Patent ID: 6967910

Claim:
An information recording apparatus comprising: a data writing part that writes data transferred from a host computer onto a data-recordable recording medium; a data writing pause part that pauses writing of the data by said data writing part; a data writing rate change part that changes a writing rate at which said data writing part writes the data; a data writing restart part that restarts the writing of the data; and a data writing control part that controls said data writing pause part, said data writing rate change part, and said data writing restart part; wherein said data writing control part pauses writing of data by said data writing part when it is determined that data stored in a memory is less than a predetermined amount, said memory storing data to be written by said data writing part before being transferred to said data writing part, and said data writing control part comprises: a data transfer rate determination part that determines a data transfer rate at which the data is transferred from the host computer; and a writing rate control part that causes said data writing rate change part to change the writing rate based on the data transfer rate determined by said data transfer rate determination part.