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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2007
Atsuhiko Chikaoka, Daito, JP;
Tetsuya Shihara, Daito, JP;
Atsuhiko Chikaoka, Daito, JP;
Tetsuya Shihara, Daito, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a disc device capable of normally reproducing recorded information on a disc type recording medium while complementing the recorded information in a damaged portion of the recording medium with complementary information, and capable of constantly holding useful complementary information. The complementary information for complementing the recorded information in the damaged portion of the optical disc is acquired from a server and saved in a storage area of a storing unit, and the recorded information on the optical disc is reproduced while complementing the recorded information in the damaged portion with the complementary information. When a capacity of a free space in the storage area is less than a capacity necessary for saving acquired new complementary information, usefulness of the complementary information is evaluated based on time elapsed from last referenced time, a reference count, and an acquisition required expense for the complementary information saved in the storage area, the complementary information is deleted from the storage area in order of lower usefulness to enlarge the free space, and the new complementary information is saved in the free space.