Abstract: To determine the optimum amplitude of high frequency signal for the loaded disc with a simple configuration to achieve stable playing performance, there is provided an optical disc device comprising: a light source driven by a drive signal with a high frequency signal superimposed; a detector for detecting return light emitted from the light source; and a controller for controlling amplitude of the high frequency signal to be superimposed on the drive signal for the light source; the optical disc device being configured to read data on an optical disc loaded therein by a signal outputted from the detector, wherein the controller determines the amplitude of the high frequency signal to be superimposed on the drive signal based on asymmetry of the signal outputted from the detector.

Abstract: The invention is associated with an information processing apparatus and method, a control program for the information apparatus, and a recording medium recording the control program. As directed by a host apparatus, control data are reproduced by controlling access means, outputting at least file control data to a host apparatus, and at least identification data are held in a predetermined memory; in response to a read directive based on the control data transmitted from the host apparatus, a control unit is sequentially detected in which the desired file associated with the read directive is sequentially recorded on the basis of the identification data held in the predetermined memory; and the access means is controlled on the basis of a result of the detection to sequentially reproduce and output data of files associated with the read directive to the host apparatus.

Abstract: The polishing cloth of the present invention is a polishing cloth, having ultrafine fibers on its surface, of which number average single fiber fineness is 1×10?8 to 1.4×10?3 dtex, and a ratio of fibers in the range of single fiber fineness of 1×10?8 to 1.4×10?3 dtex is 60% or more, characterized in that, intersections between ultrafine fibers of a single fiber fineness of 1×10?8 to 1.4×10?3 dtex exposed on the surface are present at 500 positions or more in average, in 50 positions of 0.01 mm2 range observed by using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) at 2000× magnification.

Abstract: A data storage apparatus is provided. The data storage apparatus includes: a storage unit managed using a logical block address; a memory; a storage control unit for storing in the storage unit a free area control table transmitted from the host apparatus in which information on a free area in the storage unit is stored; an expanding unit for reading the free area control table in the storage unit and expanding it in the memory; a recording unit for recording data transmitted from the host apparatus into a free area in the storage unit on the basis of the free area control table in the memory; an updating unit for updating the free area control table in the memory after the data recording unit has completed a recording operation; and a transmission unit for transmitting to the host apparatus updated information included in the free area control table which has been updated by the updating unit.

Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus which includes a recording medium having a data area with an address assigned to each cluster of a predetermined size; an interface for connection to a host apparatus; writing means for writing data in the data area; access order deciding means for dividing the data area of the recording medium into a plurality of areas each having an optional data capacity, and deciding an order of accessing the divided areas from the writing means; timing deciding means for deciding a timing when file information on written data is to be updated; control means for controlling the writing means to access a plurality of divided areas in accordance with the decided access order, search an empty cluster in the accessed area, and write data in the searched empty cluster and file information updating means for updating the file information on already written data.

Abstract: A recording/reproducing apparatus is provided which can write continuously a file of large-capacity at high-speed. A record area of HDD is provided with a disk cache area for temporarily storing data to be written. The disk cache area is defined as a area that is not used by a host apparatus (3) in an LBA space, and the disk cache area is disposed in an area with a high transfer rate such as an outer circumferential area of a disk (10). A file transferred from the host apparatus (3) is written in the disk cache area, and the file is transferred from the disk cache area to a usual user area during an idle period to release the disk cache area and prepare for next transfer data write.

Abstract: Disclosed is a disk storage apparatus to control writing to a storage medium having a storage area to which a first address space is allocated and whose transfer rate spatially changes, including a command reception section and control section. The command reception section receives a write command from a host apparatus and containing an address of the first address space. The control section performs control to divide the storage area into zones, pre-define a second address space where blocks are successively allocated to the zones from a beginning address of the first address space, replace, for each of the write commands received by the command reception, an address of the first address space contained therein with an address of the second address space, select one of the zones as a write target zone by cyclical changing, and perform a writing process to the storage medium for each selected zone.

Abstract: There is provided a composite memory device including a recording medium and nonvolatile recording medium and in which data is written to and read from the recording mediums on the basis of a common file system, the recording medium (10) having a first data area, the nonvolatile recording medium (11) having a second data area and an identification information table to manage the first and second data area collectively. The device further includes an information selector (14) to select positional information including predetermined identification information on the basis of the identification information table, converter (15) to convert positional information selected by the information selector (14) into position information corresponding to the first data area or into positional information corresponding to the second data area, first writing unit to write data supplied from a host device to the first data area and a second writing unit to write data supplied to the host device to the second data area.

Abstract: A data-storage apparatus, a data-storage method and a recording/reproducing system are provided, which effectively use the time elapsing before data is transferred to be written in a recording medium, such as disc-seeking time and disc-rotation standby time, thereby to raise the speed of transferring data. A hybrid storage apparatus has two storage areas, i.e., a disc and a nonvolatile solid-state memory. The disc and the memory have a disc cache area, a system area, and a user area each. If data is transferred from the host apparatus, it is written into the cache area of the nonvolatile solid-state memory that can be accessed at high speed for the first super cluster. While the data being so written, the head is moved to a prescribed position. Any data coming after the head is moved to this position is written into the cache area.

Abstract: In an optical disc device comprising: a pickup 3 having a laser diode and generating a laser beam for recording onto an optical disc 1; a disc motor 2 that drives the rotation of an optical disc mounted thereon; a stepping motor that moves the pickup in the radial direction of the disc; and a system controller 6 that supplies drive current to the laser diode, and that controls the rotational speed of the disc motor and the position of the pickup by means of the stepping motor; the pickup has a temperature sensor 31 in its interior and system controller 6 restricts the drive current supplied to the laser diode in accordance with a detected temperature during data recording and controls the rotational speed of the disc motor, based on the detected temperature and the data recording properties of the optical disc which have been determined.

Abstract: A data storage apparatus is provided. The data storage apparatus includes: a storage unit managed using a logical block address; a memory; a storage control unit for storing in the storage unit a free area control table transmitted from the host apparatus in which information on a free area in the storage unit is stored; an expanding unit for reading the free area control table in the storage unit and expanding it in the memory; a recording unit for recording data transmitted from the host apparatus into a free area in the storage unit on the basis of the free area control table in the memory; an updating unit for updating the free area control table in the memory after the data recording unit has completed a recording operation; and a transmission unit for transmitting to the host apparatus updated information included in the free area control table which has been updated by the updating unit.

Abstract: A drive current or a drive voltage is controlled corresponding to change of load by sampling the drive current or drive voltage of a motor to move an optical pickup and then detecting change of the sampling signal as change of the optical pickup when it is moved. Moreover, change of the sampling signal is obtained from a difference of the sampling signals by comparing these sampling signals at the first and second points. Comparison of these sampling signals is conducted in unit of drive pulse.

Abstract: There is provided a composite memory device including a recording medium and nonvolatile recording medium and in which data is written to and read from the recording mediums on the basis of a common file system, the recording medium (10) having a first data area, the nonvolatile recording medium (11) having a second data area and an identification information table to manage the first and second data area collectively. The device further includes an information selector (14) to select positional information including predetermined identification information on the basis of the identification information table, converter (15) to convert positional information selected by the information selector (14) into position information corresponding to the first data area or into positional information corresponding to the second data area, first writing unit to write data supplied from a host device to the first data area and a second writing unit to write data supplied to the host device to the second data area.

Abstract: A recording/reproducing apparatus is provided which can write continuously a file of large-capacity at high-speed. A record area of HDD is provided with a disk cache area for temporarily storing data to be written. The disk cache area is defined as a area that is not used by a host apparatus (3) in an LBA space, and the disk cache area is disposed in an area with a high transfer rate such as an outer circumferential area of a disk (10). A file transferred from the host apparatus (3) is written in the disk cache area, and the file is transferred from the disk cache area to a usual user area during an idle period to release the disk cache area and prepare for next transfer data write.

Abstract: There is provided a composite type recording apparatus restricting write operations depending on the type of a connected host apparatus, including a recording medium having a first data region, a non-volatile storage medium having a second data region and an identification information table for integrating and managing the first and second data region, an information selection section for selecting positional information having predetermined identification information from the identification information table according to the type of the host apparatus, a conversion section for converting positional information selected by the information selection section into positional information matching the first data region or positional information matching the second data region, a first write section for writing data supplied from the host apparatus in the first data region according to conversion process of the conversion section and a second write section for writing data supplied from the host apparatus in the se

Abstract: A data-storage apparatus, a data-storage method and a recording/reproducing system are provided, which effectively use the time elapsing before data is transferred to be written in a recording medium, such as disc-seeking time and disc-rotation standby time, thereby to raise the speed of transferring data. A hybrid storage apparatus has two storage areas, i.e., a disc and a nonvolatile solid-state memory. The disc and the memory have a disc cache area, a system area, and a user area each. If data is transferred from the host apparatus, it is written into the cache area of the nonvolatile solid-state memory that can be accessed at high speed for the first super cluster. While the data being so written, the head is moved to a prescribed position. Any data coming after the head is moved to this position is written into the cache area.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, a method of controlling the information processing apparatus, a control program for the information processing apparatus and a recording medium having the control program recorded thereon for the information processing apparatus, which may be applicable to a hard disk apparatus for recording video data and the like and providing special reproduction of video data recorded by data-compression, while maintaining compatibility with computers. In a FAT file system, a moving image file management table is formed so as to specify a boundary or limit of each unit of encoding and to utilize the moving image file management table for reproducing moving image files.

Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus which includes a recording medium having a data area with an address assigned to each cluster of a predetermined size; an interface for connection to a host apparatus; writing means for writing data in the data area; access order deciding means for dividing the data area of the recording medium into a plurality of areas each having an optional data capacity, and deciding an order of accessing the divided areas from the writing means; timing deciding means for deciding a timing when file information on written data is to be updated; control means for controlling the writing means to access a plurality of divided areas in accordance with the decided access order, search an empty cluster in the accessed area, and write data in the searched empty cluster and file information updating means for updating the file information on already written data.

Abstract: A composite memory device, a data processing method and a data processing program can efficiently and selectively use a nonvolatile solid-state memory and a recording medium. The composite medium device includes a nonvolatile solid-state memory and a recording medium and is adapted to combine the data area of the recording medium and the data area of the nonvolatile solid-state memory and manage them as totally or partly integrated data area by means of a predetermined file system. The composite memory device is connected to a host appliance by way of an interface section.

Abstract: As for a region in relation to a secondary defect, a recording means such as a memory or the like is separately used to carry out a recording and reproducing process. Thus, even when an exchange allocating process is carried out so as to ensure an access with a high reliability, data may be processed continuously.