Reproducing apparatus with transfer buffer and shared extended memory
US5625792A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 25, 1995 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/2545
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A reproducing apparatus including a rotating means having a disk-like recording medium set thereon and rotating the disk-like recording medium, a reproducing means for reproducing information data from the disk-like recording medium, a control means for controlling at least the rotating means and the reproducing means, a memory means for temporarily storing information data reproduced by the reproducing means and interface means for transferring information data stored in the memory means to an external device in accordance with a read request supplied thereto from the control means, wherein a memory region of the memory means is assigned to a transfer buffer region whose data transfer destination is the disk-like recording medium and an extended memory region from which data is transferred to an arbitrary destination and in which data is inhibited from being replaced to a region in which data is recorded.
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