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Ikeno, JP

Atsushi Ikeno, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090210411Information Retrieving System - A user speech analyzing component poses, to a user, question sentences for respective ones of a plurality of attributes, and analyzes an attribute value for each of the attributes from an answer sentence from the user to the sentence question. A user data holding component, as a result of analysis, holds user data that allows the plurality of attributes, and respective user attribute values for the attributes to correspond to one another. A matching component, when an acquisition ratio of the attribute values from the user with respect to all of the attributes is a predetermined value or greater, selects at least one target data candidate that matches each of the attributes and each of the attribute values of the user data, from a plurality of target data. A dialogue control component outputs each of the target data candidates selected, to the user's side.08-20-2009
20110282913DIALOGUE CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL ONTOLOGY PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A dialogue control system that uses an ontology that systematically expresses domain knowledge representing concepts and relationships between concepts to determine questions for a user and implements the questions, and implements a dialogue in accordance with received user answers. One or more dimension-classified ontologies and a basic ontology are stored, a concept from a user response is specified as a condition, and one or a plural number of the dimension-classified ontologies that meet the specified condition are fetched. The content of the fetched dimension-classified ontology/ies is overwritten on the basic ontology, in order according to dimension priorities from the dimension-classified ontology with the lowest dimension priority, and a multidimensional ontology is generated. The dialogue control system uses this multidimensional ontology to control the dialogue.11-17-2011

Patent applications by Atsushi Ikeno, Kyoto JP

Daisuke Ikeno, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100065918SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate containing a p-type diffusion layer and an n-type diffusion layer which are separated by an element separation film; a gate insulating film formed on or above the p-type diffusion layer and the n-type diffusion layer of the semiconductor substrate, respectively; a gate electrode containing a metallic film and formed on the gate insulating film; a Ge inclusion formed at an interface between the gate insulating film and the metallic film; and a silicon-containing layer formed on the metallic film.03-18-2010
20100176456SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a P-type semiconductor region, and an N channel MOSFET formed in the P-type semiconductor region, the N channel MOSFET including an insulating film of silicon oxide film or silicon oxynitride film formed on the semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film including hafnium and formed on the insulating film, a lanthanum oxide film having a film thickness not larger than a predetermined value and formed between the gate insulating film and insulating film, and a gate electrode including a titanium nitride film having a N/Ti atomic ratio less than 1.07-15-2010
20100187612SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an N-type transistor formed in a first region on a substrate, and a P-type transistor formed in a second region on the substrate. The device includes the substrate, a first gate insulation film formed on the substrate in the first and second regions, and containing silicon, a second gate insulation film formed on the first gate insulation film in the first region, and containing first metal and oxygen, a third gate insulation film formed on the first gate insulation film in the second region, and containing second metal different from the first metal and oxygen, a fourth gate insulation film formed on the second and third gate insulation films in the first and second regions, and containing hafnium, and a gate electrode layer formed on the fourth gate insulation film in the first and second regions, and containing metal and nitrogen, a thickness of the gate electrode layer formed in the second region being greater than a thickness of the gate electrode layer formed in the first region.07-29-2010
20110215413SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an N-type transistor and a P-type transistor. The N-type transistor has a first gate insulating film comprising a high dielectric film on a semiconductor substrate, and a first gate electrode comprising a Ta09-08-2011
20120007196MAGNETORESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive random access memory includes a magnetoresistive element in a memory cell, the magnetoresistive element including a first metal magnetic layer, a second metal magnetic layer, and an insulation layer interposed between the first and second metal magnetic layers. An area of each of the first and second metal magnetic layers is smaller than an area of the insulation layer.01-12-2012

Patent applications by Daisuke Ikeno, Yokohama-Shi JP

Daisuke Ikeno, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100327366SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A first adjusting metal, capable of varying the threshold voltage of a first-conductivity-type transistor of a complementary transistor, is added to the first-conductivity-type transistor and a second-conductivity-type transistor at the same time, and a diffusion suppressive element, capable of suppressing diffusion of the first adjusting metal, is added from above a metal gate electrode of the second-conductivity-type transistor.12-30-2010

Daisuke Ikeno, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120112297MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a magnetic random access memory including a magneto resistive element, including a free layer including first metal atoms, a first metal layer on the free layer and including a first metal, a first interfacial magnetic layer on the first metal layer, a nonmagnetic layer provided on the first interfacial magnetic layer, a second interfacial magnetic layer on the nonmagnetic layer, a second metal layer on the second interfacial magnetic layer and including a second metal, and a pinned layer provided on the second metal layer and including the second metal atoms.05-10-2012

Hideo Ikeno, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090063663DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND MEDIUM - The present invention in its first aspect provides a device management apparatus, which manages a virtual device that implements a cooperative function upon cooperating a plurality of physical devices connected via a network, comprising an acquisition unit adapted to acquire statuses from the physical devices that implement the cooperative function of the virtual device; and a display unit adapted to display whether or not the virtual device is usable, based on the statuses of the physical devices that implement the cooperative function of the virtual device acquired by the acquisition unit.03-05-2009
20100202786IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus, when exiting the service mode, in response to receiving an operation to exit a service mode before a work related to maintenance ends, performs processing of a job if authentication based on generated authentication information is successful. Further, the image forming apparatus shifts to a normal mode when receiving the operation to exit the service mode after the work related to maintenance ends.08-12-2010

Patent applications by Hideo Ikeno, Yokohama-Shi JP

Hideo Ikeno, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080250140MONITORING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE MANAGEMENT METHOD - There is provided a monitoring apparatus which is capable of efficiently notifying an external host of completion of installation of the monitoring apparatus for image forming apparatuses, and completion of operations carried out for the image forming apparatuses. The monitoring apparatus is connected to a management apparatus for communication therewith. The monitoring apparatus acquires maintenance information from the image forming apparatuses, and sends the acquired maintenance information to the management apparatus. The monitoring apparatus carries out one of management of completion of installation of the monitoring apparatus and central management of completion of operations carried out for the image forming apparatuses.10-09-2008
20090201552DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided are a data processing apparatus and method that make it possible to detect improper resource data that has been stored in a printer. The data processing apparatus, which is connectable to an image forming apparatus that refers to resource data when an image is formed, first acquires information relating to resource data that has been stored in the image forming apparatus and stores the information on a hard disk. Next, improper resource data is detected by control exercised by a CPU in the processing apparatus based upon the acquired information relating to the resource data. After prescribed processing is executed with respect to improper resource data that has been detected, information relating to prescribed resource data is provided to the image forming apparatus via a network controller.08-13-2009

Patent applications by Hideo Ikeno, Kanagawa JP

Hideo Ikeno, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100073726INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS, AND THEIR CONTROL METHOD - This invention relates to a printing apparatus or information processing apparatus, which is connected to a peripheral device management apparatus and holds updatable resource data. The printing apparatus or information processing apparatus asynchronously receives an output job and resource data used upon processing the output job from the peripheral device management apparatus connected to it. Upon receiving the resource data, reception of a new output job after the reception of the resource data is stopped. When it is determined that the process of a print job, which has already been received and queued, is complete, the held resource data is updated by the resource data received by a reception unit.03-25-2010

Hirotatsu Ikeno, Kiryu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090127943Electric Motor, Production Method Of Stator, And Production Method Of Electric Motor - Brushless motor (05-21-2009
20090230805Motor for electric power steering apparatus - [Problems] To provide a motor for EPS which can exhibit a desired performance while satisfying severe limitation on physical size.09-17-2009

Hirotatsu Ikeno, Gunma JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090121573Motor for electric power steering apparatus - [PROBLEMS] To provide a motor for EPS which can exhibit a desired performance while satisfying severe limitation on physical size.05-14-2009
20100270100Electric Power Steering Device - A rack-assist type electric power steering device (10-28-2010

Junichi Ikeno, Saitama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110291058TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM AND CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE USING THE SAME - A transparent conductive film (12-01-2011

Kazuo Ikeno, Shimada-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120075318DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING IMAGE DATA - For providing a display device and a method for transferring an image data, shortening process time required to transfer image data without greater processing capacity, the CPU 03-29-2012

Koji Ikeno, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100262718INPUT SYSTEM ENABLING CONNECTION OF EVEN EXPANSION EQUIPMENT FOR EXPANDING FUNCTION, THAT TRANSMITS RELATIVELY LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA, TO PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A processor determines whether a prescribed period of time has elapsed or not. When the processor has determined that the prescribed period of time has elapsed, the processor determines whether a mode 10-14-2010

Kyoichi Ikeno, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110008171ROTATING BODY - A rotating body includes a rotor disk 01-13-2011

Kyoichi Ikeno, Hiroshima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090123737Solid Particle Erosion Resistant Surface Treated Coat and Rotating Machine Applied Therewith - A solid particle erosion resistant surface treated coat is provided by which a solid, particle erosion resistance is largely enhanced and a rotating member is given with an oxidation resistance without deteriorating a fatigue strength. Also, a rotating machine, such as a steam turbine, axial compressor or the like, applied with this coat is provided. The solid particle erosion resistant surface treated coat comprises a nitrided hard layer formed on a surface of base material and a PVD (physical vapor deposition) hard layer of at least one layer formed on the nitrided hard layer by a PVD method. The nitrided hard layer has a thickness of at least 30 μm. The PVD hard layer has a total thickness of at least 10 μm. Deformation of the base material by collisions by solid particles is prevented and crack of the coat comprising the nitrided hard layer formed on the base material and the PVD hard layer formed on the nitrided hard layer is prevented. Thereby, the solid particle erosion resistance is secured, life of the solid particle erosion resistant surface treated coat can be elongated and the oxidation resistance and fatigue strength are enhanced.05-14-2009
20100034660Part for rotary machine, and manufacturing method therefor - In a part for a rotary machine, a ceramic hard film is formed on a surface of a base material, the density of droplets which exist in a surface of the ceramic hard film is set to be within 1000 pieces/mm02-11-2010
20110019950BEARING DEVICE AND ROTARY MACHINE - The bearing device has a bearing housing which is supported by a bearing base mounted on a body of a rotary machine equipped with a rotating shaft and through which the rotating shaft penetrates at the center and a plurality of pads which are arranged inside the bearing housing so as to circumferentially surround the rotating shaft and rotatably support the rotating shaft. A contact surface between an outer circumference of the bearing housing and an inner circumference of the bearing base extends along the axial direction of the rotating shaft and forms a convex curved surface protruding outward, and the bearing housing is slidably supported by the bearing base via the contact surface of the convex curved surface. At least either the inner circumference of the bearing housing or the outer circumference of the pad forms a curved surface extending along the axial direction, and a distance between the inner circumference of the bearing housing and the outer circumference of the pad gradually increases from the center towards the ends along the axial direction.01-27-2011
20110135946COMPONENT FOR ROTARY MACHINE - A component for a rotary machine which is configured such that a hard film composed of ceramics and an anti-fouling film composed of a fluorine-containing diamond-like carbon film are laminated on the surface of a base material, and which has superior drain erosion resistance and fouling resistance in an environment where a gas comes in direct contact therewith.06-09-2011

Patent applications by Kyoichi Ikeno, Hiroshima-Shi JP

Masashi Ikeno, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080235817Artificial mammalian chromosome - It is intended to provide an artificial mammalian chromosome which is stably held in mammalian cells and allows efficient expression of a target gene carried thereby. Namely, a first cyclic vector containing a mammalian centromere sequence and a selection marker gene and a second cyclic vector containing a functional sequence are transferred into mammalian host cells. Then transformed cells are selected by using the above-described selection marker gene and cells holding an artificial mammalian chromosome are selected from among the transformed cells thus selected. Thus, it is possible to construct an artificial mammalian chromosome which has a mammalian replication origin, the mammalian centromere sequence and the functional sequence, is in a cyclic form, can be replicated in mammalian cells, extrachromosomally held in the host cells and transferred to daughter cells in cell division.09-25-2008

Naoaki Ikeno, Kusatsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090171472SAFETY MASTER - A safety master configured to communicate with a plurality of safety slaves over a safety field network or with a plurality of safety local I/O units connected by a safety back plane bus of the safety master, wherein each of the plurality of safety slaves and safety local I/O units allow connection to safety I/O devices in a plurality of cell equipment, and wherein the safety master receives a status signal indicating a “safe state” or an “unsafe state” related to cell equipment from each of the corresponding plurality of safety slaves or safety local I/O units, and controls operation/stop of cell equipment by executing an interlock operation program with the received status signal as an input to output an operation instruction signal.07-02-2009

Ryohei Ikeno, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080237445METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTANCE MEASUREMENT - The disclosed subject matter relates to a method and distance measurement apparatus for measuring a distance to an object, which can include a light source, a solid state camera, a controller and a distance data generator. The light source can be configured to emit a modulated light towards an object, and the solid state camera can convert the light reflected from the object into charges. The distance data generator can be configured to calculate the distance based on the charges, and the controller can be configured to adjust the modulated light to be more favorable under various circumstances. Thus, the method of the disclosed subject matter can accurately measure distance under various circumstances and can result in providing a distance measurement apparatus with a simple configuration and at low cost, and can be used as a sensor for distance measurement of an obstacle and the like in a vehicle, security system, robot, etc.10-02-2008
20090122297RANGE IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS - A range image generating apparatus capable of preventing or reducing generation of range images with interference which contain e.g., pixels with erroneous distance values is provided. The range image generating apparatus includes: a light source radiating a light; an image pickup element; a range image generating unit; a frequency changing unit that changes a modulation frequency for each frame rate or charge storage time; and a control unit that controls the light source and the image pickup element in synchronization with the modulation frequency changed by the frequency changing unit.05-14-2009
20090278174PIXEL STRUCTURE OF SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - A pixel structure of a solid-state image sensor in which residual electrons in a photodiode is reduced and which has a first-stage gate that is arranged adjacent to the photodiode and controls read-out of electrons generated in the photodiode, a second-stage gate that is adjacent to the first-stage gate on the rear stage of the gate at a predetermined gap and controls movement of electrons read out by the readout control of the first-stage gate to the plurality of the charge-storage sections, and a plurality of third-stage gates that are adjacent to the second-stage gate on the rear stage of the gate at a predetermined gap, severally arranged corresponding to the plurality of the charge-storage sections, and perform control of distributing the electrons moved by the movement control of the second-stage gate severally to the plurality of the charge-storage sections, and gradient on which electrons are moved in the first-stage gate direction is formed on the potential of the photodiode.11-12-2009
20110043653ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD HIGH SPEED IMAGING APPARATUS - An electromagnetic field high speed imaging apparatus, using an image sensing element having a filter function for each pixel, converts a local polarization state in detection light containing a difference frequency component Δf (|fLO−fRF|) between the modulation frequency fLO of irradiated light and the frequency fRF of the electromagnetic field emitted from a subject into local intensity of light, and captures it by an image sensor of an imaging unit to generate a two-dimensional image of distribution of the near electromagnetic field emitted from the subject. Each pixel of the image sensor comprises a photoelectric conversion element for converting the detection light from the optical unit into an electric charge, a plurality of charge storages, and a charge splitting part for dividing the electric charge generated in the photoelectric conversion element between the plurality of charge storages.02-24-2011

Patent applications by Ryohei Ikeno, Tokyo JP

Shungo Ikeno, Fujieda-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100302793TURN LAMP UNIT - For a turn lamp unit, a reflecting member is disposed in an inner space formed by a housing and lens section, wherein the reflecting member is fixed to the housing by a screw. The head portion of the screw is disposed inside a screw housing space arranged at the housing, and an opening of the screw housing space is closed by a waterproof moisture-transmission section. Further, since the inner space and screw housing space are communicated with each other through a breathing hole, one end of the breathing hole is continuous with the inside of the screw housing space closed by the waterproof moisture-transmission section, and the other end of the breathing section is continuous with the inside of the inner space.12-02-2010

Syungo Ikeno, Fujieda-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080233767Bulb socket - A bulb socket is provided with a rubber socket into which a bulb is mounted and a resin cover which is mounted on the rubber socket by being put over the rubber socket. A projection which protrudes outward is formed on the resin cover. The resin cover is put over the rubber socket, inserted into a housing, rotated to engage the projection with an engaging part in the housing, and thereby mounted on the housing. At this time, the rubber socket comes into close contact with a socket mounting slot and thereby stops the socket mounting slot water-tightly.09-25-2008

Takahiro Ikeno, Owariasahi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090022515Image Forming Device and Fixing Unit - A fixing unit is disposed at a position closer to a rear side wall than to a front side wall of a casing. A top wall is formed with a depressed portion depressed toward inside the casing. The depressed portion serves as a sheet discharge tray for receiving a recording medium that has passed through the fixing unit. The sheet discharge tray includes a tray member detachably disposed at the top wall. The rear side wall is formed with an opening through which the fixing unit is removed. When the tray member is disposed at the top wall, the tray member is positioned above and adjacent to the fixing unit and overlaps the fixing unit when viewed through the opening, thereby preventing the fixing unit from being removed from the casing. The fixing unit is removable through the opening when the tray member is detached from the top wall.01-22-2009
20100060954Image Scanner and Image Scanning Method - An image scanner includes a transparent plate, a scanning device, a driving device, a positioning member, a light absorbing portion and a white reference portion. The transparent plate has an original placing surface. The scanning device irradiates an original with light by means of a light source and scans reflected light from the original. The driving device reciprocates the scanning device along the transparent plate. The positioning member positions the original placed on the original placing surface of the transparent plate. The light absorbing portion, which is disposed on the original placing surface side of the positioning member and at substantially a central portion of the positioning member in moving directions of the scanning device, absorbs ambient light entering to the original placing surface side of the positioning member through the transparent plate. The white reference portion is provided to the original placing surface side of the positioning member.03-11-2010

Patent applications by Takahiro Ikeno, Owariasahi-Shi JP

Takahiro Ikeno, Seto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090027721MULTI FUNCTION PERIPHERAL AND METHOD THERFOR - A multi function peripheral with a plurality of functions includes a function selecting unit accepting therethrough an input to select a function to be executed from the plurality of functions, a display unit displaying thereon an information screen showing information on the function selected through the function selecting unit, and a display control unit controlling the display unit to, each time a function is selected through the function selecting unit, display thereon a first information screen showing information on the selected function. When a second information screen showing information on a function in execution has been displayed on the display unit, the display control unit controls the display unit to display thereon the first information screen concurrently with the second information screen.01-29-2009

Patent applications by Takahiro Ikeno, Seto JP

Takahiro Ikeno, Seto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080212142Image Processing Apparatus and Information Writing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus includes: a receiving unit which receives print data; a determining unit which determines whether or not the print data received by the receiving unit includes confidential information; a printing unit which prints an image on a recording medium including an IC tag, in accordance with the print data; and a writing unit which writes, into the IC tag of the recording medium, distinctive information indicating that confidential information is printed on the recording medium when it is determined that the print data includes confidential information.09-04-2008
20080232882Printed Medium Management Apparatus - A printed medium management apparatus includes: a controller that outputs print data generated from file data, and outputs tag data comprising search data including a search word; a print unit that prints an image based on the print data on a recording medium equipped with a non-contact tag; a data recording unit that records the tag data on the non-contact tag; and a search unit that wirelessly communicates with a plurality of non-contact tags, on which search words are recorded by the data recording unit, to search for a non-contact tag on which an inputted search word is recorded.09-25-2008
20080238944IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICES AND METHODS OF RECORDING A SCALED PORTION OF AN IMAGE ON A RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device includes a display including a first display portion, and a second display portion positioned adjacent to the first display portion. The device also includes a scaling factor designation device configured to designate a scaling factor, and an image display control device configured to display an image in the first display portion. Moreover, the device includes a scaled image display control device configured to apply the scaling factor to the image to generate a scaled image comprising a portion of the image, and to display the scaled image in the second display portion.10-02-2008

Taketo Ikeno, Niigata JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110092520PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BICYCLOANILINE DERIVATIVES - The present invention relates to a process for producing a hydrate of 3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-4-imino-7-[(2′-methyl-2′,3′-dihydro-1′H-spiro[cyclopropane-1,4′-isoquinolin]-7′-yl)amino]-3,4-dihydropyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidin-2(1H)-one (Compound A) or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of Compound A and a crystalline form of Compound A or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of Compound A, which are useful in the field of treatment of various cancers as a kinase inhibitor, especially as a Weel kinase inhibitor.04-21-2011

Tetsuro Ikeno, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090104825BOAT PROPULSION ENGINE - A boat propulsion engine (04-23-2009
20090104826OUTBOARD ENGINE - An outboard engine includes a buoyant member (04-23-2009
20090149090BOAT PROPULSION ENGINE - A boat propulsion engine includes a buoyant member (06-11-2009
20090163091BOAT-PROPELLING MACHINE - In a boat-propelling machine for attachment to a boat hull (06-25-2009

Wataru Ikeno, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090097824RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD AND PROGRAM - In a recording apparatus, an instruction section instructing start of recording of input data containing video data and/or audio data, a recording section recording, in a first recording mode, the input data in a recording medium as a separate unit from the input data previously recorded and recording, in a second recording mode, the input data in the recording medium successively as one unit with the input data previously recorded when instructed by the instruction section to start recording of the input data, and a control section controlling the recording section so that the input data is recorded in any of recording modes including the first recording mode and the second recording mode are provided, in accordance with number of units the input data recorded in the recording medium.04-16-2009