Patent ID: 8040768
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information recording apparatus for recording information, comprising: a buffer memory which stores information; a recording portion which records information that is stored in the buffer memory onto a recording medium; a command portion to initiate storing information into the buffer memory; a power-supply portion to supply power; a power-supply switch to connect and disconnect the power from the power-supply portion respectively to and from the recording portion; a non-volatile memory; and a control portion which reads out relevant information from the non-volatile memory beginning when the power-supply switch connects the power from the power-supply portion to the recording portion and, when the relevant information is judged to satisfy a predetermined condition, then the control portion signals the command portion to initiate storing information into the buffer memory at a time prior to the recording portion being able to record information onto the recording medium, wherein the non-volatile memory stores a memory capacity of the recording medium, an initial recording position, and a defect information of the recording medium as the relevant information, wherein the recoding portion starts to record information onto the recording medium on the basis of the relevant information.