Patent ID: 6606288
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A reproduction apparatus for receiving a reflected light obtained by irradiating laser light on an optical disk for reading data recorded on such optical disk, temporarily buffering the read data in a successively rewritable memory having a prescribed capacity, and then outputting the read data as reproduced data, comprising:control means for resuming reading data from an optical disk when buffering read data to the memory is interrupted; data coincidence detecting means for dividing first data buffered in the memory before the buffering interruption and second data read out by the control means into â€œnâ€  groups, respectively, and detecting whether the first data and the second data are in coincidence for each group; and a buffering resumption request generating circuit for instructing a timing of buffering resumption on the basis of a result of the data coincidence detecting means.