Patent ID: 7380160

Claim:
An apparatus for handling a failure in reading a storage medium, comprising: a media-type distinguishing unit determining whether the storage medium to be reproduced is a motion picture medium; and a reading failure handling unit controlling a pick-up to shift positions on the storage medium if the storage medium is determined to be the motion picture medium and to read data from a position arrived at by shifting when a failure in reading the motion picture medium occurs, wherein the reading failure handling unit controls the pick-up to jump a predetermined number of addresses from where a first failure in reading the motion picture medium occurs and reads data from an address arrived at by jumping, and then, if a second failure occurs, controls the pick-up to jump a predetermined track length from the address and read data from a position arrived at by jumping the tracks, and wherein the predetermined track length is determined by multiplying a current reproduction speed of the storage medium and a predetermined reproduction time.