Patent ID: 7221634
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus, comprising: determining means for determining a sequence to record input data in empty areas among recording areas of a recording medium for uniformerly recording counts in respective recording areas; recording means for recording said input data in said empty areas according to the sequence determined by said determining means; registering means for registering said empty areas present on said recording medium in a first queue before said input data is recorded in said empty areas by said recording means, and, when said input data is recorded in said empty areas registered in said first queue, deleting the empty areas in which said input data has been recorded from said first queue, and registering empty areas from which data has been deleted in a second queue; and moving means for moving said empty areas registered in said second queue to said first queue when said first queue becomes empty, wherein said recording means records said input data in said empty areas registered in said first queue according to the sequence determined by said determining means.