Patent ID: 6832040
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A reproducing apparatus for reproducing recorded information recorded on an information recording medium, comprising:a drive to reproduce the recorded information from said information recording medium; a non-volatile memory to memorize management information including at least two separate management entries, each including an identifier of the information recording medium and position information indicative of a position on said information recording medium, where said drive reproduces the recorded information while maintaining correspondence with each other therebetween; and a controller to decide whether the identifier of a newly-loaded information recording medium is memorized or not memorized in said non-volatile memory and is coincident with an identifier previously reproduced from said information recording medium by said drive, wherein, if no identifier is memorized in said non-volatile memory which is coincident with the identifier reproduced from said newly-loaded information recording medium loaded on said drive, the recorded information is reproduced from said newly-loaded information recording medium loaded onto said drive, and the identifier of said newly-loaded information recording medium loaded on said drive and the position information indicative of the position of presently-reproduced recorded information on said information recording medium are initially memorized in said non volatile memory upon starting reproducing of said newly-loaded information recording medium as a new management entry so as to maintain a correspondence with each other therebetween.