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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
May. 24, 2005
Nobukazu Kurauchi, Aichi, JP;
Nobukazu Kurauchi, Aichi, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A reproduction apparatus is provided which is capable of reproducing audio data continuously and unbrokenly, without increasing the storage capacity of a storing means. An optical pick-upreads audio information from an optical-disk mediumand reads, from the optical-disk medium, image information recorded in a position different from the audio information; a first audio compression sectionlowers the capacity of the read audio information; a first audio storage sectionstores the audio information whose capacity has been lowered; an audio output sectionreproduces the stored audio information; a first image storage sectionstores the read image information; an image output sectionreproduces the stored image information; the audio information includes first audio information and second audio information which is continuously reproduced after the first audio information; and the first audio compression sectionlowers the capacity of the first audio information, so that the reading of the second audio information is completed before the reproduction of the first audio information is completed, for the period of time when the image information is reproduced.