Patents Examined by Nabil Bindi
  • Disc player, and disc playback method
    Patent number: 6385149
    Abstract: A disc player for selectively reading a multi-bit digital signal obtained by sampling with a sampling signal Fs and a one-bit digital signal obtained by sampling with a sampling signal n×Fs (n is an integer larger than 2), is adapted to control, when one of the digital signals is selected for reading, a signal processing circuit for the other non-selected digital signal to stand in a power saving mode, thereby permitting a longer life for the disc player and the processing circuit of the non-selected digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuaki Sekii