilizing the wireless communication function for that recording medium.

3. The information recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the main control unit is configured to control the wireless control unit to activate inactivated data transfer utilizing the wireless communication function in the case that recording in the relay recording mode ends without the sequence of data recorded in the relay recording mode spanning across a plurality of recording media.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores a program which, when run on a device, causes the device to function as each unit provided in the information recording apparatus according to claim 1.

4. A method for controlling an information recording apparatus having a relay recording mode in which a sequence of data is recorded across a plurality of recording media, and comprising a wireless control unit that controls any wireless communication function that the recording media are equipped with, the method comprising the steps of:

identifying a recording medium having a wireless communication function among recordable recording media; and

controlling the wireless control unit, in the case that the relay recording mode is set, to inactivate data transfer utilizing the wireless communication function for the recording medium having a wireless communication function identified in the identification step.

6. An information recording apparatus capable of relay recording in which a sequence of data is recorded across a plurality of recording media, the information recording apparatus comprising:

an identification unit that identifies a recording medium having a wireless communication function among recordable recording media;

a setting unit that sets a recording order used in relay recording on the recordable recording media; and

a recording unit that performs relay recording by switching a destination recording media for recording in accordance with the recording order set by the setting unit;

wherein the setting unit sets the recording order such that a recording medium that does not have a wireless communication function is selected as the destination medium for recording with precedence among the recordable recording media.

7. The information recording apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the setting unit does not set the recording order for a recording medium having a wireless communication function among the recordable recording media.

8. The information recording apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the setting unit sets the recording order for a recording medium having a wireless communication function among the recordable recording media in the case that there is an instruction from the user.

9. The information recording apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the setting unit sets the recording order of a recording medium having a wireless communication function among the recordable recording media to a point later than that of any recording medium that does not have a wireless communication function.

10. The information recording apparatus according to claim 6, wherein, in case that the relay recording progresses and no recording medium for subsequent recording exists in accordance with the recording order, the recording unit checks whether the recordable recording media include a recording medium for which the recording order has not been set, and, if there is a recording medium for which the recording order has not been set, inquires of the user whether to continue the relay recording using that recording medium, and, if there is an instruction from the user to continue the relay recording using that recording medium, continues the relay recording by switching the destination of recording to that recording medium.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores a program which, when run on a device, causes the device to function as each unit provided in the information recording apparatus according to claim 6.

11. A method for controlling an information recording apparatus capable of relay recording, in which a sequence of data is recorded across a plurality of recording media,

the method comprising the steps of:

identifying a recording medium having a wireless communication function among recordable recording media;

setting the recording order used in relay recording on the recordable recording media;

performing the relay recording by switching a destination recording media for recording in accordance with the recording order set in the setting step; and

wherein during the setting step, the recording order is set such that a recording medium that does not have a wireless communication function is selected as the destination medium for recording with precedence among the recordable media.