Patent ID: 6839309
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A reproducing apparatus for reproducing by reading data from a recording medium, comprising: a driving means for rotating said recording medium; a reproducing means for reproducing data from said recording medium; a memory means for temporarily memorizing data reproduced by said reproducing means; a memory capacity detecting means for detecting the memory capacity of the data memorized in said memory means; a memory control means for reading data memorized in said memory means at a first speed and intermittently memorizing data reproduced by said reproducing means in said memory means at a second speed higher than said first speed; means for controlling said driving means so as to interrupt a drive of said recording medium by said driving means after the memory capacity of the data memorized reaches a first predetermined amount and before a storage capacity of a memory reaches a second predetermined amount; means for controlling said reproducing means to reproduce data from said recording medium at least during an inertial rotation of said recording medium after the drive of said recording medium is interrupted; means for controlling said memory control means to continue to memorize said data in said memory means after said first predetermined amount is reached; and means for controlling said memory control means so as to interrupt the memorization of said data by said memory means after the memory capacity reaches a second predetermined amount.