Patent ID: 6574735
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An information signal recording device for recording information signals on a recording medium having thereon an area different from an area for recording the information signals and in which medium-related information intrinsic to the recording medium is recorded, or having a unit accompanying the recording medium in which the medium-related information intrinsic to the recording medium is recorded, the recording device comprising:medium-related information reading means for reading the medium-related information including a serial number intrinsic to the individual recording medium from a table of contents in one of the recording medium and the unit accompanying the recording medium; information adding means for adding the medium-related information read by the medium-related information reading means to the information signals; and recording means for recording the information signals to which the medium-related information has been added by the information adding means on the recording medium.