Abstract:
The sector synchronism of a timing generation section (114) for generating data recording/reproducing timing is corrected at the address-mark detection timing of an address-mark detection section (111). Moreover, even if only one piece of address information having no error is not reproduced in the sector concerned, when at least one piece of address information having no error is reproduced in any of a predetermined number of sectors preceding the subject sector and at least one address mark is detected in the subject sector, the data recording/reproducing is permitted, and thus the data is recorded/reproduced at a high speed and a high reliability even if an error rate of a physical address is deteriorated.
Abstract:
An apparatus, method and computer program product for a hard disk drive (10) defect detection system. In one embodiment, a method of detecting defects on the surface of a disk (12) having a plurality of tracks (t n ) is recited. The method comprises reading, one or more times, the servo bits for a plurality of sectors (i) and determining a burst measure for at least one sector, where the burst measure is a function of the burst signals for the sector. This method further comprises determining a reference value, where the reference value is a function of the burst signals of the plurality of sectors, and comparing the burst measure of at least one sector to the reference value to identify a potential defect. In one embodiment, a sector is mapped as defective where its burst measure differs from the reference value by at least 5 percent.
Abstract:
A method of operating a file for a system for writing and/or rewriting real time files to which real time recording/or reproduction attribute information is assigned, the method comprising the step of: operating the real time files in correspondence with any one process among a real time file creation process, an area allocation process, a recording process, a reproduction process, a deletion process, and a closing process, using the real time recording and/or reproduction attribute information; characterised in that: the real time recording and/or reproduction information is stored in a file type field in an information control block (ICB) TAG field of a file entry for a universal disk format (UDF) system.
Abstract:
An encoded signal that comprises a plurality of received encoded signal values is received by using an error correction decoding technique to generate a plurality of decoded signals and one more decoded error detection signals. A correction value is generated that is representative of how much correction was performed by the error correction decoding technique to generate the plurality of decoded signals. The one or more decoded error detection signals are used to generate an error detection result. The decoded information signals are then alternatively accepted or rejected as a function of the error detection result and a comparison of the correction value with a threshold value.
Abstract:
The present invention aims to enable revision of additional information buried in contents data with less burden on hardware. For this purpose, a predetermined amount of inputted contents data is temporarily stored in buffer means, the additional information buried in the contents data being detected from the contents data temporarily stored in the buffer means, the contents of the detected additional information being estimated, the contents data being made to be recorded in a predetermined medium when estimated that the contents data can be recorded, and the contents data being made not to be recorded in the medium when estimated that the contents data must not be recorded. In addition, when estimated that revision of the additional information is necessary, the relevant part of data stored in the buffer means is revised while it is being stored in the buffer means.
Abstract:
A disk physical strain correction signal generation means (11) outputs a signal obtained by allowing a phase compensation signal (S8) to pass a LPF as a disk physical strain correction signal (S11) during a normal period. During a defect detection period, it outputs the output signal of the LPF sampled at the time of the defect detection start as the disk physical strain correction signal (S11). The disturbance pulse detection means (13a) outputs a disturbance pulse correction signal (S13) based upon a disturbance pulse (S13a) obtained by subtracting the disk physical strain correction signal (S11) from the phase compensation signal (S8). The addition means (12) adds the disk physical strain correction signal (S11) and the disturbance pulse correction signal (S13) to output a defect compensation signal (S12). This defect compensation signal (S12) is applied as an actuator control signal (S20) during the detect detection period. Thus, it is possible to provide an optical disk device which can carry out a stable driving control for a reproducing operation, etc. without losing the continuity of control before and after the defect detection even when the defect detection period is long.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to method and apparatus of converting a series of data words into modulated signals. This method divides a data word, which a sync signal is to be added in front or rear of when it is written in a recording medium, into two or more word segments, generates for each word segment a number of intermediate sequences by combining mutually different digital words with that word segment, scrambles these intermediate sequences to form alternative sequences, translates each alternative sequence into a (d,k) constrained sequence, checks how many undesired sub-sequences are contained in each (d,k) constrained sequence, and selects one (d,k) constrained sequence for recording on an optical or magneto-optical recording medium among the (d,k) constrained sequences not having the undesired sub-sequence. Applying this method to a modulating device, DSV control can be conducted by much simpler hardware.
Abstract:
A method for recording data on an optical medium is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving main data from a data source, determining a plurality of data frame values in response to the main data, inverting at least one selected bit in at least one of the data frame values to generate a plurality of encoded data frames, scrambling the encoded data frames by a feedback shift register to generate scrambled data frames, generating ECC values in response to the scrambled data frames, adding the ECC values to the scrambled data frames to generate an ECC block, rearranging the ECC block to generate a plurality of recording frames, encoding the recording frames by an eight-to-sixteen modulation (ESM) encoder to generate code words, adding sync values to the code words to generate a plurality of physical sectors, and recording the physical sectors on the optical medium. A complementary method for reading and decoding data from an optical medium is also disclosed. These complementary encoding and decoding schemes provide a method for creating and reading proprietary format DVDs which may not be read or copied by conventional DVD players. These encoding and decoding schemes result from relatively minor modifications to existing DVD standards, allowing many standard system components to be used and thereby making the encoding/decoding system relatively easy and inexpensive to implement.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for reacquiring synchronization of a clock synchronization signal (58) with a data signal (60) in a non-tracking storage device is presented. A packet error detector (46) detects errors in data packets (55) from a data signal (60) and generates a packet error status (56) for each reconstructed packet (55). A read quality detector (42) monitors the packet error status (56) and determines whether the quality of the data signal (60) is of an acceptable versus unacceptable read quality condition. The read quality condition is based on the number of consecutive packets in which an error is detected. Upon detection of an unacceptable read quality condition, the read channel is disabled and the clock synchronize signal (58) is relocked to a known reference frequency (54). The read channel is then reenabled and the clock synchronization signal (58) is relocked to the data signal (60).