Patent ID: 8625968
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit configured to record image data in a recording medium having a plurality of blocks including an alternative block for a defect block; a managing unit configured to manage an image file containing the image data recorded in the recording medium in accordance with FAT file system, wherein the recording unit records in the recording medium a file system information, which includes a file entry of the image file and a file allocation table, for managing the image file recorded in the recording medium and the managing unit updates the file entry of the image file and the file allocation table recorded in the recording medium in accordance with recording of the image data; a setting unit configured to set a value corresponding to a data amount needed to update the file entry of the image file and the file allocation table recorded in the recording medium as a threshold; and a control unit configured to control the recording unit, in accordance with a remaining amount of the alternative block in the recording medium and the threshold set by the setting unit, so as to inhibit recording of the image data in the recording medium if a remaining amount of the alternative block in the recording medium is less than or equal to the threshold.