IP Library Granted Patent US 7,755,983
Granted Patent B2
US 7,755,983 · App. 11/858,019 · Granted Jul 13, 2010

Optical disc reproducing apparatus and recording medium

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Patent No.
US 7,755,983
App. No.
11/858,019
Granted
Jul 13, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical disc reproducing apparatus comprising: a buffer memory configured to store data read from sectors of an optical disc when information is reproduced; a controlling unit configured to cause the buffer memory to store first data read from a first sector and second data read from a second sector other than the first sector when the first sector of the sectors is designated; and an output unit configured to output the first data stored in the buffer memory to a processing circuit configured to reproduce the information when the first sector of the sectors is designated, and thereafter output the second data stored in the buffer memory to the processing circuit when the second sector of the sectors is designated.

Claims (28)

1. An optical disc reproducing apparatus comprising:

a buffer memory configured to store data read from sectors of an optical disc;

a determination unit configured to determine whether first data read from a first sector of the sectors is stored in the buffer memory when the first sector is designated;

a deleting unit configured to delete all of the data stored in the buffer memory based on a determination result of the determination unit indicating that the first data is not stored in the buffer memory;

a controlling unit configured to cause the buffer memory to store the first data and second data read from a second sector other than the first sector after the deleting unit has deleted all of the data stored in the buffer memory; and

an output unit configured to

output the first data stored in the buffer memory to a processing circuit configured to reproduce the information when the first sector of the sectors is designated, and thereafter

output the second data stored in the buffer memory to the processing circuit when the second sector of the sectors is designated.

2. The optical disc reproducing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the buffer memory has a storage capacity that is larger than a data amount of the first data, and wherein

the controlling unit causes the second data to be stored in all areas to write into other than an area to write into of the buffer memory in which the first data is stored.

3. The optical disc reproducing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the first data and the second data are data that are compressed at a predetermined compression rate, and wherein

based on compression information indicating the predetermined compression rate, the controlling unit determines the area to write into of the buffer memory to store the first data and the second data, corresponding to the predetermined compression rate.

4. The optical disc reproducing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the second sector is a sector from which the second data is read after the first data has been read from the first sector.

5. The optical disc reproducing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the second sector is a sector from which the second data is read sequentially after the first data has been read from the first sector.

6. A non-transient recording medium having stored thereon a program which, when executed by a computer controlling an optical disc reproducing apparatus including a buffer memory configured to store data read from sectors of an optical disc, causes the computer to perform actions comprising:

determining whether first data read from a first sector of the sectors is stored in the buffer memory when the first sector is designated;

deleting all of the data stored in the buffer memory based on a determination that the first data is not stored in the buffer memory;

causing the buffer memory to store the first data read from a first sector and second data read from a second sector other than the first sector after deleting all of the data stored in the buffer memory; and

outputting the first data stored in the buffer memory to a processing circuit configured to reproduce the information when the first sector of the sectors is designated, and thereafter outputting the second data stored in the buffer memory to the processing circuit when the second sector of the sectors is designated.

7. A method of reading data in a processor controlling an optical disc reproducing apparatus including a buffer memory configured to store data read from sectors of an optical disc, comprising:

determining whether first data read from a first sector of the sectors is stored in the buffer memory when the first sector is designated;

deleting all of the data stored in the buffer memory based on a determination that the first data is not stored in the buffer memory;

causing the buffer memory to store the first data read from a first sector and second data read from a second sector other than the first sector after deleting all of the data stored in the buffer memory; and

outputting the first data stored in the buffer memory to a processing circuit configured to reproduce the information when the first sector of the sectors is designated, and thereafter outputting the second data stored in the buffer memory to the processing circuit when the second sector of the sectors is designated.

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