摘要:
The present invention provides an optical information recording medium (2) capable of shortening a time from acquiring identification information to starting a program etc. recorded on an ROM layer. The optical information recording medium (2) includes two or more information recording layers, information of each of the two or more information recording layers is readable by emitting reproducing light thereto, at least one of said two or more information recording layers is an RE/R layer (4), at least another one of said two or more information recording layers is an ROM layer (5), and the RE/R layer (4) includes an identification information recording region (41), and an interlayer-movement Flag is recorded on the identification information recording region (41).
摘要:
An image-taking apparatus which captures object light to take an image includes: an optical device through which the object light is transmitted; an image pickup device which generates an image signal representing an object image; and a cleaning section which is deformed by receiving a predetermined stimulus, the cleaning section being brought into contact with, and being separated from, the optical device and/or the image pickup device to clean substances attached to the contact portion. The apparatus further includes: a stimulus application section which applies the stimulus to the cleaning section; and a control section which controls the deformation of the cleaning section by controlling the stimulus applied from the stimulus application section, and which thus causes the cleaning section to clean the contact portion.
摘要:
A plastic lens is fixedly held in precise position a lens holder by cramming a deformable retaining ring between a front collar and a periphery of the plastic lens loosely put in an annular mounting space formed in the lens holder and crushing the front collar against the retaining ring so as thereby to rivet the plastic lens to the lens holder.
摘要:
By adding a predetermined offset value which is not less than 0 to, to the value of a readout power at a time when readout power control operations are temporarily suspended, i.e., at a time when an optical head initiates a seek operation, with an adder, this latter value being stored in a readout power value storage circuit, because an optical recording medium readout apparatus makes it possible to cause the value of the readout power at the time when readout power control operations resume, i.e., at the time of completion of the seek operation performed by the optical head, to avoid abnormal power domains in which change in amplitude ratio with respect to change in readout power is not monotonically decreasing, it is made possible to avoid abnormal conditions such as occurrence of lag in response during readout power control operations.
摘要:
An invention disclosed includes a layer number obtaining section (222) for determining which information storage layer (L1) has been accessed and a layer type identifying section (223) for identifying a type of the information storage layer (L1) determined by the layer number obtaining section (222). With the configuration, even in a case where an information recording and reproducing apparatus accesses an information storage layer different from an intended information storage layer by false operation or the like, it is still possible to dissolve mismatching between a recording or reproduction control scheme being set up and a recording or reproduction control scheme suitable for the information storage layer thus accessed.
摘要:
A diaphragm comprising a single plate, the single plate comprising: a first plate portion having an aperture; and a second plate portion formed at an outer side of the first plate portion, wherein a first thickness of the first plate portion is thinner than a second thickness of the second plate portion.
摘要:
A signal evaluation device for evaluating a decoded signal of maximum likelihood decoding includes: a differential metric circuit for finding differential metrics; comparators for judging whether a difference of differential metrics exceeds a predetermined threshold; counters for counting respective output pulses of the comparators; and a controller for finding the probability of the differential metrics falling at or below the predetermined threshold, based on the number of measured samples and the number of samples counted by the counters, and processing the probability by arithmetic operations so as to obtain an index of signal evaluation. With this arrangement, signal evaluation devices for evaluating a recording medium or a recording medium driving device can have a simpler structure and can perform evaluations in a plurality of PR modes.
摘要:
The waveform equalizing device includes: an FIR filter for generating an equalized signal pattern y(i, n) on the basis of equalization of a waveform of the reproduced signal pattern u(i, n); a Viterbi decoding circuit for detecting a path metric difference s(n) between a correct path determined as a survivor path and an error path which fails to survive the correct path in Viterbi decoding based on the equalized signal pattern y(i, n); a target register for setting a target value ds for the path metric difference s(n); and a tap coefficients update circuit for adapting the equalization according to an error of the detected path metric difference from the target value. The tap coefficients update circuit adapts equalization properties so that the mean square error is minimized, thereby achieving a satisfactory result in lowering the error rate.
摘要:
There is provided a signal evaluation apparatus and signal evaluation method capable of consistently measuring an accurate bit error rate regardless of the distribution profile of the difference of likelihoods (difference metrics) of data sequences. In the signal evaluation apparatus for decoding data sequences by means of maximum likelihood decoding, at least one pair of paths between which a distance has a minimum value are selected by a path selector circuit 10. With regard to the paths selected by the path selector circuit 10, a difference metric obtained by a difference metric calculator circuit 9 is statistically processed by a μ- and σ-calculator circuit 13 to calculate a bit error rate. Then, the bit error rate is corrected by correction means (11, 12, 14) on the basis of the number of measurement samples of the paths selected by the path selector circuit 10 and the number of all samples.
摘要:
A plastic lens is fixedly held in precise position a lens holder by cramming a deformable retaining ring between a front collar and a periphery of the plastic lens loosely put in an annular mounting space formed in the lens holder and crushing the front collar against the retaining ring so as thereby to rivet the plastic lens to the lens holder.