Abstract: A recording control apparatus includes a waveform rectification section for receiving a digital signal generated from an analog signal representing information reproduced from an information recording medium, and rectifying a waveform of the digital signal; a maximum likelihood decoding section for performing maximum likelihood decoding of the digital signal having the waveform thereof rectified, and generating a binary signal representing a result of the maximum likelihood decoding; a reliability calculation section for calculating a reliability of the result of the maximum likelihood decoding based on the digital signal having the waveform thereof rectified and the binary signal; and an adjusting section for adjusting a shape of a recording signal for recording the information on the information recording medium based on the calculated reliability.

Abstract: An information recording medium (100) includes (i) a first recording layer (L0 layer) having a first track and (ii) a second recording layer (L1 layer) having a spiral or coaxial second track sharing the rotation center with the first track. (iii) The first recording layer has a first point (point Bx) indicated by a first address. (iv) The second recording layer has a second point (point Dx) which can be defined according to a predetermined positional relationship (allowable area: 10) with respect to the first point (point Bx).

Abstract: The invention discloses an optical recording drive for recording data on an optical carrier such as an optical disk of the DVD or BD format. A radiation source is arranged to emit a write pulse train (80) for writing an optically detectable effect (90) i.e. a pit or mark. Photo detection means (10) detects a first reflected radiation beam pulse (R1) from a start time portion of the write pulse train (80) and generates a corresponding first signal (PS1) indicative of the power in the first pulse, the photo detection means (10) further detects a second reflected radiation pulse (R2) from an end time portion of the write pulse train (80) and generates a corresponding second signal (PS2) indicative of the power in the second pulse. By comparing (e.g.

Abstract: A method of recording information onto an optical disc of the rewritable type, the disc comprising a spiral track, at least part of the track being arranged as a recording area for recording the information, the recording area being further divided into sequential, independently addressable units of pre-determined size, pre-determined numbers of addressable units being grouped in recording unit blocks comprising: deciding for at least an recording unit block that it will be recorded; determining direct overwrite information for said recording unit block, the direct overwrite information comprising information with respect to the number of times the recording unit block was previously recorded; encoding and recording the information into the recording unit block and updating the direct overwrite information for the recording unit block, the direct overwrite information being recorded within the recording unit block.

Abstract: A data writing control device enables quickly writing data to optical discs. A reading process unit 62a, 62b reads data in predetermined read units from a storage device (hard disk drive 14) that has a head and stores the data. A storage unit (buffers 63a and 63b) has a storage area for storing the read units of data read by the reading process unit 62a, 62b. A writing process unit 64a, 64b acquires data stored in the storage area of the storage unit in write units, which are smaller than the read units, and supplies the acquired write units of data to an optical disc drive which is connected as a peripheral device.

Abstract: This invention provides an optical storage device for recording a plurality of data onto an optical storage medium. If recording interrupted, the optical storage device generates a data-interrupted address, and re-connects the interrupted data with a data re-connecting physical address. The optical storage device comprises a physical addressing module, a record-interrupt generator, a data recording controller, a data-interrupt address generator and a data-reconnecting physical address generator. The physical addressing module provides a reference physical address for recording data onto the optical storage medium. When detecting the interrupt of data recording, the data-interrupt address generator generates the address of the interrupted data. According to the address of the interrupted data, the data-reconnecting physical address generator generates a data-reconnecting physical address.

Abstract: A data storage device includes two data storage media: both a hard disk and a non-volatile solid state memory device, such as a flash memory. Data received by the data storage device for storage is stored both in the hard disk and the flash memory. Since the data storage is duplicated, if a problem arises with retrieving data from one of the hard disk, the data can be retrieved from the flash memory.

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.

Abstract: An asynchronous timing detector 3 detects and measures a specific pattern (sync pattern) of audio and video reproduced signals having a digital value form an A/D converter 2 and its appearance interval based on an asynchronous clock generated by an asynchronous clock generator 4, and calculates a cycle ratio of the measured sync pattern appearance interval (the number of clock pulses of the asynchronous clock) to a normal value (the number of clock pulses of a synchronous clock obtained by measuring a sync pattern appearance interval using the synchronous clock). A pseudo-synchronous clock generator 7 thins the asynchronous clock based on the cycle ratio to generate a pseudo-synchronous clock which is pseudo-synchronous with channel data. Therefore, even when an initial frequency error is large, frequency and phase pull-in is relatively quickly performed until a timing recovery operation becomes stable.

Abstract: Provided is an orbiting memory capable of suppressing residual deviation even when a phase difference is caused between a signal to be compensated and information stored in a memory to be fed back and a disc device using the orbiting memory. The disc device includes: an adder to which a signal (s10) to be compensated and having a cyclic frequency component such as a control system error signal is inputted; and a feed back signal system for successively updating and storing an output signal of the adder for each cycle in a memory and inputting one-cycle information stored in the memory to the adder.

Abstract: Optical discs are adapted to be used with a light beam having a wavelength of 405 nm for recording or reproducing data. Error correcting blocks for recording BMID including copy protection key information are defined on optical discs (1) dedicated to data reproduction. A data string of BMID to be recorded has 64 bytes. An error correcting block is constituted by 304 columns of error correcting code words (LDC). A BMID data string of 64 bytes is inserted to predetermined 64 error correcting code words (LDC) of a block (304 columns of error correcting code words). The total code length of the predetermined 64 error correcting code words (LDC) is 248 bytes, of which a predetermined byte (symbol) is replaced by a predetermined byte (symbol) of the BMID data string.

Abstract: A method and a device for fast disc recognition for use in read/write performances when an optical disc is connected to an optical drive, including the provision of a set S of parameters for safe data transfer between the drive and the disc, the direct calibration during a disc recognition step only of those parameters out of said set S in need of a direct calibration, the start of a read/write data transfer sequence after said disc recognition step is finalized and the calibration of the remaining parameters at first after or during one or more data transfer read/write sequences.

Abstract: An information recording medium includes a reproduction-dedicated area (160) where first recording information (60-1, etc.) is recorded in such a manner that its reproduction will not be disabled when it is reproduced, and a number-of-reproductions limit area (150) where second recording information (50-1, etc.) is recorded in such a manner that its reproduction will be disabled when a predetermined number of reproductions are performed. The second recording information (50-1, etc.) is correlated with the first recording information (60-1, etc.).

Abstract: The present invention provides an information recording apparatus, an information recording control method, and an information recording control program, which can secure the continuity of recording information on a disc-shaped recording medium by a simple method, without carrying out a process of synchronizing the timing of re-start of recording operation with the detection of recording stop position or the like. A system control unit 113 monitors whether a data amount of image-forming data temporarily stored in a buffer memory 109 is lacking, and determines whether the recording of image on a label surface of the optical disc 10 should be temporarily stopped.

Abstract: An information recording medium in which bottoms of a guide groove and a pit array formed on a disc substrate are allocated on a same flat plane and shaped in flat. Further, in a transition area from a pit array to a guide groove or from a guide groove to a pit array, the information recording medium is provided with an intermediate area composed of a pit array of which height changes from a height between a bottom and a side of a groove to another height between the bottom and a side of the pit array.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical drive (10) and a method for determining a reading and/or writing position of an optical drive (10). The optical drive (10) in accordance with the invention comprises control means (12) and at least three PLL units (20, 22, 24), wherein the control means (12) are adapted to control the three PLL units (20, 22, 24) to try to lock on to three different frequencies characteristic for an optical disc (26). The method in accordance with the invention comprises the step of controlling at least three PLL units (20, 22, 24) to try to lock on to three different frequencies characteristic for an optical disc (26). If the optical disc (26) is a Blue Ray Disc, the three different frequencies can be the HFM frequency, the wobble frequency, and the expected HF frequency.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for reproducing main data under an optimum reproduction environment. The reproducing apparatus includes a readout unit (20) for reading out predetermined main data and spatial characteristic data, made up of the information on characteristics of a space in an environment different from the environment under which the main data is to be reproduced, from a recording medium (1) on which the main data and the spatial characteristic data have been recorded. The reproducing apparatus also includes a processing unit (25) for performing predetermined processing for reproduction of the main data, based on the spatial characteristic data read out by the readout unit (20).

Abstract: The present invention relates a recording apparatus and a recording method, a reproducing apparatus and a reproducing method, and a program that make it possible to easily judge whether data was recorded in a recording medium by an apparatus of own model. An own model/another model information generating unit 41 generates, for each arbitrary recording unit, own model/another model information that is information indicating that the recording unit was recorded by an apparatus of own model. A discrimination code calculating unit 42 sets VMGI and an effective management table TV as a continuous data sequence and sets a result of calculating a hash value of the data sequence as a discrimination code. A recording and reproducing apparatus 1 records the discrimination code and the own model/another model information in a management table TV area of an optical disk 51.

Abstract: In the field of content distribution a typical problem is the protection of Digital Rights information (DRM), which is appended to the content and recorded on a record carrier in the form of a corresponding recorded pattern, from tampering by malicious users. According to some known schemes, the protection is implemented by linking the DRM to some physical distinctive feature of the corresponding recorded pattern. From this distinctive feature fingerprint data can be extracted with some conventional method, and used for the authentication of the DRM. The invention proposes a method of recording data wherein variations in the density of the recorded pattern are formed, as result of a perturbation in the recording process, which is a non-controllable substantially random process.