Having Specific Code Or Form Generation Or Regeneration Processing Patents (Class 369/59.23)
  • Patent number: 11544443
    Abstract: A time information coding method is provided, to solve the problem of coded values low calculation efficiency, which is resulted by adopting the existing time information coding schemes. The method comprises: determining time information to be coded; coding the time information to be coded to a first integer with a specified number of bits under a first time scale; coding the first integer into a second integer with a specified number of bits under a second time scale, the second integer being as a coded value under the second time scale of the time information to be coded. A time information coding device, a searching method for coded values, a decoding method and device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Xiaochong Tong
  • Patent number: 10068609
    Abstract: In some implementations, a system includes a magnetic media disk and a read/write unit. The read/write unit includes a plurality of phase-locked loops (PLLs), an interpolator unit, a delay-locked loop, and a precompensation unit. The PLLs are configured to generate, using a reference clock signal, a first plurality of clock signals having different frequencies phases. The interpolator unit is configured to interpolate the first plurality of clock signals in accordance with a frequency offset signal to generate a single-phase clock signal. The delay-locked loop is configured to delay the single-phase clock signal in accordance with a PLL data clock signal to generate a second plurality of clock signals having different phases. The precompensation unit is configured to apply precompensation to the second plurality of clock signals to generate a timing signal for writing data to the magnetic media disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Ahmed Hesham Mostafa, Zubir Adal
  • Patent number: 9214959
    Abstract: The present inventions are related to systems and methods for data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for performing data decoding including skipping one or more codeword blocks in the data decoding process. In one embodiment a data processing system includes a skip control circuit operable to skip re-application of a data decode algorithm to a portion of a codeword where at least the number of unsatisfied checks for the portion is zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaohua Yang, Fan Zhang, Chung-Li Wang, Shu Li
  • Patent number: 8892229
    Abstract: An audio apparatus according to an embodiment includes an audio signal receiving unit, a music gap signal receiving unit, a playback unit, and a determining unit. The audio signal receiving unit receives an audio signal in which successive multiple music data are contained in a single block of data. The determining unit determines a boundary of the music data on the basis of the time at which the music gap signal that indicates the boundary of the music data by the music gap signal receiving unit and the duration of a silent period in the audio signal that is played back by the playback unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Osamu Yasutake, Fumitake Nakamura, Nobutaka Miyauchi, Masanobu Maeda, Masahiko Kubo, Nahoko Kawamura, Machiko Matsui, Hideto Saitoh, Hiroyuki Kubota, Masayuki Takaoka, Masanobu Washio, Yutaka Nishioka
  • Patent number: 8792316
    Abstract: The invention relates to a record carrier of a disc-like optically inscribable type, having a preformed track in which an auxiliary signal comprising a sequence of codes is recorded by means of a preformed track modulation. The codes comprise a sequence of address codes (AC) specifying the addresses of the track portions in which said address codes (AC) are recorded and special codes (SC). The special codes (SC) can be distinguished from said address codes (AC) and specify control data for controlling a recording by a recording device. The sequence can be obtained by replacing in a sequence of address codes (AC) with consecutive address values a plurality of said address by special codes (SC). The periodic pattern of address codes and special codes has a predetermined positional relationship with respect to a predetermined reference address. Such as for example a positional shift with respect to the start of a Lead-in area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Robertus A.J. Van Kollenburg
  • Patent number: 8760983
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information recording apparatus includes a divider, a generator, and a recorder. The divider is configured to divide recording data into a plurality of recording data blocks for each predetermined recording unit. The generator is configured to set, as a first block set, n recording data blocks recorded in corresponding areas in file system management areas of n, first to nth (n: integer, n?2) storages, and generate first parity data from the n recording data blocks forming the first block set. The recorder is configured to record the n recording data blocks forming the first block set and the first parity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenichiro Suzuki, Kazuhito Shimomura, Yuji Sakai, Sumio Kuroda, Kouichi Ogi
  • Patent number: 8659983
    Abstract: New and useful methods and systems for reading optical discs, such as multi-layer Blu-ray discs are disclosed. For example, in an embodiment a device for reading two-layered optical discs includes a laser diode capable of emitting light, a set of optics including a fixed collimator, the set of optics providing a numerical aperture (NA) of substantially less than 0.85, and a detector for detecting laser light focused on a two-layer optical disc to produce a stream of detected bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeroen Dorgelo, Mats Oberg, Antonius Leonardus Johannes Dekker
  • Patent number: 8611195
    Abstract: An apparatus generates outgoing data (OD) to be provided on an optical disk (1) in a burst cutting area (2). The burst cutting area (2) further comprises markings (3) which cause a marking frequency spectrum (MFS) when reading out the burst cutting area (2). The apparatus comprises a channel coder (4) which receives processed data (PD) and supplies the outgoing data (OD) having an outgoing data frequency spectrum (DFS) with suppressed DC-content. The apparatus further comprises a data processing device (5) which generates the processed data (PD) to obtain an outgoing frequency spectrum (DFS) wherein a frequency component causing interference with a low frequent component of the markings (3) is suppressed or not present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Maarten Kuijper, Bart Van Rompaey, Jacobus Petrus Josephus Heemskerk, Cornelis Marinus Schep, Josephus Arnoldus Henricus Maria Kahlman
  • Patent number: 8559288
    Abstract: Provided is an optical disk recording device including: a recording pulse information generation unit that generates, from a recording signal, recording pulse information corresponding to a power level of laser light; a recording code generation unit that generates a recording code by encoding the recording pulse information; and a decoded code generation unit that decodes the recording code. The recording code generation unit generates the recording code based on a cyclic cede representing each transmission of the power level by using a Gray code. The decoded code generation unit decodes the recording code by using a recording code corresponding to a power level at a predetermined timing and a recording code corresponding to a power level immediately prior to the power level at the predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromichi Nogawa
  • Patent number: 8526289
    Abstract: An optical information reproducing apparatus includes: an irradiation section irradiating a light beam onto an optical information recording medium, in which holes are formed along a virtual track on a recording medium, along the virtual track; a light receiving section receiving a reflected light beam when the light beam is reflected by the optical information recording medium and sequentially generating a light receiving signal corresponding to the light intensity; a detection section detecting a variation pattern appearing when a signal level of the light receiving signal changes according to the hole; and a code string generating section, when generating a code string corresponding to the signal level, generating a code corresponding to the one hole from the variation pattern if the variation pattern falls within a range and generating a code string, which includes a plurality of codes, from the variation pattern if the variation pattern exceeds the range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Goro Fujita, Daisuke Ueda, Mitsuaki Oyamada, Takashi Iwamura, Kimihiro Saito, Jingcheng Yuan
  • Patent number: 8416666
    Abstract: The present invention is related to systems and methods for characterizing circuit operation, and more particularly to systems and methods for modifying a data decoding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Fan Zhang, Yang Han, Anatoli A. Bololov, Mikhail I. Grinchuk, Shaohua Yang
  • Patent number: 8406106
    Abstract: The invention relates to a record carrier of a disc-like optically inscribable type, having a preformed track in which an auxiliarily signal comprising a sequence of codes is recorded by means of a preformed track modulation. The codes comprise a sequence of address codes (AC) specifying the addresses of the track portions in which said address codes (AC) are recorded and special codes (SC). The special codes (SC) can be distinguished from said address codes (AC) and specify control data for controlling a recording by a recording device. The sequence can be obtained by replacing in a sequence of address codes (AC) with consecutive address values a plurality of said address by special codes (SC). The periodic pattern of address codes and special codes has a predetermined positional relationship with respect to a predetermined reference address. Such as for example a positional shift with respect to the start of a Lead-in area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Robertus Antonius Johannes Van Kollenburg
  • Patent number: 8379499
    Abstract: A recording and reproducing area and a reproduction-only area are formed by wobbling a groove formed in a spiral fashion to form a track to be tracked on a disk. The recording and reproducing area has address information recorded by wobbling of the groove and information recorded and reproduced by phase change marks on the track formed by the groove where the address information is recorded. The reproduction-only area has prerecorded information recorded by wobbling of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shoei Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130021888
    Abstract: New and useful methods and systems for reading optical discs, such as multi-layer Blu-ray discs are disclosed. For example, in an embodiment a device for reading two-layered optical discs includes a laser diode capable of emitting light, a set of optics including a fixed collimator, the set of optics providing a numerical aperture (NA) of substantially less than 0.85, and a detector for detecting laser light focused on a two-layer optical disc to produce a stream of detected bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Jeroen Dorgelo, Mats Oberg, Antonius Leonardus Johannes Dekker
  • Patent number: 8332950
    Abstract: A product mark including a public key certificate issued with respect to an information-recording-medium manufacturing entity or information-recording-medium manufacturing equipment, and an encrypted volume ID calculated by computation based on a product-mark-associated value such as a hash value generated on the basis of the product mark, and a volume ID as an identifier set with respect to a given set of discs to be manufactured, are generated. The product mark and the encrypted volume ID are set as information for generating a key used for decryption of encrypted content, and recorded onto a disc by a reflective-film-removal recording method. Due to this configuration, the product mark and the encrypted volume ID as key generating information cannot be read from a pirated disc produced by physically copying a pit pattern on the basis of a legitimate commercial disc, thereby making it possible to prevent unauthorized reproduction or use of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kitani, Seiji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20120307618
    Abstract: Provided is an optical disk recording device including: a recording pulse information generation unit that generates, from a recording signal, recording pulse information corresponding to a power level of laser light; a recording code generation unit that generates a recording code by encoding the recording pulse information; and a decoded code generation unit that decodes the recording code. The recording code generation unit generates the recording code based on a cyclic cede representing each transmission of the power level by using a Gray code. The decoded code generation unit decodes the recording code by using a recording code corresponding to a power level at a predetermined timing and a recording code corresponding to a power level immediately prior to the power level at the predetermined timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventor: Hiromichi NOGAWA
  • Patent number: 8325576
    Abstract: A configuration for reading out disc management information easily without errors from a disc in which recording is conducted with data recording densities of a plurality of kinds. An optical disc includes a plurality of data recording areas in which information is recorded with data recording densities which are different from each other. Information of the data recording densities in the data recording areas is recorded in a management information recording area (a BCA area or a PIC area) by using a unique format which does not depend upon the data recording densities of the data recording areas. The divided data recording areas are disposed in the same plane of the disc, or disposed over a plurality of recording layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichiro Nishimura, Akio Fukushima, Motoyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8295139
    Abstract: There is provided an optical recording method for directing a recording pulse train to an optical disc medium to form marks thereon and for recording information as information about the edge positions of said marks and the spaces between marks, the recording pulse train having been created by modulating laser light into plural power levels. The method includes: coding to-be-recorded data into coded data consisting of the combination of marks and spaces; classifying said marks within said coded data on the basis of the mark length and the preceding or succeeding space lengths of the marks; shifting the position of the second pulse edge counted from the end portion of the recording pulse train for forming said marks, depending on the result of said classification, to adjust said recording pulse train; and directing said recording pulse train to the optical disc medium to form said marks thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakamura, Naoyasu Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 8289314
    Abstract: A method of modulating and demodulating a signal includes modulating data information included in an input data signal provided from an external source and clock information included in an input clock signal provided from the external source into a transmission signal, using (n+1) delay clock signals generated based on the input clock signal, where n is a natural number. The transmission signal is demodulated into an output clock signal including restored clock information and an output data signal including restored data information, using (m+1) delay clock signals generated based on the clock information, where m is a natural number less than n.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Weon-Jun Choe, Ah-Reum Kim, Kyo-Jin Choo, Deog-Kyoon Jeong, Do-Hwan Oh, Hee-Soo Song
  • Patent number: 8238213
    Abstract: An optical disc drive according to the present invention can write information on an optical disc, which includes a substrate on which a number of pre-pits 2 have been formed on its tracks and a recording film that is supported on the substrate. The drive includes an optical pickup and a writing control section for controlling the optical pickup so that marks 3 are recorded so as to overlap with some of the pre-pits 2 on the tracks and for making the optical pickup irradiate the recording film with a writing light beam. The writing control section changes the interval of each pair of recorded marks that are adjacent to each other along the radius of the optical disc according to the optical power of the writing light beam. Thus, the optical disc drive of the present invention can record a mark on an optical disc on which pre-pits have already been formed even if the optical disc has a simplified structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kayama, Kazuo Momoo
  • Patent number: 8233367
    Abstract: There is provided an optical recording method for directing a recording pulse train to an optical disc medium to form marks thereon and for recording information as information about the edge positions of said marks and the spaces between marks, the recording pulse train having been created by modulating laser light into plural power levels. The method includes: coding to-be-recorded data into coded data consisting of the combination of marks and spaces; classifying said marks within said coded data on the basis of the mark length and the preceding or succeeding space lengths of the marks; shifting the position of the second pulse edge counted from the end portion of the recording pulse train for forming said marks, depending on the result of said classification, to adjust said recording pulse train; and directing said recording pulse train to the optical disc medium to form said marks thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakamura, Naoyasu Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 8218408
    Abstract: According to the present invention, when an apparatus performs reproduction from an optical disc of a format not compatible to the apparatus, the apparatus is prevented from obtaining an incorrect address and thus causing a malfunction. A recording method according to the present invention performs first conversion of bit-inverting m number (1?m<n; m an integer) of symbols at prescribed positions of a code word coded using an error correction code by a Reed-Solomon code and including symbol C(i) [i=0, 1, 2, . . . n; n is an integer] to generate conversion information; and records the conversion information on a first recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Naohiro Kimura, Kohei Nakata, Toyoji Gushima, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 8218409
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, the invention is directed to an optical disc having signal tracks including a groove track, in which wobble signals are recorded on at least the groove track. Wobble units of wobble signals are modulated on the groove track, while at least 4 wobble units are used to represent a data bit of “0” or “1” in address information. Data bit of “0” or “1” in address information has a same phase and different phase with regard to alternate data bit at least to distinguish from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sang Woon Suh
  • Patent number: 8194515
    Abstract: An information recording medium and a recording and/or reproducing apparatus and method used to guarantee reproduction compatibility in consideration of the fact that content distribution may be performed according to various business models includes a management information zone in which management information is recorded, wherein the management information indicates an intended type of use of the information recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuichi Tasaka
  • Patent number: 8194518
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a device includes a filter which limits a frequency bandwidth of a reproduced signal from an optical disc, an AD conversion module which converts an output signal from the filter into a multilevel digital signal, an equalizing module for equalizing a waveform of the multilevel digital signal based on a predetermined partial response class and generating an equalizing playback signal, a detection module for generating binary data corresponding to data recorded on the optical disc based on the equalizing playback signal, a module for determining an amplitude value of each of an input signal to and an output signal from the equalizing module with respect to each binary data sequence output from the detection module, and a module for adjusting a high-frequency amplification amount of the filter such that an amplitude value before waveform equalization and an amplitude value after waveform equalization satisfy a predetermined relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hideyuki Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 8179292
    Abstract: A data modulation apparatus includes: insertion means for inserting information bits into data at a predetermined interval; conversion means for converting the data into which the information bits are inserted into an RLL code based on a modulation table that has a variable-length conversion rule; setting means for setting a control section that is used for calculating a value of the information bit; and determination means for determining the value of the information bit inserted into the control section that is different from a calculation target by calculating the code of the control section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8174949
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and media formats for processing user data derived from a storage medium. As an example, a system is described that includes a storage medium with a series of data. The series of data includes a servo data and a user data region. The user data region includes a first synchronization pattern and a second synchronization pattern located a distance from the first synchronization pattern. A storage buffer is provided that is operable to receive at least a portion of the series of data. A retiming circuit calculates an initial phase offset and frequency offset for a defined bit within the storage buffer using a first location of the first synchronization pattern and a second location of the second synchronization pattern. An error correction loop circuit re-samples the series of data from the storage buffer based at least in part on the initial phase offset and a frequency offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventor: Nayak Ratnakar Aravind
  • Patent number: 8144560
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preventing interchange of a first optical information carrier (1) with a second optical information carrier in an optical drive. Initially, the light (5) is focused at the first optical information carrier (1) in the optical apparatus followed by the steps of detecting reflected light (8) from the first optical information carrier (1) and generating a plurality of signals (CA, RF, FE) from the detected light (8), such as a focus error signal (FE). Upon obtaining an indication of a signal, e.g. the focus error signal (FE), is absent or reduced below a certain level, there is a step of assessing if the first optical information carrier (1) has been removed from the optical drive. If removed, reproduction of information by the optical drive is made impossible until some pre-determined measures have been taken, e.g. restart of the optical drive or other measures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Chee Kang Thong, Rain Zhang
  • Patent number: 8111601
    Abstract: A method is designed for forming a visual image having a specified shape on a surface of an optical disk by using an optical writing process of irradiating a laser beam onto the surface of the optical disk to form pits. The optical disk is normally capable of recording information on the surface thereof by the optical writing process. The method is carried out by the steps of acquiring image formation information associated to a visual image to be formed, forming the visual image on the surface of the optical disk based on the acquired image formation information by using the optical writing process, and recording the image formation information together with the formed visual image on the surface of the same optical disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiko Suyama
  • Patent number: 8107342
    Abstract: A laser driving device includes: a first pulse generating section; a second pulse generating section; a light emission waveform generating section; a light emission level pattern storing section; and a second storing section. The second storing section stores sampling pulse patterns. Therefore setting information of the sampling pulse can be selected without a control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kurihara, Motoi Kimura, Koichi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 8107337
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and data erasing method make it possible to unrecoverably erase encrypted data recorded in an auxiliary storage device at high speed while reducing the load put on the CPU. Upon reception of a data erase request from a data utilizing process, the data requested to be erased is registered in a predetermined storage unit. The data registered in the storage is unrecoverably erased by overwriting, and an area in the auxiliary storage device in which the erased data was stored is released after the overwriting erasure process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeya Senda
  • Publication number: 20120002528
    Abstract: Provided are a variable delay circuit, a recording apparatus, and a delay amount calibration method. The variable delay circuit includes a delay line in which a delay amount is variably set, a delay setting unit that performs delay setting of the delay line using a unit delay control value, in a calibration period, overlaps a test pulse with the input signal, and generates a comparison pulse, and a unit delay determining unit that sets the delay of the unit delay amount in the delay line by providing the unit delay control value to the delay setting unit in the calibration period, determines the unit delay control value equivalent to the unit delay amount based on a phase comparison result between the comparison pulse and the test pulse, and provides, to the delay setting unit, the determined unit delay control value as the unit delay control value of a calibration result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaki Endo
  • Patent number: 8089844
    Abstract: There is provided an optical recording method for directing a recording pulse train to an optical disc medium to form marks thereon and for recording information as information about the edge positions of said marks and the spaces between marks, the recording pulse train having been created by modulating laser light into plural power levels. The method includes: coding to-be-recorded data into coded data consisting of the combination of marks and spaces; classifying said marks within said coded data on the basis of the mark length and the preceding or succeeding space lengths of the marks; shifting the position of the second pulse edge counted from the end portion of the recording pulse train for forming said marks, depending on the result of said classification, to adjust said recording pulse train; and directing said recording pulse train to the optical disc medium to form said marks thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakamura, Naoyasu Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 8072854
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus. The apparatus includes a pick-up unit, such as an optical pick-up unit, a wobble channel and a defect detector. The pick-up unit generates a push-pull signal corresponding to a wobbled track of a storage medium. The wobble channel includes circuits to receive the push-pull signal, obtain a wobble signal from the push-pull signal, and calculate a wobble amplitude metric based on the wobble signal. The defect detector compares the wobble amplitude metric to a threshold to detect wobble defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Marvell International, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mats Oberg, Joseph P. Tatman
  • Patent number: 8068399
    Abstract: A signal evaluation method according to the present invention is a method for evaluating a read signal, retrieved from an information recording medium, based on a binarized signal generated from the read signal by a PRML method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Harumitsu Miyashita, Kohei Nakata, Yasumori Hino, Naohiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20110286318
    Abstract: An optical recording medium is provided, the optical recording medium including a plurality of zones respectively corresponding to width data of first and/or last pulses of an adaptive write pulse waveform stored in a grouping table, the grouping table being configured to group a magnitude of a present mark of input data and magnitudes of leading and/or trailing spaces of the present mark into a short pulse group, a middle pulse group, and a long pulse group using grouping pointers, store data configured to calculate a width of a write pulse, an adaptive write pulse being generated in response to the calculated width, generate the adaptive write pulse waveform by varying a position of a rising edge of a first pulse of a mark to be written according to the magnitudes of the present mark and the leading space, the adaptive write pulse waveform being generated without regard for the trailing space of the present mark being written using the adaptive write pulse waveform, the adaptive write pulse being configured
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-gyo Seo, Seong-sin Joo, Du-seop Yoon, Myung-do Roh, Yong-jin Ahn, Seoung-soo KIM, Kyung-geun Lee, Myeong-ho Cho, Chang-Jin Yang, Jong-kyu Kim, Sung-ro Ko, Tatsuhiro Ohtsuka
  • Patent number: 8050163
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a method of recording a unique ID to a read-only optical disc based on the 17PP modulation. The read-only optical disc (1) has set thereon a specific physical cluster to which a unique ID is to be recorded. With user data to be recorded to the specific physical cluster being made all zero (0), a pit/land pattern is formed, and a molding machine using a molding die is used to form many optical discs in the common manner. Thereafter, an ID unique to each optical disc is generated, and a land in a predetermined position in the specific physical cluster is transited to a pit by irradiating high-power laser light to the land correspondingly to the bit information, so that the pit/land pattern will comply the 17PP modulation rule even after the transition of the land to the pit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Kobayashi, Goro Fujita
  • Patent number: 8023381
    Abstract: An information reproducing apparatus (1) is provided with: an offset adding device (19-1, 19-2) for adding a first offset value (OFS) which can be set to be variable, to a read signal (RRF) read from a recording medium (100); a correcting device (18) for correcting waveform distortion occurring in a read signal corresponding to a long mark, of the read signal to which the first offset value is added; an offset subtracting device (19-2, 19-3) for subtracting a second offset value (OFS) which can be set to be variable, from the read signal in which the waveform distortion is corrected; and a waveform equalizing device (15) for performing a waveform equalization process on the read signal in which the second offset value is subtracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Sasaki, Shogo Miyanabe, Hiroyuki Uchino
  • Patent number: 8018811
    Abstract: A decoding apparatus includes a burst cutting area (BCA) signal interval measuring device which measures a signal interval of a BCA area and which outputs BCA signal interval information, a T converter which obtains T information from the BCA signal interval information, a sequencer which detects a space area based on a first threshold value and which outputs an output enable signal based on the T information and a detecting result, wherein the output enable signal shows that a signal is obtained from a data area of the BCA area, and the space area is a non-signal area of the BCA area, and a channel data converter which converts the T information into channel data based on the output enable signal from the sequencer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Takeo Ariyama
  • Patent number: 8018798
    Abstract: A demodulation circuit accurately demodulates a wobble signal of an optical disk without being affected by a phase shift induced by crosstalk. An A-D converter subjects wobble signal reproduced from an optical disk to A-D conversion and feeds a result of conversion to a zero-crossing detection circuit. The zero-crossing detection circuit detects zero-crossing points of the wobble signal. A sinusoidal wave generation circuit generates a sinusoidal wave by means of sequentially connecting sinusoidal wave elements whose periods are each equal to a time interval between zero-crossing points. A multiplier multiplies an original wobble signal by a sinusoidal wave signal. A slicer detects an HMW-modulated portion of the wobble signal, and another slicer detects an MSK-modulated portion of the wobble signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventor: Keishi Ueno
  • Patent number: 8009530
    Abstract: There are provided an information providing system, a reproduction device and method, an information providing device and method, a recording medium, and a program capable of comparatively freely utilizing the content recorded on a disc according to the user preference. When download of an audio file of Japanese language is instructed, the update file of the content recorded on the optical disc (11) is downloaded. The Audio stream file as an audio file of Japanese language, the Clip Information file accompanying it, the Play List file controlling the reproduction of the Audio stream file, and the navigation program file which has been updated are recorded as the update file in a local storage (12). By the navigation program which has been updated, for example, the Audio stream file of Clip 3 as the Japanese language audio is reproduced. The present invention can be applied to a player to which a recording medium where the content has been recorded is detachably attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki Kato, Toshiya Hamada, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8004948
    Abstract: The data to be recorded onto a recording medium is directly spread and then recorded onto the recording medium through a needle-shaped member, such as a probe. Upon reproducing the data, the data read from the recording medium is de-spread and reproduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Cho, Atsushi Onoe
  • Publication number: 20110199881
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical recording medium is provided in which interlayer crosstalk is low and in which stable and high-quality recording characteristics can be obtained. To this end, an optical recording medium comprises a first recording part which includes a first recording layer and a first light reflecting layer and which is disposed on a side closer to a light receiving surface, and a second recording part which includes a second recording layer and a second light reflecting layer and which is disposed on a side farther from the light receiving surface, the first recording part and the second recording part being stacked, wherein the thickness of the second light reflecting layer is larger than the thickness of the first light reflecting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Koji TAKAZAWA, Seiji Morita, Kazuyo Umezawa, Naoki Morishita, Yasuaki Ootera, Hideo Ando, Naomasa Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7986610
    Abstract: An adaptive writing method of a high-density optical recording apparatus and a circuit thereof. The circuit includes a discriminator for discriminating a magnitude of a present mark of input NRZI data and magnitudes of leading and/or trailing spaces of the input NRZI data, a generator for controlling the waveform of a write pulse in accordance with the magnitude of the present mark of the input NRZI data and the magnitudes of the leading and/or trailing spaces of the input NRZI data to generate an adaptive write pulse, and a driver for driving a light source by converting the adaptive write pulse into a current signal in accordance with driving power levels for respective channels of the adaptive write pulse. The widths of the first and/or last pulses of the write pulse waveform are varied in accordance with the magnitude of the present mark of input NRZI data and the magnitude of the leading and/or trailing spaces, thereby minimizing jitter to enhance system reliability and performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-gyo Seo, Seong-sin Joo, Du-seop Yoon, Myung-do Roh, Yong-jin Ahn, Seoung-soo Kim, Kyung-geun Lee, Myeong-ho Cho, Chang-jin Yang, Jong-kyu Kim, Sung-ro Ko, Tatsuhiro Ohtsuka
  • Patent number: 7983118
    Abstract: An optical record carrier (1) includes an area (2) for storing user information and an area (3) for storing control information. The control information is arranged in a block of frames of equal length. The block includes an identification of the total number of frames in the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Jakob Gerrit Nijboer, Aalbert Stek, Cornelis Marinus Schep
  • Patent number: 7974170
    Abstract: An optical data recovery system including an optical receiver configured to receive light reflected from an optical medium and produce modulated data, a processing unit configured to transform the modulated data into a series of transform coefficients respectively identifying frequencies of the modulated data at respective times, and the processing unit is configured to identify from the series of transform coefficients defect coefficients associated with positions in the modulated data where the modulated data is corrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of The University of Arizona
    Inventors: Thomas Dean Milster, Swetha Kannan
  • Patent number: 7961575
    Abstract: A method of detection is described to be used in file system-based player devices to determine the type of compact disk that has been inserted into a player. The method automatically distinguishes between the DTS-CD format and standard audio CDs. The method allows the operating system or CPU software to take appropriate action to decode and playback the audio stream once the a decision between standard audio CD or DTS-CD is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven R. Jahnke, Takeshi Kasuya, Ryuichi Shiraishi
  • Patent number: RE42535
    Abstract: An optical disc drive for recording and playing back a recordable-type optical disc includes a driving mechanism for rotating the optical disc, an optical pick-up for writing and reading data to and from the optical disc, signal processor for processing signals read out from the optical disc by means of the optical pick-up, a CPU for controlling the driving mechanism, the optical pick-up and the signal processor. The optical disc drive is further equipped with a detecting device for detecting an ATIP error and a counter for counting the number of ATIP errors. The optical disc drive counts the number of ATIP errors caused in a predetermined time based on the synchronization signal (SUBCODE-SYNC) produced by a clock provided in the optical disc drive after the synchronization signal (SUBCODE-SYNC) has been synchronized with a synchronization signal (ATIP-SYNC) obtained from a reference optical disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co, Ltd
    Inventor: Junichi Andoh
  • Patent number: RE43609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method for recording program specific information (PSI) for a recorded data stream in an optical disk such as a high-density digital versatile disk (HD-DVD) and providing the recorded PSI to a presenting device such as a digital television. This method writes program or stream specific information in a management data recording area of a high-density disk, and when the recorded data stream is reproduced, determines whether it is time to send the stream specific information, obtains stream specific information corresponding to a stream object being reproduced, or to be reproduced based on the determination result, and transmits the obtained stream specific information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Byung-Jin Kim, Kang-Soo Seo, Jea-Yong Yoo
  • Patent number: RE44013
    Abstract: A digital sum variation (DSV) computation method and system is proposed, which is capable of determining the DSV value of a bit stream of channel-bit symbols to thereby find the optimal merge-bit symbol for insertion between each succeeding pair of the channel-bit symbols. This DSV computation method and system is characterized in the use of a Zero Digital Sum Variation (ZDSV) principle to determine the DSV. This DSV computation method and system can find the optimal merge-bit symbol for insertion between each succeeding pair of the channel-bit symbols in a more cost-effective manner with the need for a reduced amount of memory and utilizes a lookup table requiring a reduced amount of memory space for storage so that memory space can be reduced as compared to the prior art. This DSV computation method and system is therefore more advantageous to use than the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Yi Wu, Jyh-Shin Pan