Patent ID: 7808875

Claim:
A data recording apparatus which records data on a recording medium, comprising: a user input unit for receiving a user command; a recording medium control unit which controls ejection of the recording medium; a determination unit which determines whether or not the recording medium has been finalized; and a screen information adding unit for adding information to a display unit, wherein when a command for ejecting the recording medium is inputted into the user input unit, the determination unit determines whether or not the recording medium has been finalized, and the screen information adding unit adds information regarding a finalization command to the display unit if the recording medium has not been finalized, wherein the data recording apparatus further comprises a time measuring unit which measures a display time during which the information regarding the finalization command is displayed on the display screen, wherein when the display time measured by the time measuring unit is longer than a predetermined time period after the information regarding the finalization command was displayed on the display unit, the recording medium is ejected by the recording medium control unit, and wherein the finalization command includes information that asks if a finalization process will be executed.