摘要:
An optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing data in and from an optical disc by the use of the optical disc as a recording medium, comprises analog processing means including a binarization unit for subjecting a signal read from the optical disc to binarization and a servo unit for controlling recording and reproducing a signal in and from the optical disc; synchronous clock generating means for generating a synchronous clock signal which is synchronized with the signal read from the optical disc; address detecting means for detecting address information indicating a physical position on the optical disc based on the signal read from the optical disc, and outputting a signal indicating the address information and a signal indicating that the address has been detected when the address information has been detected; a sector counter for holding a sector count value of a sector as a recording unit on the optical disc, and updating the sector count value according to the synchronous clock signal and the signal output from the address detecting means; and gate signal generation switching means for generating gate a signal which controls the analog processing means, based on one of the sector count value held in the sector counter and information obtained from the analog processing means, according to the signal indicating that the address has been detected, which is output from the address detecting means.
摘要:
An optical disk apparatus for a phase-change optical disk detects the boundary between a first region and a second region prior to detecting a synchronization mark. The synchronization mark is detected in accordance with the position of the detected boundary between the first region and the second region. User data is read from a data region in accordance with the detected synchronization mark.
摘要:
To provide an asymmetry correcting circuit capable of canceling an asymmetry simultaneously with quantization in an ADC and utilizing the dynamic range of the ADC effectively, and also to provide an information reproducing apparatus using such a correcting circuit. An asymmetry correcting circuit includes a first envelope detection circuit for detecting the envelope of a positive peak of an input signal waveform; a second envelope detection circuit for detecting the envelope of a negative peak of the input signal waveform; an adding circuit for producing a sum voltage of the positive peak voltage and the negative peak voltage; a smoothing circuit for smoothing the sum voltage; a multiplying circuit for multiplying the smoothed sum voltage by a predetermined offset adjustment coefficient; and a quantization reference voltage control circuit for DC-wise shifting, in response to the output signal of the multiplying circuit, the median of the quantization reference voltage of the ADC in conformity with the offset derived from the asymmetry of the input signal, and controlling the upper limit and the lower limit of the quantization reference voltage to the values that correspond to the offset quantity.
摘要:
To resume data writing onto a disk, a recording start position detection means (19) detects a recording start position, and a synchronous setting means (20) synchronizes recording data with recorded data on a disk so that recording data successive to the recorded data on the disk can be additionally written onto the disk without a break. Data writing onto a disk is suspended until an amount of data equivalent to data writing capacity has been stored in the buffer memory (13). Data writing is resumed upon detection of the fact that an amount of data equivalent to data writing capacity has been stored in the buffer memory (13). With the above, power consumption can be reduced during a period when recording capability of a disk recording device exceeds the data transfer speed.
摘要:
On an optical disk medium according to the present invention, address information is recorded along a wobbling track groove 2. The track groove 2 is made up of a plurality of unit sections 22, 23. Each of these unit sections 22, 23 has side faces that are displaced periodically in a disk radial direction. This displacement oscillates at a single period in a tracking direction. However, the displacement pattern differs depending on nulleach bit of address information (subdivided information)null allocated to each of the unit sections 22, 23.
摘要:
A DVD-R 1 has a main information area 2 where data information is recorded in a track having a wobble, and first and second control data areas 3,15 each of which is disposed in an inner space closer to the disk center than the main information area 2. The information structure and physical structure of the first control area 3 are different from those of the second control area 15. In the second control area 15, predetermined physical format information and disk production information, for example, the last address of when data is written in the DVD-R 1, the maximum transfer rate or the like, are recorded. Thus, when the DVD-R 1 is reproduced by a DVD player etc., the physical format information and disk production information etc. recorded in the second control data area 15 are read. Thereby, the disk can be precisely identified without spoiling the physical format information, the disk production information or the like, and further illegal use of the DVD or another optical disk leading up to breach of the copyright can be effectively prevented.
摘要:
The present invention discloses a disk player for recording information on a disk and/or reproducing recorded information thereon. The disk player includes a wobble detection unit for detecting a wobble signal corresponding to a wobbling pattern formed along a track of the disk; and an information processing unit for detecting a pre-pit signal recorded on the disk using the wobble signal output from the wobble detection unit and a clock signal obtained by multiplying the wobble signal a predetermined number of times, and for processing the information recorded on the disk or the information to be recorded thereon according to the detected pre-pit signal. Since the detection of a synchronization signal can be performed more precisely, this disk player can reduce error in the recording and reproduction of data.
摘要:
In the context of mirror modulation (56, 90, 104) extraction during track seek or jump modes of an optical disc reading device (12), such as a DVD ROM, a mirror averaged level (i.e. the dc level (52) of the RF envelope (34)) is held so that the mirror modulation (90) is seen as a swing below a set mirror rebias level (86) at an output of a mirror amplifier (72), as shown in FIG. 3. With the holding of the dc level (52) by a ground-referred capacitor (302) during seek operation of the device (12), a first input (nin) to the mirror amplifier varies with the mirror modulation, whereas a second input (pin) to the mirror amplifier (72) does not vary. This phenomenon enables the top level of a RFRP signal (82) to be defined by the mirror rebias level (86) and the mirror component swing (during seek operation) to be optimized and always to occur below the mirror rebias level (86). During on-track operation, the first input (nin) and the second input (pin) are essentially equal and so the RFRP signal (82) sits at the dc level (52). Being able both to define the mirror rebias level (86) and to vary a gain (84) of the mirror amplifier (72) allows a swing, arising from the mirror modulation, in the RFRP signal (82) to be optimally positioned in relation to top and bottom hold circuits (96, 98) used for definition of a slice level (94) for mirror recovery purposes.
摘要:
An optical reproducing method using an optical recording medium having grooves and lands alternately provided in a radial direction. Information recording areas are formed in both of the grooves and the lands, and interruption areas intervene between portions of said grooves. In an interruption area, first information marks are disposed on a virtual extension of a first boundary between one groove and one adjacent land and second information marks are disposed on a virtual extension of a second boundary between the one groove and an other adjacent land. A trailing end of the first information marks is aligned in the radial direction. The method includes irradiating an optical spot on the optical recording medium detecting a reflected beam from the optical recording medium, and reproducing information to the optical recording medium by using a signal obtained by the reflected beam.
摘要:
An optical reproduction apparatus for reproducing information from an optical recording medium having an aligned prepit portion straddled on a plurality of tracks in a radial direction. The prepit portion includes first and second prepit portions divided in a track direction with a prepit of the respective first and second prepit portions being arranged on a boundary of the respective tracks. The first prepit portion has an address information prepit and a synchronous information prepit and the second prepit has a synchronous information prepit. A trailing end of an end prepit of the first prepit portion is aligned in the radial direction. The optical reproduction apparatus includes an irradiation source for irradiating a light spot on the optical recording medium, a detector for detecting a reflected light from the optical recording medium, and a reproducer for reproducing information by using a signal from the detector.