Patent ID: 6643086
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A tape driving apparatus, comprising:tape driving means for running a magnetic tape included in a tape cassette and for recording/reproducing information to/from said magnetic tape; memory driving means for reading/writing management information from/to a memory by implementing a predetermined communicating process, said memory being located at said tape cassette for storing said management information for managing a recording/reproducing operation to/from said magnetic tape; identification information detecting means for detecting identification information of said tape cassette from said memory; knowledge information storage means, included in said tape driving apparatus, for storing knowledge information formed of operation specifying information and conditional information corresponding to the identification information of said tape cassette; evaluating means for evaluating said knowledge information based on said identification information; a controller for controlling a predetermined operation corresponding to said operation specifying information based on a result of evaluation of said evaluating means; input means for inputting additional knowledge information from outside the tape driving apparatus; and knowledge information updating means for updating the knowledge information stored in said knowledge information storage means with said additional knowledge information inputted from the outside via said input means.