Patent ID: 7813617
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A data recording/reproducing apparatus, comprising: a temporary storage unit for storing a data stream including a plurality of data units, which is divided into M (M is a natural number) segments that stores the plurality of data units; a control unit for detecting that K (K is a natural number) data units related to the order of reproducing or recording data of a first data unit, after the first data unit included in the data stream is stored in the temporary storage unit, and setting relational information for the K data units in the first data unit; and a recording/reproducing unit that receives the data stream including the set first data unit from the temporary storage unit on a segment basis, and references the received data stream to generate recording data to record the data on a recording medium, and/or reads the recorded data from the recording medium to reproduce the read data wherein a storage capacity of the temporary storage unit is set to satisfy the following expression if a reference number is a natural number smaller than M: