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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1998
Keiichi Asakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reproducing apparatus for a recording medium on which information signals and information indicating the type of the information signals are recorded includes a housing section, a reproducing section, a carrier mechanism, and a controller. The housing section houses plural recording media. The reproducing section reproduces a recording medium. The carrier mechanism takes out a recording medium from the housing section and carries the recording medium to the reproducing section. The controller controls the reproducing section and the carrier mechanism. The controller controls the carrier mechanism on the basis of category information indicating a genre and information related to a reproduction frequency generated on the basis of reproduction hysteresis information of the recording medium, so as to carry out relocation within the housing section of the recording media housed in the housing section.