Patent ID: 8046094

Claim:
An audio reproducing apparatus comprising: an audio output module configured to output an audio signal; a receiver configured to receive a digital broadcast signal; a demodulating module configured to demodulate the digital broadcast signal received by the receiver; a decoder configured to decode digital broadcast signal demodulated by the demodulating module and to generate an audio signal; a generating module configured to generate resuming audio data based on the audio signal of a given time period, the audio signal being output from the decoding module; a storage module configured to store the resuming audio data generated by the generating module; a switch configured to switch a source of the audio signal to be output from the audio output module between the decoder and the storage module; and a controller configured to control the switch to switch the source to the storage module for causing a leading part of the resuming audio data, which is stored after resuming the decoding, from among the resuming audio data stored in the storage module to be output while being faded-in, when the decoding by the decoding module is resumed after being suspended, wherein the audio signal that is applied with the decoding by the decoder is added with time information that indicates a time point to output the audio signal by the audio output module, and wherein the controller is configured to compare a difference time between a current time and the time information added to the audio signal output after the decoding is resumed and a time takes for the resuming audio data to be generated and output while being faded-in by the audio output module, when the decoding is resumed, and to control the switch to switch the source to the storage module and to cause the resuming audio data to be output while being faded-in when determined that the difference time is longer.