Patent ID: 6667846
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An information storage device, comprising:a front panel formed with a cassette insertion slot installed at a front end of a chassis of the information storage device, an information storage cassette inserted into said cassette insertion slot into an interior of said front panel and loaded in said chassis, a non-contact memory storing various types of control information for an information recording medium inside the information storage cassette and embedded on a rear side of the information storage cassette, a switch circuit board installed on a front edge of said chassis and arranged in parallel with an inner side of said front panel, and a communications antenna mounted on said switch circuit board, in proximity to a front of said non-contact memory of said information storage cassette loaded in said chassis and the communications antenna implements wireless communications for different types of control information in the non-contact memory, wherein a plurality of detection switches for detecting a loaded information storage cassette and a plurality of control information are installed on said switch circuit board.