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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1994
Isao Wada, Chiba, JP;
Junichi Aramaki, Chiba, JP;
Akihisa Inatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Kajiyama, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a disc reproducing apparatus in which a signal recorded on a disc is optically read out from the disc and reproduced as an audio signal. This disc reproducing apparatus includes a memory in which digital data is stored temporarily, a controller for controlling write and read of the memory such that the digital data is intermittently written in the memory at the first transfer rate and the digital data is continuously read out from the memory at a second transfer rate lower than the first transfer rate and a display device for displaying an amount of the digital data stored in the memory so that an increase or decrease of the amount of the digital data can be visually confirmed. Further, the present invention is directed to a disc recording apparatus in which an input digital audio signal is encoded and recorded on a disc. This disc recording apparatus includes a memory in which compressed data is temporarily stored. A controller for controlling the memory such that the compressed data is continuously written in the memory and the compressed data stored in the memory is intermittently read out from the memory at every predetermined data amount, and a display device for displaying a storage amount of the compressed data stored in the memory so that an increase or decrease of the amount of the compressed data can be visually confirmed.