Patent ID: 6169845
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A method of reading out time-sequenced data from a system, in which the data is formed of a series of a plurality of units that are divided and recorded in a plurality of memories and the data is reproduced by selectively connecting the plurality of memories to a plurality of input-output passages, including first and second input-output passages, via a cross bar switch, said method comprising the steps of: (a) reading out a first unit of data via the cross bar switch from the first memory to the first input-output passage; (b) after said step (a), reading out a unit of data other than the first unit of data via the cross bar switch from a memory other than the first memory to the first input-output passage; and (c) during at least a part of a period of said step (b), reading out the first unit of data via the cross bar switch from the first memory to the second input-output passage.