Patent ID: 7995119
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information recording apparatus that records information to a plurality of non-contact recording media within a communicable range of a body of the information recording apparatus, the information recording apparatus comprising: a medium loading portion into which a non-contact recording medium is removably loaded; a medium detector configured to detect that the non-contact recording medium has been loaded in the medium loading portion; a first antenna for sending and receiving information to and from the non-contact recording medium loaded in the medium loading portion; a second antenna for sending and receiving information to and from the non-contact recording medium, when the non-contact recording medium is removed from the medium loading portion; an antenna switch configured to switch a communication path between the first antenna and the second antenna according to a detection output from the medium detector; and a communication unit configured to communicate with the non-contact recording medium using the first antenna or the second antenna via the antenna switch, wherein, by communicating with the non-contact recording medium using the first antenna or the second antenna via the antenna switch, the non-contact recording medium loaded in the body is authenticated and provided with identification information via the first antenna, and when the non-contact recording media is removed from the body, at least one non-contact recording medium is selected from a plurality of non-contact recording media within a communicable range of the second antenna based on identification information provided via the second antenna to record, reproduce or delete information.