Patent ID: 6130869
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An information reproducing apparatus comprising:a recording medium storing information;buffer memories assigned to channels respectively;first means for detecting a size of an unoccupied area in each of the buffer memories;second means for sequentially reading out pieces of the information from the recording medium, and distributing the pieces of the information to the buffer memories and writing the pieces of the information into the buffer memories at first rates on a time-division basis;third means for sequentially and continuously reading out the pieces of the information from the buffer memories in parallel at a second rate lower than the first rates; andfourth means for permitting the second means to read out a piece of the information from the recording medium and to write said piece of the information into one of the buffer memories when the size detected by the first means and relating to said one of the buffer memories is equal to or greater than a predetermined size, and for inhibiting the second means from reading out a piece of the information from the recording medium and from writing said piece of the information into said one of the buffer memories when the size detected by the first means and relating to said one of the buffer memories is smaller than the predetermined size.