Patent ID: 7352661

Claim:
An apparatus for reproducing information signals from an information-signal recording medium, comprising: a reproducing device for reproducing “n” information signals from the information-signal recording medium on a time sharing basis at a first transfer rate, wherein “n” denotes an integer greater than 1 and the reproducing device is movable relative to the information-signal recording medium; means for temporarily storing the reproduced “n” information signals, wherein the temporarily-storing means includes a first memory and a second memory; means for outputting the temporarily-stored “n” information signals from the temporarily-storing means at respective “n” transfer rates lower than the first transfer rate; and means for deciding amounts of the “n” information signals reproduced from the information-signal recording medium on the basis of (1) a time taken by the reproducing device to move from a point on the information-signal recording medium to a next point thereon, (2) the first transfer rate, and (3) the “n” transfer rates.