Patent ID: 7200090
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An information recording apparatus that comprises: a recording device for recording information for each track, said each track being a minimum unit which is designated at the time of reproducing the information; an information attaching and generating device, which attaches track number information to each track recorded in an information recording medium and generates group control information to control one or a plurality of tracks as one group; an inputting operation device for performing an inputting operation in accordance with a user's instruction; and a detection device for giving a grouping instruction to said information attaching and generating device at the time when the inputting operation relating to an interruption of a recording is detected while the recording is being performed, wherein, if the inputting operation relating to the interruption is detected while a recording for a track is in progress, said recording device interrupts a recording after finishing said recording of said track, and if the inputting operation relating to the interruption is detected after a recording for a track is finished, said recording device interrupts a recording when the interruption inputting operation is detected, said information attaching and generating device generates the group control information to control one or a plurality of tracks as one group when said grouping instruction is received, said one group being constituted of one or a plurality of tracks recorded during a period from a start of the recording to an interruption of the recording, and said information attaching and generating device updates the group control information so as to control one or a plurality of tracks as a new group every time said grouping instruction is received.