Patent ID: 6393201
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A reproducing apparatus of an information recording medium, comprising:a drive for reading out information recorded onto the information recording medium; a drive controller portion for controlling said drive so as to extract video/audio data from the recorded information by reproducing thereof, and having a function of identifying said information recording medium which is mounted onto said drive by detecting an identifier information from data in the recorded information; video/audio output portion for outputting video/audio; a work memory for memorizing the identifier information being identified in said drive controller portion, the video/audio data being extracted in said drive controller portion, and information indicative of reproducing position; a decoder portion for reading out the video/audio data memorized in said work memory and for converting the read-out video/audio data into desired video/audio data to be outputted to said video/audio output portion; an interruption instruction means for outputting an interruption instruction at a desired time period or frequency; a non-volatile memory; and a controller portion for controlling the identifier information and the information indicative of the reproducing position which are memorized in said work memory so as to be read out and to be stored into said non-volatile memory upon basis of the interruption instruction outputted at the desired time period or frequency from said interruption instruction means.