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7385900 Reproducing apparatus  
A transversal filter subjects a reproduced signal to partial-response waveform equalization responsive to tap coefficients to generate an equalization-resultant signal. There is generated 0-point...
7372797 Data reproduction device  
A data reproduction device for sampling a signal reproduced from a recording medium based on a synchronization clock signal synchronized with the reproduced signal includes: an analog-to-digital...
7355938 Timing recovery method and storage apparatus for suppressing control of sampling positions  
A timing recovery method samples, equalizes and detects a signal reproduced from a recording medium and to output a detection signal, controls sampling positions based on a phase error between the...
7333568 Data slicer capable of calibrating current mismatch  
A data slicer includes a comparator coupled with an input signal and a reference signal for generating a sliced signal, a waveform generator for generating a calibration signal, a pulse extension...
7313069 Optical recording medium and recording apparatus, the medium including a linking region between unit block regions  
An optical recording medium having a track on which data has been previously recorded, comprising on the track a plurality of data block regions each of which includes main data of a block which is...
7307936 Disk drive device and address detection method with binarized push-pull signal  
A disk drive device capable of satisfactorily detecting address information recorded by land prepits even after data is recorded is provided. When address information recorded by land prepits is...
7295502 Optical desk apparatus  
An error pulse is generated from a PRML circuit, and reproduction compatibility with a conventional apparatus is established. After a reproducing signal output from an optical head is equalized by...
7289409 Method for processing a wobble signal  
A wobble signal is generated from at least two elementary signals (A,B,C,D) detected by scanning a wobbled track of a data carrier. The invention proposes a solution for eliminating the noise of...
7286458 Quality-testing apparatus and method  
A quality-testing apparatus is disclosed for an optical disk of the type that stores optically readable information in the form of a spiral or annular pattern defining a plurality of essentially...
7280455 Optical information recording condition adjustment method, recording/reproducing method and apparatus  
The recording strategy is optimized by determining a pulse response so as to minimize the difference between the reproduced waveform obtained by recording and reproducing the recording pulse signal...
7272092 Adaptive level-cutting method of CD-ROM drive's radio frequency ripple signal  
An adaptive level-cutting method of a radio frequency ripple signal for a CD-ROM drive is proposed. A digital signal processor is added to accomplish adaptive cutting of the central level of the...
7269105 Digital audio recording medium and reproducing apparatus thereof  
A DVD audio data structure following high-sound-quality specifications is realized, making the best use of the audio data structure standard in DVD video. A first sample data string created by...
7263054 Sample-and-hold interface circuit of a pickup head  
A sample-and-hold interface circuit of a pickup head uses a circuit switch to control a voltage divider. When the circuit switch receives a signal Break, a voltage divider does not consume extra...
7248188 Encoder and decoder  
An encoded-bit-string generating unit generates a bit string encoded by scrambling an input bit string. A direct-current-component evaluating unit selects a bit string having a predetermined width...
7242652 Optical recording system with optimal recording laser beam power control, and method and device for generating a mark formation effectiveness signal in an optical recording system  
An optical recording system includes a laser light source that provides an incident recording light signal for recording information on an optical recording medium, an optical detector for...
7215623 Reproduction signal processing apparatus  
An analog filter is placed at a stage previous to an analog-digital converter (ADC), and a waveform equalizer is placed at a stage subsequent to the ADC. The sampling frequency of the ADC is...
7200092 Method and device for adjusting reference level  
A method for adjusting a reference level of an analog signal from a plurality of periodically sampled points includes the following steps. Firstly, a first level shift from an preliminary reference...
7193942 Phase difference correction apparatus and data reproduction apparatus including data header detection apparatus  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a phase difference correction apparatus and a data reproduction apparatus including a data header detection apparatus that can synchronize the...
7177244 Optical disc apparatus  
There are provided a balance adjustment circuit ( 6 ) for adjusting levels of first and second detection signals from a tracking detector, a differential circuit ( 8 ) for generating a difference...
7167432 Read and write sample and hold signal generation  
A system and method for generating sample control signals for a sample and hold circuit used to control access to optical media is provided. The sample control signals are generated with sufficient...
7167328 Synchronizing an asynchronously detected servo signal to synchronous servo demodulation  
A first set of data is detected in a signal having synchronous samples and interpolated samples, wherein the first set of data is detected asynchronously as corresponding to one of the samples. A...
7154830 RF ripple signal compensator used with defect detection and fingerprint detection with help of dual A/D converter  
A dynamic compensation device for radio frequency ripple signals of an optical storage system is disclosed. The device is composed of a radio frequency ripple signal process circuit, a radio...
7123560 Apparatus for enabling PLL to lock on to a correct frequency and phase during the reproduction of a continuous-wave-corresponding signal and repetition of a specific pattern  
In a PLL circuit, a phase error of a reproduced signal is extracted in either a way based on a zero-cross timing or a way based on a self-running timing. A decision is made as to whether the...
7099256 Bi-phase mark reproduction apparatus and optical disk drive device with the same  
A bi-phase mark reproduction apparatus which reduces an error rate of demodulated data by half and improves demodulation ability of ATIP and an optical disk drive device are provided. The bi-phase...
7075875 Disk evaluation device  
The invention has an object to provide a disk evaluation apparatus capable of performing a highly reliable disk evaluation even on a recording disk on which information is recorded in high density....
7065027 Method for recovering data and control chip utilizing the same  
A method for locating an electric level distribution range of sampled signals is provided. The electric level distribution range includes a plurality of reference levels. Firstly, a plurality of...
7012872 Image reading device for an optical device  
When an optical disc is set to the motor, the slice level is set to a slice level Sk as a reference slice level and a measured jitter value A (S 0 , S 1 ) is produced. The slice level is...
7002889 Data reproduction method and apparatus  
In a data reproduction method and apparatus of the present invention, a Viterbi detection unit is provided, the Viterbi detection unit having a plurality of detectors each providing a first partial...
7002888 Optical recording apparatus and related method  
An optical recording apparatus for recording a plurality of information units on an optical storage medium. Each of the information units includes a long run-length sync pattern. The optical...
6999394 Optical disc playback apparatus  
An optical disc playback apparatus that performs appropriate waveform equalization according to a difference in characteristics of reproduced signals between land parts and groove parts in an...
6977970 Data reproducing apparatus and method for improving detection performance by adjusting decision levels used in data detector  
A data reproducing apparatus and method for improving data detection performance by adjusting decision levels used in a data detector. The data reproducing apparatus includes an equalizer which...
6928039 Method and apparatus for the reduction of power consumption in a compact disc player  
A method and apparatus for playing compressed audio compact discs in a CD player is provided in which compressed audio data is cached in the local memory of the CD player. If a sufficient amount of...
6922384 Information reproducing apparatus  
An apparatus for reproducing information that has been digitally recorded on a storage medium includes first and second waveform equalizers. The first waveform equalizer equalizes a read signal,...
6920100 Optical disk apparatus permitting high-precision Viterbi decoding  
The optical disk apparatus is provided with a Viterbi decoder and an expected value correction circuit. The branch metric operation unit calculates first, second and third errors between sampling...
6912474 Method and apparatus for high-speed synchronous digital acquisition derived in real -time from analog samples  
A method and apparatus for real-time derivation of precise digital clock edges and synchronous logic samples from a digital signal having a clock channel and at least one data channel acquires a...
6879551 Apparatus and method for generating RF signal and control signals in optical disc system  
An apparatus and method for generating a radio frequency (RF) signal and control signals are provided. In an apparatus for generating a radio frequency (RF) signal and control signals in which the...
6876617 Recording medium, recorder, and player  
A recording medium, such as an optical disk, a recorder for recording data on the recording medium, and a player for playing back the data are described. Music information can be recorded on the...
6876616 Digital signal reproducing apparatus  
A binarizing device operates for controlling a slice level relative to a DC level of a reproduced signal in response to a slice level control signal to generate a controlling-resultant slice level,...
6868053 Optical information recording apparatus for stable recording  
In an apparatus for recording information to an optical recording medium, a laser beam is irradiated to and reflected from the medium. A photodetector detects the light quantity of the irradiated...
6868050 Calibration method for writing to optical media  
The present invention provides a method and system for calibration of writing to an optical medium. The method includes: sampling marks in a calibration area of the optical medium; and converting...
6847602 Data detection in optical disk drives using decision feedback equalization  
A method and apparatus in an optical disk system employing a decision feedback equalization (DFE) technique to provide a boosted signal resolution at a data slicer input while minimizing noise. In...
6810000 Clock generator having a crosstalk removing circuit for use in a recording information reproduction apparatus  
A clock generator in a recorded information reproduction apparatus for reproducing recorded information from a recording medium includes a pickup that produces a reading signal by reading a...
6807134 Asymmetry detection apparatus, jitter detection apparatus, and recording/reproduction apparatus  
An asymmetry detection apparatus includes: a clock signal generator for generating a clock signal based on a reproduced signal; an A/D converter for sampling the reproduced signal in...
6788484 PLL circuit, data detection circuit and disk apparatus  
A PLL circuit is disclosed which extracts phase difference information of a high S/N ratio from a readout signal uses the phase difference information for PLL control. An A/D converter samples the...
6781938 Expected value generation unit and a data reproduction apparatus  
A data reproduction apparatus that employs an expected value generation unit that employs a maximum likelihood decoding algorithm, thereby an expected value is correctly determined from a histogram...
6775219 Data reproduction control method and apparatus, and optical disk unit  
The present invention realizes stable and more proper data reproduction even when a reproduced signal varies locally due to a noise or includes a steady distortion. In a data reproduction control...
6765856 Information reproducing apparatus and phase lock control apparatus  
A sample of an information signal is periodically generated in response to a sampling clock signal. A level relation between successive ones of the information-signal samples is detected. A...
6760286 Method of transmitting data among a plurality of LSIs, and recording medium reproducing apparatus using the method  
There is provided a recording medium reproducing apparatus in which a digital signal immediately before being inputted to a D/A converting LSI is prevented from being taken out and unfairly copied....
6721710 Method and apparatus for audible fast-forward or reverse of compressed audio content  
A method for performing audible fast-forward or reverse of audio content represented in a compressed format, such as, but not limited to, MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) or MPEG-2 Advance Audio Coding (AAC)...
6704263 Method of preventing recording on a disc like recording medium of the optically rewritable type  
A next generation of high speed CD-RW discs for high speed recording (4×-10×) need a new write strategy, which is not suited for recording at lower speeds (1×4×). Existing CD-RW recorders may...
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