Patent ID: 8190576
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A file recording device comprising: a medium access unit adapted to load a removable first recording medium; a second recording medium that stores a file; and a control unit that controls a batch copy process which copies collectively a plurality of files stored in the first recording medium from the first recording medium to the second recording medium, wherein the first recording medium stores, for each file, recording date and time information for identifying recording date and time of the file, when the batch copy process from the first recording medium to the second recording medium is completed, the control unit records copy date and time identification information for identifying completion date and time of the batch copy process to the first recording medium, the copy date and time identification information being one piece of information provided for the plurality of files copied in the batch copy process and provided independently of the files stored in the first recording medium, and the control unit further controls the batch copy process so as to compare the completion date and time of the batch copy process indicated by the copy date and time identification information with recording date and time information on files stored in the first recording medium, to identify a file which is recorded in the first recording medium later than the date and time on which the batch copy is performed, and to copy the identified file from the first recording medium to the second recording medium.