摘要:
Multibeam optical disk record and reproduction apparatus and method, in which at least two light beams generated are concentrated in different positions of on recording tracks of a recording medium to record or reproduce data to or from the recording medium on the different positions at the same time. The light beams are moved independently of each other across the recording tracks so that any one light beam is movable during the recording or reproducing of data by another light beam. This allows parallel recording/reproducing with a plurality of light beams without producing areas unaccessed due to the jumps of the light beams.
摘要:
In a wobble signal detecting circuit provided by the present invention, a wobble signal is converted into binary data before being supplied to a PLL circuit by way of a polarity switching circuit and a clock switching circuit. The PLL circuit outputs a recording/playback timing generation clock signal. The frequency of the recording/playback timing generation clock signal is divided by a frequency dividing circuit before being fed back to the PLL circuit. A difference in phase between the wobble signal and the feedback signal is detected by a phase inversion detecting circuit and, if the difference in phase exceeds a phase difference determined in advance, the phase inversion detecting circuit generates a polarity switching signal for switching the polarity of the wobble signal. The polarity switching signal is used to invert the polarity of the polarity switching circuit.
摘要:
In a rotary type storage apparatus and a control method thereof, a plurality of concentric or spiral information tracks are set and also each of the plural information tracks is subdivided into a plurality of sectors along a circumferential direction, which constitute a plurality of information recording planes. Also, in this apparatus and method, there are provided a plurality of read/write heads employed at each of the information recording planes and accessible to the information tracks, and also a head drive mechanism for positioning these plural read/write heads to the information tracks. At least one of the plural information recording planes corresponds to such a recording plane where a substitution information track has been set, on which a substitution sector corresponding to a failed sector present at another information recording plane is recorded.
摘要:
An optical disk storage access method using a fine and coarse actuators for positioning a light spot to an intended track on the disk, wherein a pulse is generated each time the light spot has traversed a track, the pulses are counted to determine the distance from the current spot position to a target track, the fine actuator is activated depending on the measured distance, and the fine and coarse actuators are operated in unison so that the light spot is positioned to the target track.
摘要:
In an optical information recording apparatus in which a plurality of light beams are focused on a disc to form a write/read spot or an erase spot, the position of the light spots on a track of the disc is detected to control the distance between the light spots or the length of the light spots, so that even when the positions at which the light spots are formed differ in the radial direction of the disc, uniform and accurate write/read/erase of information can be effected irrespective of the light spot positions.
摘要:
An optical recording apparatus wherein in front and rear of a first light spot for recording predetermined information along a guide groove provided in a recording medium beforehand, two second light spots and two third light spots are arranged along the guide groove and in a manner to mutually deviate from the center of the guide groove; the second light spots are arranged in an area with no information recorded therein, while the third light spots are arranged in an area with the information recorded therein; and the position of the first light spot is controlled on the basis of the difference between the quantities of light of the second light spots and the difference between the quantities of light of the third light spots, so as to track the information.
摘要:
In an optical information processor such as an optical disc apparatus, when a light beam is irradiated to a plurality of tracks on an information recording medium, the plurality of tracks act as a diffraction grating. Areas in which light receiving parts of a light detector are arranged are determined by a track pitch, a wavelength and a numerical aperture of a condenser lens so that the light detector detects only a change in a light intensity due to an interference between a 0-order diffracted light ray and a 1-order diffracted light ray.
摘要:
Due to the axial runout of an optical disc, a frequency of a high-frequency current to be superimposed onto a DC current could not be maintained. In order to solve the problem described above, a drive signal is generated by superimposing a high-frequency signal onto a DC current, the drive signal is applied to a laser beam light source, thereby the light source is driven; and a servo signal at a signal level corresponding to a defocus amount of the laser beam relative to the surface of the optical disc is generated based on a reflected light of the laser beam from the recording surface of the optical disc, and a low-frequency component of the servo signal is extracted, and thereby the frequency of the high-frequency signal to be superimposed onto the DC current in the light source driver is controlled based on the low-frequency component of the servo signal.
摘要:
Pulses modulated between the erase power and the bottom power are used instead of cooling pulses for an optical disk medium that needs a write strategy with 4-valued power levels. Consequently, pulse instruction lines for the cooling pulses, power level instruction lines, and corresponding current source within the laser driver can be omitted. Decrease in size and lower power consumption can be accomplished.
摘要:
A method of recording data into a recording medium by forming a recording region which is physically different from the nonrecorded portions is disclosed. The optical data recording/reproducing method includes a first trial writing operation in which trial writing data are recorded into the recording medium while changing the recording power conditions, the recorded trial writing data are reproduced, and the reproduced trial writing data are evaluated to set an optimum recording power. The method also includes a second trial writing operation in which trial writing data are recorded into the recording medium while changing the servo conditions, the recorded trial writing data are reproduced, and the reproduced trial writing data are evaluated to set optimum servo conditions.