Patent ID: 6078722
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
Apparatus for decoding and forward or reverse playback of an encoded signal comprised of a plurality of data units stored in digital storage means and being reproduced in a forward playback order for said forward playback, and wherein said reverse playback commences at one of said data units, said apparatus comprising:retrieving means operative in said reverse playback for retrieving from said digital storage means a preceding data unit that immediately precedes said one data unit in said forward playback order and for retrieving decoding data stored in said digital storage means as at least another of said data units and which is needed to decode said preceding data unit; anddecoding means, coupled to said retrieving means, for decoding said preceding data unit as a function of the retrieved decoding data stored in said digital storage means as said at least one another data unit.