Patent ID: 7042814
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: G10H,G11B

Abstract:
1. An information playback apparatus for playing back information from an optical disc, comprising: an optical pickup for reading information from the optical disc; a rotating body provided rotatably, a detecting unit for detecting a rotating speed and a rotating direction of the rotating body, a sensing unit for sensing a pressure on or a contact with the rotating body; a control unit for setting a playback speed and a playback direction of the playback information in response to the rotating speed and the rotating direction detected by the detecting unit when the sensing unit has detected a pressure on or a contact with the rotating body; a memory for storing information read by the optical pickup as memory information; a judging unit for judging whether the memory information stored in the memory is insufficient; wherein: the memory stores predetermined ranges of information before and after information to be read out; once the judging unit judges that the memory information stored in the memory is insufficient, the optical pickup reads from the optical disc information to be continued with the memory information and stores the read information in the memory.