Recording medium cartridge and recording/reproducing apparatus therefor
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a recording medium cartridge memory and recording/reproducing apparatus. A recording medium cartridge consists of a recording medium and a cartridge memory in which a unique ID of the apparatus used for recording/reproducing the cartridge memory is recorded in an unrewritable condition. The apparatus for recording/reproducing the recording cartridge memory consists of a sending/receiving unit which reads out an ID recorded in the cartridge memory, an ID inspection unit inspecting whether or not the ID recorded in the cartridge memory and an ID stored in the apparatus accord by comparing both, and a control unit which records data in a recording medium or control operations of a recording/reproducing unit which reproduces data from the recording medium based on an inspection result in the ID inspection unit.
1. A recording/reproducing apparatus for recording/reproducing a recording medium cartridge, the apparatus comprising:
a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) code producing unit which when recording, produces a first CRC code from first data for inspection made by coupling input data input from outside and a recording/reproducing apparatus unique key stored in said apparatus, and when reproducing, produces a second CRC code made from second data for inspection by coupling data read out from a recording medium and the unique key;
a recording/reproducing unit which when recording, writes said input data and first CRC code in said recording medium and when reproducing, reads out data recorded in said recording medium and said first CRC code; and
a CRC code inspection unit which when reproducing, compares said first CRC code with said second CRC code, thereby inspecting whether or not both codes accord,
wherein data authenticity recorded in said recording medium is determined based on an inspection result of said CRC code inspection unit.
2. A recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein only when said first CRC code and second CRC code accord, said recording medium cartridge is recorded/reproduced.
3. A recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a data array recorded in said recording medium is determined based on said key.
4. A recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said recording medium is a magnetic tape.
5. A recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said recording medium is a magnetic disk.
6. A recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said recording medium is an optical tape.
7. A recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said recording medium is an optical disk.
8. A recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said recording medium is a magnetic tape.
9. A recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said recording medium is a magnetic disk.
10. A recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said recording medium is an optical tape.
11. A recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said recording medium is an optical disk.
12. A recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a data array recorded in said recording medium is determined based on said key.
13. A recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said recording medium is a magnetic tape.
14. A recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said recording medium is a magnetic disk.
15. A recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said recording medium is an optical tape.
16. A recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said recording medium is an optical disk.