Method for recording stream of information data into a digital storage medium

(54) METHOD FOR RECORDING STREAM OF INFORMATION DATA INTO A DIGITAL STORAGE MEDIUM

(75) Inventors: Tetsuya Kato, Sayama (JP); Masao Negishi, Iruma (JP)

(73) Assignee: Teac Corporation (JP)

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term ol this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 239 days.

(21) Appl. No.: 09/934,512

(22) Filed: Aug. 22, 2001

(65) Prior Publication Data

US 2002/0027838 Al Mar. 7, 2002 (30) Foreign Application Priority Data

Sep. 1, 2000 (JP) 2000-266156

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FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

JP 04370577 A 12/1992

* cited by examiner
Primary Examiner—-Tan Dinh

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—-Woodcock Washburn LLP (57) ABSTRACT

A CD-R recorder capable of re-recording a series of musical tunes from a phonograph record to a CD-R, with addresses assigned to the respective tunes for ease of accessing later. Included is a random-access memory on which there are to be stored by the user a series of incremental addresses to be assigned to the successive tunes recorded, and the expected playing times of the tunes ascertained previously, as from the record jacket or by pre-recording of the tunes. The actual playing time of each tune being recorded is measured and compared with the expected playing time of that tune on the RAM. Upon agreement of the expected and the actual playing time of each tune, the addresses on the RAM are incremented to cause each tune to be recorded with an address assigned thereto according to its storage location on the disk.

12 Claims, 13 Drawing Sheets