Abstract: For algebraic single symbol error correction and detection, a method is proposed which achieves correcting single symbol errors at unknown positions within codewords, identifying cases where multiple symbols within a codeword are uncorrectably corrupted, and identifying cases where a single symbol within a codeword is uncorrectably corrupted. The method comprises the steps of calculating a syndrome of a received word, splitting the syndrome into two parts, checking 3 integer weight quantities calculated from the two syndrome parts, converting the syndrome into a vector of integer valued “orthogonal bit error weights” associated to the received bits, and toggling those bits of the received word, where the associated “orthogonal bit error weight” is in the upper half of its possible value range.

Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus for data processing comprising a central processing unit and a non volatile random access memory. The central processing unit and the non volatile random access memory are connected via a memory bus. The data related to an operating system for running said apparatus is at least partly stored in said non volatile random access memory and the memory used by the operating system for operating said apparatus is at least partly said non volatile memory.

Abstract: Specialized image processing circuitry is usually implemented in hardware in a massively parallel way as a single instruction multiple data (SIMD) architecture. The invention prevents long and complicated connection paths between a processing element and the memory subsystem, and improves maximum operating frequency. An optimized architecture for image processing has processing elements that are arranged in a two-dimensional structure, and each processing element has a local storage containing a plurality of reference pixels that are not neighbors in the reference image. Instead, the reference pixels belong to different blocks of the reference image, which may vary for different encoding schemes.

Abstract: For algebraic single symbol error correction and detection, a method is proposed which achieves correcting single symbol errors at unknown positions within codewords, identifiying cases where multiple symbols within a codeword are uncorrectably corrupted, and identifying cases where a single symbol within a codeword is uncorrectably corrupted. The method comprises the steps of calculating a syndrome of a received word, splitting the syndrome into two parts, checking 3 integer weight quantities calculated from the two syndrome parts, converting the syndrome into a vector of integer valued “orthogonal bit error weights” associated to the received bits, and toggling those bits of the received word, where the associated “orthogonal bit error weight” is in the upper half of its possible value range.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a storage medium having a first area and a second area. According to the invention, the first area is recorded in a predefined first physical format and contains a parity check matrix information about an error correction code of a second physical format. The second area is recorded in the second physical format. Methods according to the invention relate to reading data and to recording data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the demodulation of the ADIP data of a wobble signal of an optical recording medium, whereby the wobble signal is modulated using two different methods, and to an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to optical recording media using such method. According to the invention, the method comprises the steps of recovering the carrier of the wobble signal, demodulating the wobble signal based on the recovered carrier, and providing a two-dimensional MSK filter for detecting MSK marks in the wobble signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to retrieving a test block at a freely selectable position from a blockwise stored reference image. A method for retrieving a test block from a blockwise stored reference image is described. Said method comprises the steps of retrieving a reference block and generating from the reference block a first corona block. Then, the test block is composed using a subsection of the reference block and a subsection of the first corona block.

Abstract: Specialized image processing circuitry is usually implemented in hardware in a massively parallel way as single instruction multiple data (SIMD) architectures. Known implementations suffer from the long and complicated connection paths between a processing element and the memory subsystem, and the resulting limitation of maximum operating frequency. An optimized architecture for image processing has processing elements that are arranged in a two-dimensional structure, and each processing element has a local storage containing a plurality of reference pixels that are not neighbors in the reference image. Instead, the reference pixels belong to different blocks of the reference image, which may vary for different encoding schemes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the demodulation of the ADIP data of a wobble signal of an optical recording medium, whereby the wobble signal comprises different types of wobble periods, and to an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to optical recording media using such method. According to the invention, the method comprises the steps of transforming the frequency and/or phase of harmonic deviations within the wobble signal to amplitude deviations, detecting the amplitude deviations, and detecting a current type of wobble period from the detected amplitude deviations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the demodulation of the ADIP data of a wobble signal of an optical recording medium, whereby the wobble signal comprises different types of wobble periods, and to an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to optical recording media using such method. According to the invention, the method comprises the steps of transforming the frequency and/or phase of harmonic deviations within the wobble signal to amplitude deviations, detecting the amplitude deviations, and detecting a current type of wobble period from the detected amplitude deviations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the demodulation of the ADIP data of a wobble signal of an optical recording medium, whereby the wobble signal is modulated using two different methods, and to an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to optical recording media using such method.