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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
May. 24, 2001
Masayuki Imada, Hiroshima-Ken, JP;
Yoichi Yamamoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Masahiro Kawasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshinori Imanishi, Hiroshima, JP;
Toru Suetomo, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Masayuki Imada, Hiroshima-Ken, JP;
Yoichi Yamamoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Masahiro Kawasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshinori Imanishi, Hiroshima, JP;
Toru Suetomo, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A disk reproducing apparatus and a disk reproducing method which permit continuous reproduction of data of the RTR type without interruption and without affecting real time reproduction. A defective block list with defective blocks and alternative blocks registered linked to each other by the types of defective blocks has been acquired beforehand from a recording medium and when there arises need to read a defective block, its alternative block is read out and forwarded to a reproduction requester. Here, reading control means identifies the type of defective blocks registered on the defective block list and controls the reading according to the identification results.