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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1998
Yoshiro Nishimoto, Kobe, JP;
Takashi Morita, Kobe, JP;
Toshiro Yamashita, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuya Takahashi, Kobe, JP;
Toshiaki Shimoda, Kobe, JP;
Kazushige Harada, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho., Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A digital information reproducing apparatus in accordance with a prior art that uses a semiconductor memory to realize a memory means cannot reproduce digital data which has been encoded according to a compression coding form different from the one adopted by an incorporated decoding circuit. According to the present invention, a decoding program stored in a second semiconductor memory is selected according to a compression coding form adopted for digital data stored in a first semiconductor memory. The selected decoding program is used to decode the digital data by means of an arithmetic circuit. Thus, digital information can be reproduced irrespective of a compression coding form adopted for provided digital information.