Abstract:
PURPOSE:To automatically fix an output value without degrading a frequency characteristic or a phase characteristic in the case of a high frequency input by changing the reference voltage of an A/D converter corresponding to the level of an analog input signal inputted to the A/D converter. CONSTITUTION:The level of an input signal Sa shown by a lateral axis is stepwise quantized and converted to an output data SD. However, when the level of the input signal Sa is low, for example, this stepwise quantizing width E is controlled to be narrow as shown by a single dotted line E1 and when the level of the input signal Sa is high, this stepwise quantizing width E is controlled to be wide as shown by a double dotted line E2. Thus, since a control means 12 controls the reference voltage of an A/D converter 13 so as to change the quantizing width of the A/D converter 13 corresponding to the amplitude of the input analog signal, the output data of the A/D converter 13 can be automatically controlled to be an almost constant value at all times.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To enable an overwrite at a high speed access and at a low current consumption by arranging a magnetic head to a disk radial direction with a prescribed pitch, moving an entire magnetic head array in a specified range according to the movement of an optical head, and switching the magnetic head unit electrically. CONSTITUTION:The plural magnetic head units having the length (w) of an effective recording magnetic field which is impressed to an magneto-optical disk 11 (the length along the moving direction of an optical head) are arranged by a prescribed pitch (p) along the moving direction of an optical head 2, so that a magnetic head array 14 can constituted. Then, the entire magnetic head array 14 is moved at least in a (p-w) range along the moving direction according to the movement of the optical head 2, and magnetic heads 14a-f are electrically switched into an operating state at a position according to the optical head 2 of the magnetic head array 14. Thus, the overwrite can be attained at the low current consumption, and the decrease of responsibility can be prevented by supressing the moving quantity of the magnetic head.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To attain the approximation to a magneto-optical disk and to hold a magnetic head in a simple constitution by controlling the position of the magnetic head to the magneto-optical disk based on the level of a reproduction signal. CONSTITUTION:A prescribed magnetic field obtained from a magnetic head 30 is applied to a magneto-optical disk 12. At the same time, the disk 12 is irradiated by a light beam LA1 outgoing from an optical head 14. Thus the desired information is recorded on the disk 12. Then the head 30 is held at a reference position and the signal recorded on the disk 12 is reproduced. Based on the level of the obtained reproduction signal SRF, the position of the head 30 is controlled to the disk 12. As a result, the signal SRF is set at a prescribed level. Thus the head 30 can be set close to the disk 12 in a simple constitution.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress deterioration in access performance and a data transfer rate, by suitably selecting CLV or CAV for each disk when performing recording.SOLUTION: A recording device includes: a laser light radiating unit for radiating laser light to the loaded disk; a reflection light detection unit for detecting a light quantity of reflection light from the disk; a driving unit for rotation-driving the disk; a drive controller for determining whether the disk is a rewritable disk or not based on the light quantity of reflection light, which is detected by the reflection light detection unit, and controlling the driving unit to perform rotation driving in CAV or CLV based on the determination result; and a recording controller for implementing recording to the disk in a state of being rotation-driven by the drive controller.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To correct additional information embedded in content data while reducing a load on hardware. SOLUTION: The predetermined amount of content data is temporarily stored in a buffer means, additional information embedded in the content is detected from the content data temporarily stored in the buffer means, the content of the detected additional information is determined, and the type of the content data is discriminated. When the content data is determined to be a recordable content, the content data is recorded in a predetermined medium. When the content data is determined to inhibit recording, the recording of the content data in the medium is prevented from being carried out. When the content data is discriminated to be data of a predetermined format, the detection and the determination are made to limit recording of the data in the medium. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To decide the system of a disk more securely without adding any special device to decide the system of the optical disk. SOLUTION: In a step S12, a control computer acquires a wobble signal. In a step S13, the control computer computes the mean value of cycles of a binarized wobble signal and the dispersion of cycles of the binarized wobble signal. In a step S14, the control computer decides whether the mean value of cycles of the binarized wobble signal satisfies the standard of DVD-RW and the dispersion of cycles of the binarized wobble signal is sufficiently small. This invention is applicable to an optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus which writes data to an optical disk or reads data out of the optical disk. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve both of the securement of interchangeability and the securement of write once ability in a recordable multi-layer disk. SOLUTION: In a write once disk recording medium having a plurality of recording layers, specified areas on inner peripheries of respective 2nd and succeeding recording layers are subjected to guard data recording by a specified timing and settled to be guard areas. To obtain reproduction compatibility, the control information (lead in data) are recorded on the inner peripheral side of at least a 1st recording layer (layer 0), but the 2nd recording layer (layer 1) and succeeding recording layers are also subjected to recording by the formation of the guard area. That is, each recording layer is subjected to recording in the specified area of the inner peripheral side of the disk wherein the disk discrimination process is carried out by a device used exclusively for reproduction, then the device used exclusively for reproduction does not erroneously identify the disk, thereby, the unrecorded area can be left in the area where user data are recordable. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve compatibility and feasibility in use in a recordable type multi-layer disk. SOLUTION: A region for recording interlayer folding back position information is set on a recording medium (for example, "End sector number in Layer 0" or a session item type 3). In response to a fact that recording on a certain recording layer reaches a maximum recording range or that data recording advances from a certain recording layer to a next recording layer, interlayer folding back position information is recorded on the recording medium. When an advancement of the data recording to another recording layer is performed at a stage prior disk closing or session closing or when it is predicted that such an advancement of the data recording occurs afterwards, the interlayer folding back position information is recorded. Also where the disk is of the type for which multi-session recording is performed, the interlayer folding back position information is recorded with regard to a session in which folding back is performed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To correct additional information embedded in contents data while reducing the load of hardware. SOLUTION: A prescribed amount of inputted contents data are temporarily stored in a buffer means. The additional information embedded in the contents is detected from the contents data stored temporarily in the buffer means. The contents of the detected additional information are judged, and the contents data are recorded on a prescribed medium when judged as recordable contents data. The contents data are not recorded on the medium when judged as contents data whose recording is prohibited. When it is judged that the additional information needs to be corrected, the corresponding portion of the stored data in the buffer means is corrected in a state stored in the buffer means.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reproduce correctly recorded signals even when a defect is generated on an optical disk. SOLUTION: When the succeeding ECC(error-correcting code) block of an ECC block number '3' is defined as a defective block as shown in the figure C on an optical disk using a defect management system, this defective block and an ECC block which is positioned at the next position and which is shown with oblique lines are registered in a defect list as defective blocks. When the playing of the optical disk is performed by using an optical disk device performing a servo operation while utilizing recorded signals, at the time of reproducing an ECC block number '4' by skipping the defective blocks while avoiding defective positions based on the defect list, even when the optical disk device starts trace at the preceding defective block of the ECC block number '4', the device can start correctly the trace because there is not defect in this defective block and, thus, the device can reproduce the signal of the ECC block number '4' from the leading position.