Patent ID: 8644687
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a storage section for recording and holding any data and additional information corresponding to the data; a remaining amount detecting section for detecting remaining recordable space in the storage section; a control section for operating the data recorded and held in the storage section; and an additional information generating section for generating the additional information to be recorded and held in the storage section, wherein: the control section sets priorities for the data recorded and held in the storage section based on the additional information generated by the additional information generating section irrespective of the order in which the data were recorded and held into the storage section, the remaining amount detecting section is configured to detect the remaining recordable space before the start of recording of data into the storage section, the remaining amount detecting section is further configured to detect the remaining recordable space during recording of the data into the storage section, and if the detected remaining recordable space is below a predetermined value, the control section deletes, or compresses a data size of, data having a lowest priority based on the priorities.