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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/85 ; H04N 5/91 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/85 ; H04N 5/91 ;
Abstract
A continuous recorded information reproducing apparatus which has disk management means for managing the load state on each disk, read prediction control means for instructing read means to read data so as not to hinder read of any other reproduction data, and reproduction start time alternative rule storage means for storing an alternative rule for reading alternative data as required at the time, wherein at the reproduction start time of continuous data, data is read from the disk from which data can be read within the one-frame time, so that the response speed at the reproduction start time can be guaranteed within the one-frame time.