MDCP: Patent Abstact US05502700: Power saving method and apparatus for intermittently reading reproduction apparatus

US05502700 Power saving method and apparatus for intermittently reading reproduction apparatus

Assignee Sony Corporation

Assign./Filed March 26, 1996/ Sept. 28, 1994

Inventors Shinada; Akira

Summary Power conservation by turning off the motor when the shock-memory is full enough.

Abstract A reproducing or recording/reproducing apparatus having a constitution in which produced data read from a recording medium is stored in memory at a first transfer rate in a unit time and the stored data is read at a second transfer rate lower than the first transfer rate in the unit time. An operation of means for reading the reproduced data from the recording medium is stopped when an mount of the data accumulated in the storage means gets larger than a predetermined amount, allowing to save the power for driving the apparatus.

US05502700	Power saving method and apparatus for intermittently reading reproduction apparatus
Assignee	Sony Corporation
Assign./Filed	March 26, 1996/ Sept. 28, 1994
Inventors	Shinada; Akira
Summary	Power conservation by turning off the motor when the shock-memory is full enough.
Abstract	A reproducing or recording/reproducing apparatus having a constitution in which produced data read from a recording medium is stored in memory at a first transfer rate in a unit time and the stored data is read at a second transfer rate lower than the first transfer rate in the unit time. An operation of means for reading the reproduced data from the recording medium is stopped when an mount of the data accumulated in the storage means gets larger than a predetermined amount, allowing to save the power for driving the apparatus.