Patent ID: 6014766
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A digital signal reproducing method for reproducing a digital signal from data recorded on a storage medium, wherein,said storage medium comprises at least one correction block for storing the recorded data;said at least one correction block comprises a plurality of sectors in which the recorded data is stored, a plurality of first error correction codes, and a plurality of second error correction codes; andeach sector of said plurality of sectors constitutes a predetermined number of bytes of data, said digital signal reproducing method comprising:identifying a sector as having an error by reading said recorded data within said at least one correction block from said storage medium and detecting an error by performing first and second error correction processes on said read data; andperforming at least any one of the following steps in accordance with the result of said identifying a sector as having an error,retrying reading the recorded data within said at least one correction block including the identified sector having an error,outputting, from a correction block with the identified sector having an error, recorded data from at least one sector other than the identified sector having an error; andoutputting recorded data from at least one sector within the correction block whether the correction block including the identified sector has error or not.