Patent ID: 8205030
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A composite type recording apparatus comprising: a recording medium having a first data region with a plurality of first physical addresses affixed thereto; a non-volatile storage medium having a second data region with a plurality of second physical addresses affixed thereto; an interface section connectable to a host apparatus; a recognition unit that determines if the host apparatus is connected to the interface section and that generates a recognition result indicating whether the host apparatus connected to the interface section is (i) a host apparatus capable of recognizing and discriminating between the recording medium and the non-volatile storage medium or (ii) a host apparatus incapable of recognizing and discriminating between the recording medium and the non-volatile storage medium; and an information selection unit that selects a logical address according to the recognition result; a conversion unit that converts the logical address selected by the information selection unit according to the recognition result into a first physical address associated with the first data region or second physical address associated with the second data region; a data allocation unit that allocates data supplied from the host apparatus connected to the interface section to the first data region or the second data region according to an outcome of the conversion by the conversion unit; and a write unit that (i) writes the data allocated to the first data region by the data allocation unit at a predetermined location of the first data region according to the first physical address and (ii) writes the data allocated to the second data region by the data allocation unit at a predetermined location of the second data region according to the second physical address.