摘要:
An information reproducing method includes the steps o of reading information from an information medium that is rotated, and determining a rotation velocity of the information medium on the basis of a data transfer rate based on a specification of a read request.
摘要:
A data storage apparatus, which can format a recording medium in the background, that verifies data written in a designated region of the recording medium if the designated region has not yet been certified in the background, and writes the data in an alterative region of the recording medium if the designated region is found defective. Since the data storage apparatus either certifies the designated region of the recording medium or verifies the data written in the designated region, the data storage apparatus can enhance the reliability of the data written in the recording medium, but the data storage apparatus does not waste time by verifying the designated region of the recording medium two times or more.
摘要:
An information recording apparatus and method can prevent an information recording medium having a plurality of recording layers from being incompatible with a reproduction-only information recording medium due to an unrecorded area, which is produced by completion of recording in a middle of a data area of the recording layer. The recording layers include at least a first recording layer and a second recording layer, the first recording layer providing a reference with respect to a position of said data area in each of the recording layers. The user data is recorded in response to a recording request. After recording the user data, predetermined data is recorded in a predetermined unrecorded area in the second recording layer.
摘要:
A data storage apparatus, including a controller that formats a rewritable recording medium in the background, interrupts the background formatting when a host computer requests to store data in the rewritable recording medium, stores the data in the rewritable recording medium after interrupting the background formatting, revises control information stored in a predetermined region of the rewritable recording medium after storing the data, and resumes the background formatting after revising the control information. The data storage apparatus according can revise control information indicating the address up to which the background formatting has been performed and the address of an unformatted recording region in which user data have been recorded, for example, at an appropriate timing during the background formatting.
摘要:
An information recording apparatus that records information on an information recording medium includes a setting mechanism that sets defect management information including information with respect to a specific area in a recording area of the information recording medium in which a defect detection process need not be performed, a recording mechanism that records data in the recording area, and a determining mechanism that determines whether to perform the defect detection process in a recording target area in the recording area in which the data is recorded, based on the defect management information and information with respect to the recording target area. By setting an AV data area as a specific area and by setting a PC data area as a defect management area, the continuity of data recorded in the AV data area is achieved, and the reliability of data recorded in the PC data area is ensured.
摘要:
A driving unit for a pressure application shaft in a welding apparatus including a housing for housing therein a ball screw mechanism for converting rotation of an output shaft of a motor into reciprocating motion of the pressure application shaft, and a direct acting type rolling guide mechanism provided between the pressure application shaft and the housing. The housing includes a housing body which is opened at one side, and a plate for covering the opened portion. The ball screw mechanism, the pressure application shaft member, the rolling bearing which is fixed to the pressure application shaft member, and a rail combined with the rolling bearing are fixed to the housing body.
摘要:
An information reproducing method includes the steps o of reading information from an information medium that is rotated, and determining a rotation velocity of the information medium on the basis of a data transfer rate based on a specification of a read request.
摘要:
In an information signal recording and reproducing apparatus, reproduced data is equalized by an equalizer and a clock signal synchronized in phase with the reproduced data is generated. An equalizing characteristic of the equalizer is controlled according to a difference in frequency between the clock signal and the reproduced data, and a generating operation for the clock signal is controlled according to a phase difference between the clock signal and the reproduced data. The clock signal thus can be stably generated without being affected by variations of temperature and variations due to aging. The equalizer thus has an adequate equalizing characteristic. The apparatus includes a recording mode and a reproduction mode. In the recording mode, a recording clock signal is generated by a clock signal generating circuit and a digital signal is recorded by using the recording clock signal. In the reproduction mode, a reproducing clock signal which is synchronized in phase with a reproduced digital signal is generated by the clock signal generating circuit and the digital signal is reproduced by using the reproducing clock signal.
摘要:
A specific pattern in an inputted digital signal is detected and the input digital signal is sampled and held in accordance with such a detection output. A clock whose phase is synchronized with the input digital signal is generated on the basis of the sampling output. With such a construction as mentioned above, the phase of the clock can be optimally controlled by a simple construction. The clock can be precisely extracted from the input digital signal, so that the operation of a circuit is also stable.
摘要:
A reproducing apparatus having a phase-locked loop for controlling recording medium transport has selectable normal and search reproduction modes and is settable to the search reproduction mode upon an output of the phase-locked loop obtained in operation of the apparatus in the normal reproduction mode.