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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1998
Kenichi Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A disk apparatus comprises a buffer memory and a controller for alternately recording onto and reproducing from an optical disk in a time sharing manner. During recording onto a recording area of the optical disk, during reproducing from a reproducing area of the optical disk, and during accessing in which an optical head moves between both of the areas for accessing, inputted video data is written into a buffer memory, video data stored in the memory is read and recorded at a speed that is at least twice higher than an average bit rate, and video data recorded on the reproducing area is reproduced at a speed that is at least twice higher than an average bit rate. During reproducing and during accessing in which the optical head is moved between both areas for accessing, digital continuous data stored in the memory is read and outputted, at a predetermined bit rate, to a monitor.