Information reproducing apparatus and information reproducing method
AssigneePioneer Corporation
InventorToshiaki Izawa
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Abstract
An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing information recorded on an optical disc. A pickup reads the information, and a track buffer memory temporarily accumulates the information therein. A control micro computer start reproducing the information. Then, the computer stops reproducing while accumulating the information in the memory when stop of the reproduction is requested from an external portion during the reproduction. Further, the computer outputs the information accumulated in the memory to resume reproducing it.
Claims14
An information reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a reading device for reading reproduction information recorded in an information record medium;
- a buffering device for temporarily accumulating the read reproduction information therein and outputting it;
- and
- a reproduction controlling device for stopping reproducing the reproduction information while maintaining the reproduction information in the buffering device when a command indicative of stop of reproduction is requested from an external portion during the reproduction of the reproduction information, and outputting the reproduction information accumulated in the buffering device to resume reproducing it when a command indicative of resumption of the reproduction is requested from the external portion.
An information reproducing method comprising the processes of:
- reading reproduction information recorded in an information record medium;
- temporarily accumulating the read reproduction information in a buffering device;
- stopping reproducing the reproduction information while maintaining the reproduction information in the buffering device when a command indicative of stop of reproduction is requested from an external portion during the reproduction of the reproduction information;
- and
- outputting the reproduction information accumulated in the buffering device to resume reproducing it when a command indicative of resumption of the reproduction is requested from the external portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.