Patents by Inventor Chih-Long Dai

Chih-Long Dai has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7310296
    Abstract: A method for optical drive decoding of address in pre-groove (ADIP) data is provided to decode an input wobble signal to an ADIP unit signal. The method includes generating a wobble carrier frequency signal having the same phase with the wobble signal, multiplying the wobble carrier frequency signal by the input wobble signal to generate a product signal, accumulating the value of the product signal in each clock to generate a quotient summation signal, determining the phase change of the input wobble signal according to the value of the quotient summation to generate a phase change signal, and generating the ADIP unit signal by comparing the phase change signal with a plurality of ADIP patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventor: Chih-Long Dai
  • Publication number: 20070053254
    Abstract: A method for optical drive decoding of address in pre-groove (ADIP) data is provided to decode an input wobble signal to an ADIP unit signal. The method includes generating a wobble carrier frequency signal having the same phase with the wobble signal, multiplying the wobble carrier frequency signal by the input wobble signal to generate a product signal, accumulating the value of the product signal in each clock to generate a quotient summation signal, determining the phase change of the input wobble signal according to the value of the quotient summation to generate a phase change signal, and generating the ADIP unit signal by comparing the phase change signal with a plurality of ADIP patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventor: Chih-Long Dai
  • Patent number: 7149170
    Abstract: A method for optical drive decoding of address in pre-groove (ADIP) data is provided to decode an input wobble signal to an ADIP unit signal. The method includes generating a wobble carrier frequency signal having the same phase with the wobble signal, multiplying the wobble carrier frequency signal by the input wobble signal to generate a product signal, accumulating the value of the product signal in each clock to generate a quotient summation signal, determining the phase change of the input wobble signal according to the value of the quotient summation to generate a phase change signal, and generating the ADIP unit signal by comparing the phase change signal with a plurality of ADIP patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Mediatek Incorporation
    Inventor: Chih-Long Dai
  • Publication number: 20060239151
    Abstract: An optical disc system for recording data includes an optical pickup unit for accessing data on the disc rotating at a constant angular velocity and producing a wobble signal; a spindle motor for rotating the disc according to a control signal; a circuit for generating the control signal according to a rotation speed of the spindle motor, the circuit not being coupled to the wobble signal; a phase locked loop for extracting a carrier frequency of the wobble signal; a clock synthesizer for producing a channel clock corresponding to a linear velocity, according to the wobble signal carrier frequency; an encoding unit for encoding incoming data utilizing the channel clock, and then for producing a corresponding data signal for driving the optical pickup unit to record data to the optical disc; whereby data recording does not need to be synchronized with the spindle motor operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Daw-I Wang, Chih-Long Dai
  • Publication number: 20050122864
    Abstract: A method for optical drive decoding of address in pre-groove (ADIP) data is provided to decode an input wobble signal to an ADIP unit signal. The method includes generating a wobble carrier frequency signal having the same phase with the wobble signal, multiplying the wobble carrier frequency signal by the input wobble signal to generate a product signal, accumulating the value of the product signal in each clock to generate a quotient summation signal, determining the phase change of the input wobble signal according to the value of the quotient summation to generate a phase change signal, and generating the ADIP unit signal by comparing the phase change signal with a plurality of ADIP patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventor: Chih-Long Dai
  • Publication number: 20040017745
    Abstract: An optical disc system for recoding data onto an optical disc while the optical disc is rotating at a constant angular velocity. The optical disc system includes a PLL for extracting a carrier frequency of a wobble signal outputted from an optical pick-up, a channel synthesizer electrically connected to the PLL for generating a channel clock according to the carrier frequency and a rotating factor of a spindle motor, a data encoder for encoding inputted data according to the channel clock, and a driving circuit for controlling the optical pick-up to record data onto the optical disc according to the encoded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Daw-I Wang, Chih-Long Dai
  • Patent number: 6606282
    Abstract: The long seek control system and method include a reference velocity mapping unit that obtains a reference velocity when the dual actuator is moved by the residual track count; a velocity estimator for outputting an estimated velocity and obtaining a sled control effort by subtracting the estimated velocity from the reference velocity; and an electrical damper for receiving the sled control effort and simultaneously receiving the displacement of the dual actuator to output a damping control effort to the fine actuator, and reduce the vibration of the fine actuator during the long seek operation. In the reference velocity mapping unit, a reference velocity curve is used to describe the mapping relation between the residual track count and the reference velocity. The reference velocity curve includes a linear part and several quadratic parts with different quadratic functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Acer Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Chou Hung, Chih Long Dai
  • Publication number: 20020196715
    Abstract: The long seek control system and method include a reference velocity mapping unit that obtains a reference velocity when the dual actuator is moved by the residual track count; a velocity estimator for outputting an estimated velocity and obtaining a sled control effort by subtracting the estimated velocity from the reference velocity; and an electrical damper for receiving the sled control effort and simultaneously receiving the displacement of the dual actuator to output a damping control effort to the fine actuator, and reduce the vibration of the fine actuator during the long seek operation. In the reference velocity mapping unit, a reference velocity curve is used to describe the mapping relation between the residual track count and the reference velocity. The reference velocity curve includes a linear part and several quadratic parts with different quadratic functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Wei-Chou Hung, Chih Long Dai