Patent ID: 8060702
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information reproducing apparatus comprising: a memory which includes a plurality of memory areas in which input data are stored; a decoder which decodes the data; an intermediate memory which is disposed between the memory and the decoder and which temporarily stores, in succession, the data that are supplied from the memory and then outputs the data to the decoder; switching means for switching an output of the memory to one of the decoder and the intermediate memory; memory management means for managing arrangement information of the data that are stored in the plurality of memory areas; determination means for determining whether the data that are stored in the memory are arranged in continuous memory areas of the memory; and switching control means for switching, in a case where the determination means determines that the data are arranged in physically divided memory areas of the plurality of memory areas, the switching means in a manner to input the data output from the memory to the decoder via the intermediate memory, and switching, in a case where the determination means determines that the data are arranged in the continuous areas of the memory, the switching means in a manner to input the data output from the memory to the decoder.