Patent ID: 9332213
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G11B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A recording device comprising: a mounting device configured so that a recording medium is detachably mounted on the mounting device; a protective cover disposed openably and closably, and configured so that, in a closed state, the protective cover covers the recording medium mounted on the mounting device to shield the recording medium from an outside, and, in an open state, the recording medium mounted on the mounting device is exposed to the outside; an open/close detecting device configured to detect an open/closed state of the protective cover; a buffer configured to temporarily store data to be recorded in the recording medium mounted on the mounting device; and a recording controller configured to perform a control of storing the data into the buffer, reading, from the buffer, the data stored in the buffer, and recording the data into the recording medium mounted on the mounting device, and also configured to, when the open/close detecting device detects that the protective cover is opened, perform a control of continuing an operation of storing the data into the buffer, and yet stopping an operation of reading, from the buffer, the data stored in the buffer and recording the data into the recording medium mounted on the mounting device.