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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1993
Osamu Hira, Tokorozawa, JP;
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information reproducing apparatus, to which a recording medium having record information and table of contents information is mounted, controls a reproduction operation on the basis of the table of contents information. The apparatus includes: an operation input device by which various command data are inputted; a first memory for temporarily storing reproduction control information including the table of contents information; a reproduction device for reproducing the recording medium according to the inputted command data; a second memory of non-volatile type for storing the reproduction control information in correspondence with each recording medium; and a memory control device for storing into the second memory the reproduction control information stored in the first memory the at least one of the inputted command data and an operation condition of the reproduction device indicate a continuous stop condition of the reproduction operation. The reproduction device reproduces the recording medium on the basis of the reproduction control information stored in the first and second memory according to circumstances.