Patent ID: 6697314
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing information from an information storage medium in which a storage area is divided into physical sectors as minimum units for performing information recording and information reproducing, said apparatus comprising:an information designating reception section in which non-sector unit information constituted by a non-sector unit configured for storing an information amount different from an integer times one of the minimum units is designated as the information to be reproduced from said information storage medium; a reproducing section for reproducing the information for the integer number of sectors including the non-sector unit information designated by said information designating reception section from said information storage medium; and an output section for extracting and outputting the non-sector unit information designated by said information designating reception section from the information for the integer number of sectors reproduced by said reproducing section.