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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1999
Kazunori Matsuo, Saitama-ken, JP;
Yasutaka Suzuki, Saitama-ken, JP;
Masakazu Takahashi, Saitama-ken, JP;
Yoshimichi Nishio, Saitama-ken, JP;
Hideaki Watarihana, Saitama-ken, JP;
Hiroki Goto, Saitama-ken, JP;
Teruo Takahashi, Saitama-ken, JP;
Kiyoshi Furukawa, Saitama-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Saitama-ken, JP;
Hidetsugu Kubota, Saitama-ken, JP;
Takuya Abe, Saitama-ken, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disc reproducing apparatus is provided which is adapted to scan information tracks to read information recorded on an information recording medium. This disc reproducing apparatus comprises: determining means capable of determining an actually happened track jump, said determining being effected when a difference between a present reproducing positional information and a reference reproducing positional information is larger than a predetermined value; detecting means for detecting a present track position which is just being reproduced at a present time; and setting means for setting said predetermined value corresponding to the present track position, in accordance with a result of the detecting means.