Patent ID: 6662248
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: G11B,G11C

Abstract:
A recording/reproducing apparatus, comprising:memory means capable of storing a plurality of audio signals, wherein memory addresses within said memory means are arranged in a ring shape; control means for reproducing starting at a head address of an area storing unreproduced audio signals in said memory means in response to a reproducing command by a user, and for recording inputted audio signals from a memory address contiguous to said an area in response to a recording command by said user, wherein said control means stops said reproducing of said audio signals when said reproducing of said audio signals from said area of said memory means is completed; and an other memory means for storing a management table so as to manage said memory addresses within said memory means at respective divided areas, wherein said management table includes for each of said respective divided areas: a head address of said divided area, a head flag for indicating that said divided area is a first area for said writing of said inputted audio signals, and an unreproducing flag for indicating whether said divided area has been reproduced.