Patent ID: 8086092
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a network interface configured to receive image data transmitted from an external device and transmit a command for requesting the external device to start recording the image data on a recording medium; a recording unit configured to record the image data received from the external device in a file; and a processor that (a) controls the network interface to transmit the command to the external device and controls the recording unit to record the image data received from the external device in the file if a user instructs the image recording apparatus to start recording the image data and the external device can record the image data on the recording medium, and (b) controls the recording unit to stop recording the image data received from the external device in the file and controls the recording unit to start recording the image data received from the external device in a new file if a discontinuity of the image data is detected after the recording unit starts recording the image data received from the external device in the file and the command is transmitted to the external device via the network interface, wherein if the user instructs the image recording apparatus to start recording the image data and the external device cannot record the image data on the recording medium, the network interface does not transmit the command from the network interface to the external device and the processor controls the recording unit to record the image data received from the external device in the file.