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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Taro Mori, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Taro Mori, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B005/09 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to easily and quickly decode a plurality of types of compressed audio data. A compressed audio data reproduction apparatus comprising a plurality of decoders configured to decode compressed audio data of respective exclusive compression forms, a compression form identifying portion configured to identify the compression form based on header information of the compressed audio data, and a selector configured to select the decoders corresponding to the compression form identified by said compression form identifying portion from said plurality of decoders.