Patent ID: 6754150
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A contents data reproducing apparatus for reproducing plural pieces of contents data stored in a storage medium, comprising:a pickup for reading the contents data from the storage medium; a level comparison means for comparing between a level of the contents data read by said pickup and a predetermined reference level; a buffer for storing the contents data read by said pickup; a reproducing means for reproducing the contents data stored in said buffer; and a control means for writing the contents data read by said pickup into said buffer and for reading the contents data stored in said buffer to send said contents data to said reproducing means; wherein: when said pickup finishes reading of a reproducing object piece of contents data, said control means stops writing of the contents data into said buffer and makes said pickup move to a front of a next reproducing object piece of contents data to start reading of said next reproducing object piece of contents data; and when, a result of comparison by said level comparison means shows that a level of said next reproducing object piece of contents data becomes higher than said predetermined reference level, then, said control means stars writing of the next reproducing object piece of contents data, which is read by said pickup, into said buffer means.