| US 7,518,966 B2 | ||
| Recording/reproduction apparatus, recording/reproduction method, and controller for maintaining data compatibility | ||
| Takashi Ishida, Kyoto (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Panasonic Corporation, Kadoma (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/567,304 PCT Filed Nov. 08, 2004, PCT No. PCT/JP2004/016556 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 22, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/045837, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2003-380399 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0195667 A1, Aug. 23, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 369—53.2 | 3 Claims |
| 1. A recording/reproduction apparatus for recording/reproducing data onto/from an information recording medium, comprising:
a section for reading first data from a first predetermined position in a data recording area of the information recording
medium;
a section for determining whether or not the first data matches first type information indicating a type of a first predetermined
file system;
a section for executing a recording process or a reproduction process using the first predetermined file system when it is
determined that the first data matches the first type information;
a section for reading second data from a second predetermined position of the data recording area when it is determined that
the first data does not match the first type information;
a section for determining whether or not the second data matches second type information indicating a type of a second predetermined
file system which is different from that of the first predetermined file system; and
a section for executing a recording process or a reproduction process using the second predetermined file system when it is
determined that the second data matches the second type information.
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