Patent ID: 6801482
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An information reproduction method for reading data recorded on a storage medium by means of a pickup, writing the data in a memory, and sequentially reading out the data written in the memory, said information reproduction method comprising:reading a data recorded on the storage medium from a predetermined top address of the storage medium by a read means, before next data is read out from the storage medium, storing the read data in the memory, detecting a defect of the storage medium based on the data stored in the memory, storing the address of the defect position on the storage medium, returning the read means to the predetermined top address on the storage medium, and reducing at least one of servo loop gains of a focusing servo and a tracking servo to read the data from the predetermined top address on the storage medium by the read means when a defect is detected on the storage medium.