Apparatus method and system for increased digital media recording throughput
    61.
    发明授权
    Apparatus method and system for increased digital media recording throughput 有权
    用于提高数字媒体记录吞吐量的装置方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US06816093B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-11-09

    申请号:US10726941

    申请日:2003-12-03

    IPC分类号: H03M700

    摘要: A source data stream is distributed to two or more compression paths that provide a corresponding number of compressed data streams that are concurrently encoded onto a recording medium as a set of media tracks. In one embodiment, buffer space within each compression path is monitored and the source data stream is directed to a ‘starved’ compression path. Metadata is inserted into the compressed data streams to facilitate reconstruction of the source data stream from the compressed data streams. The source data stream may be reconstructed by concurrently decoding the media tracks, decompressing the compressed data streams to a corresponding set of decompressed data streams, and merging the decompressed streams into an output data stream as directed by the metadata. The present invention overcomes the bottlenecks and other issues previously associated with context-based compression within digital media recording systems.

    摘要翻译: 源数据流被分配到两个或更多个压缩路径,其提供作为一组媒体轨道并行地编码到记录介质上的相应数量的压缩数据流。 在一个实施例中,监视每个压缩路径内的缓冲区空间,并将源数据流引导到“饥饿”压缩路径。 将元数据插入到压缩数据流中以便于从压缩数据流重建源数据流。 源数据流可以通过同时解码媒体轨道,将压缩数据流解压缩到相应的解压缩数据流集合,并按照元数据的指示将解压缩流合并成输出数据流来重构。 本发明克服了以前在数字媒体记录系统中与基于上下文的压缩相关联的瓶颈和其它问题。

    Optical disc drive
    63.
    发明申请
    Optical disc drive 审中-公开
    光盘驱动器

    公开(公告)号:US20030031105A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-02-13

    申请号:US10213712

    申请日:2002-08-07

    发明人: Yuichi Maekawa

    IPC分类号: G11B007/125

    摘要: Disclosed is an optical disc drive that can resume to record data consecutively from the position just after the data recording operation was suspended without overwriting when recording data onto an optical disc. The optical disc drive includes a rotational driving mechanism for rotating the loaded optical disc; an optical pick-up having emitting means that emits a laser beam for recording data to the optical disc; a laser control circuit for controlling an output of the laser beam; a drive circuit for driving the emitting means; and voltage hold means provided between the laser control circuit and the drive circuit for holding a voltage to be input to the drive circuit at a voltage value at which an output of the laser beam becomes an optimum level for recording data onto the optical disc. The voltage hold means holds the voltage to be input to the drive circuit to the voltage value at which the output of the laser beam becomes the optimum level for recording.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种光盘驱动器,其可以在数据记录操作暂停之后的位置连续地记录数据,而在将数据记录到光盘上时不重写。 光盘驱动器包括用于旋转加载的光盘的旋转驱动机构; 具有发射装置的光拾取器,其发射用于将数据记录到光盘的激光束; 用于控制激光束的输出的激光控制电路; 用于驱动所述发射装置的驱动电路; 以及设置在激光控制电路和驱动电路之间的电压保持装置,用于将激光束的输出变为用于将数据记录到光盘上的最佳电平的电压值保持输入到驱动电路的电压。 电压保持装置将要输入到驱动电路的电压保持为激光束的输出变为用于记录的最佳电平的电压值。

    Optical disc apparatus
    64.
    发明申请
    Optical disc apparatus 有权
    光盘装置

    公开(公告)号:US20020176336A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-11-28

    申请号:US10199042

    申请日:2002-07-22

    发明人: Kazutaka Yamamoto

    IPC分类号: G11B007/0045

    摘要: An optical disc apparatus includes a pause circuit for pausing data encoders upon receiving a pause signal so that a write operation may be paused without writing dummy data, thereby maintaining data succession. The optical disc apparatus also includes a circuit for accurately determining a write start location by referring to previously written data. A processor generates a pause signal when the amount of data in the optical drive apparatus data buffer is low, and removes the pause signal when additional data from a host is received. The processor may also automatically reduce the write speed of the optical disc apparatus upon a pause condition, thereby preventing the necessity for excessive pausing.

    摘要翻译: 光盘装置包括暂停电路,用于在接收到暂停信号时暂停数据编码器,从而可以暂停写入操作而不写入伪数据,从而保持数据的继承。 光盘装置还包括用于通过参考先前写入的数据来准确地确定写开始位置的电路​​。 当光盘驱动装置数据缓冲器中的数据量低时,处理器产生暂停信号,并且当接收到来自主机的附加数据时,处理器停止暂停信号。 处理器还可以在暂停条件下自动降低光盘装置的写入速度,从而防止过度暂停的必要性。

    Optical disk apparatus
    66.
    发明申请
    Optical disk apparatus 有权
    光盘装置

    公开(公告)号:US20010001265A1

    公开(公告)日:2001-05-17

    申请号:US09741900

    申请日:2000-12-22

    发明人: Kazutaka Yamamoto

    IPC分类号: G11B007/0045

    摘要: An optical disc apparatus includes a pause circuit for pausing data encoders upon receiving a pause signal so that a write operation may be paused without writing dummy data, thereby maintaining data succession. The optical disc apparatus also includes a circuit for accurately determining a write start location by referring to previously written data. A processor generates a pause signal when the amount of data in the optical drive apparatus data buffer is low, and removes the pause signal when additional data from a host is received. The processor may also automatically reduce the write speed of the optical disc apparatus upon a pause condition, thereby preventing the necessity for excessive pausing.

    摘要翻译: 光盘装置包括暂停电路,用于在接收到暂停信号时暂停数据编码器,从而可以暂停写入操作而不写入伪数据,从而保持数据的继承。 光盘装置还包括用于通过参考先前写入的数据来准确地确定写开始位置的电路​​。 当光盘驱动装置数据缓冲器中的数据量低时,处理器产生暂停信号,并且当接收到来自主机的附加数据时,处理器停止暂停信号。 处理器还可以在暂停条件下自动降低光盘装置的写入速度,从而防止过度暂停的必要性。

    Information recording apparatus and information reproducing apparatus
    67.
    发明授权
    Information recording apparatus and information reproducing apparatus 有权
    信息记录装置和信息再现装置

    公开(公告)号:US06219309B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-04-17

    申请号:US09263851

    申请日:1999-03-08

    IPC分类号: G11B1722

    摘要: An apparatus records main information and sub information onto an information recording medium, which has a main recording area and a sub recording area. The apparatus is provided with an receiving device that receives the main information input from the external source; an accumulating device that accumulates the main information received by the receiving device; a recording device that records the main information and the sub information to the main recording area and the sub recording area, respectively; and a controller that determines whether or not an amount of the main information accumulated in the accumulating device is smaller than a predetermined amount, and that controls the recording device. In the apparatus, the recording device records the sub information to the sub recording area under a control of the controller if the controller determines that the amount of the main information accumulated in the accumulating device is smaller than the predetermined amount, and the recording device records the main information to the main recording area under a control of the controller if the controller determines that the amount of the main information accumulated in the accumulating device is not smaller than the predetermined amount.

    摘要翻译: 一种装置将主要信息和子信息记录在信息记录介质上,信息记录介质具有主记录区和副记录区。 该装置设置有接收从外部源输入的主信息的接收装置; 累积装置,其累积由所述接收装置接收的所述主信息; 记录装置,分别将主信息和子信息记录到主记录区和副记录区; 以及控制器,其确定累积在所述累积装置中的所述主信息的量是否小于预定量,并且控制所述记录装置。 在该装置中,如果控制器确定累积在累积装置中的主信息的量小于预定量,则记录装置在控制器的控制下将副信息记录到副记录区域,并且记录装置记录 如果控制器确定累积在累积装置中的主信息的量不小于预定量,则在控制器的控制下的主记录区域的主要信息。

    DVD audio decoder having a direct access PCM FIFO
    68.
    发明授权
    DVD audio decoder having a direct access PCM FIFO 失效
    DVD音频解码器具有直接访问PCM FIFO

    公开(公告)号:US6119091A

    公开(公告)日:2000-09-12

    申请号:US105487

    申请日:1998-06-26

    IPC分类号: H04B1/66 H04B15/00

    摘要: An audio decoder is described which supports simple sound-effect generation. The audio decoder includes a direct access pulse code modulation (PCM) first-in-first-out buffer (FIFO) to support simple sound effect generation. In one embodiment, the audio decoder additionally includes an input buffer, a decoding module, and an output interface. The input buffer buffers incoming data frames for the decoding module to retrieve and convert to a sequence of decoded audio samples. The FIFO is configured to receive and buffer audio sound effect samples from a control component external to the audio decoder. The output interface is configurable to retrieve decoded audio samples from the decoding module and audio sound effect samples from the FIFO. Any retrieved audio sound effect samples are included in a digital audio output signal provided by the output interface. The digital audio output signal may be provided directly to a digital-to-analog converter for sound reproduction. The availability of the FIFO for direct writing of audio samples by control components of the system provides desirable system features at negligible cost. A control component of the system is provided with the ability to easily generate test tones, to produce audio feedback to assist in user-control manipulation, and to support new system features such as alarm clocks and timers.

    摘要翻译: 描述了支持简单声音效果生成的音频解码器。 音频解码器包括直接存取脉冲编码调制(PCM)先进先出缓冲器(FIFO),以支持简单的声音效果产生。 在一个实施例中,音频解码器另外包括输入缓冲器,解码模块和输出接口。 输入缓冲器缓冲用于解码模块的输入数据帧,以检索和转换为解码音频样本序列。 FIFO被配置为从音频解码器外部的控制组件接收和缓冲音频声音效果样本。 输出接口可配置为从解码模块检索解码音频样本,并从FIFO中获取音频声音效果样本。 任何检索的音频声音效果样本都包含在由输出接口提供的数字音频输出信号中。 数字音频输出信号可以直接提供给用于声音再现的数模转换器。 用于由系统的控制部件直接写入音频样本的FIFO的可用性以可忽略的成本提供期望的系统特征。 该系统的控制部件能够容易地生成测试音,产生音频反馈以帮助用户控制操纵,以及支持诸如闹钟和计时器之类的新系统功能。