Abstract: An information recording apparatus include: a processing unit for processing recording information to be recorded and for generating processed information; a storage unit for temporarily storing the processed information; a recording unit for recording the processed information onto an information storage medium; a position storing unit for storing, at a time of interrupting recording of the processed information, an interruption storage position which is a storage position in the storage unit of the processed information corresponding to a timing at which interruption is instructed; an interrupting unit for interrupting recording of the processed information after storing the interruption storing position; and a restart unit for restarting the recording of the processed information based on the stored interruption storage position.

Abstract: An information recording apparatus for recording digital information inputted from outside onto an information storage medium, includes: a multiplexing unit for multiplexing the digital information by a plurality of window functions to generate a plurality of multiplied digital information, each of the plurality of window functions having a fade-out time-axis characteristic and having overlaps with neighboring window functions on time axis; a recording unit for recording the plurality of multiplied digital information corresponding to the respective window functions; an ending unit for changing ending multiplexed digital information which are the multiplied digital information corresponding to the window function including a recording end timing of the digital information to zero information, and for ending recording the digital information after recording the zero information onto the information storage medium in place of the ending multiplexed digital information.

Abstract: An optical disc is constituted by a recording region for recording contents data, a readout region, and a protect region for recording copyright data of the contents data in this order from an inside. Access cannot be obtained to a groove track outside the readout region except that legal reproduction and recording is performed, and the groove track records a part of contents key data used for encrypting and decoding contents data.

Abstract: Recording information is recorded after adding reproducing limit information for controlling the number of reproducing times to the recording information and embedding the identical reproducing limit information thereon separately from the above in a way of preventing illegal detection. Then, after confirming a coincidence between the reproducing limit information added and the reproducing limit information embedded, the recording information is controlled to be supplied to an external source according to the same reproducing limit information.

Abstract: A band-division signal processing system includes a coding unit and a decoding unit. The coding unit includes: an extracting unit for extracting a part of an original signal to produce a partial band signal; a first quantizer for quantizing the partial band signal to produce a quantized partial band signal; a subtracter for subtracting the quantized partial band signal from the original signal to produce a differential signal; and a first output unit for outputting the partial band signal and the differential signal. The decoding unit includes: a second quantizer having an identical configuration to the first quantizer and for quantizing the partial band signal outputted from the first output unit to produce the quantized partial band signal; an adder for adding the quantized partial band signal produced by the second quantizer to the differential signal outputted from the first output unit to produce the original signal; and a second output unit for outputting the original signal produced by the adder.

Abstract: An over-sampling device is provided for double over-sampling the input signal and for outputting as a sampling signal. The sampling signal is filtered at one of conversion rates of 147/160, 160/147, and 1/1 by using a prototype filter, based on the first sampling frequency and the second sampling frequency, and a filtering signal is produced. The filtering signal is filtered by a low pass filter having a predetermined cutoff frequency band, and a low frequency signal is produced. A down-sampling device is provided for down-sampling the low frequency signal by one half.