Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080205221 | DATA RECORDING EVALUATION METHOD AND OPTICAL DISK RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION DEVICE - Novel evaluation indexes are introduced to allow both a total evaluation of data recording and an evaluation of individual detection patterns. A data recording evaluation method includes a step of reproducing a result of data recording performed on an optical disk and identifying a predetermined detection pattern in a reproduction signal, a step of detecting a signal state of the reproduction signal associated with the predetermined detection pattern, and a first calculation step for calculating a first evaluation index value based on the detected signal state and a reference state identified from the predetermined detection pattern. When there is a plurality of predetermined detection patterns as described above, a second calculation step is further provided for calculating a second recording state evaluation index value using the first evaluation index value calculated from each of the predetermined detection patterns. Data recording can be properly evaluated using the first and second recording state evaluation index values. | 08-28-2008 |
20080212427 | RECORDING CONDITION ADJUSTING METHOD OF OPTICAL DISC RECORDING/PLAYING SYSTEM, OPTICAL RECORDING PLAYING DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISC - A recording condition adjusting method of an optical disc recording/playing system, including the steps of: measuring a playing signal obtained by playing a result written in an optical disc; determining whether or not an asymmetry value calculated from the result of the measuring can be employed for adjustment of recording power; calculating a predetermined statistic according to a peak local maximal value and/or a peak local minimal value of an amplitude of a playing signal according to specified codes from the result in the measuring, in the case of determining that the asymmetry value cannot be employed for adjustment of recording power; and deciding the recording power based on the predetermined statistic. | 09-04-2008 |
20080273432 | PROCESSING METHOD OF OPTICAL DISC RECORDING/PLAYBACK SIGNAL, OPTICAL DISC RECORDING/PLAYBACK DEVICE AND PROGRAM - A processing method of an optical disc recording/playback signal includes: measuring a length of a first mark of a predetermined coding length which appears immediately following a shortest space recorded on the optical disc; measuring a length of a second mark which appears immediately following a longest space recorded on the optical disc and which has the same coding length as the first mark; and calculating a heat interference amount based on a difference of the measured length of the first mark and the measured length of the second mark. The method may further include specifying a laser power at a time of forming a space or a cooling pulse width, according to the heat interference amount. | 11-06-2008 |
20080298201 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR OBTAINING AND SETTING OF RECORDING SETTING INFORMATION, AND DATA RECORDING/PLAYBACK DEVICE - A method for obtaining and setting recording setting information, including: obtaining device identification information of an optical disc recording/playback device; transmitting a recording setting information request signal including at least the device identification information to a server connected through a network; receiving recording setting information corresponding to at least the device identification information transmitted from the server based on the recording setting information request signal; and storing the received recording setting information in memory within the optical disc recording/playback device. Thus, for example, recording setting information as to all of optical discs may be obtained and set as much as possible in a case wherein access to the server can be performed, whereby even a case can be handled wherein data recording is carried out as to various types of optical discs later. | 12-04-2008 |
20090016185 | METHOD OF SETTING RECORDING SETUP INFORMATION ABOUT OPTICAL DISK, PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND DATA RECORDING PLAYER - There is disclosed a method of permitting recording setup information required to perform a test recording on an optical disk to be obtained from an external device as the need arises. The method comprises the steps of: measuring an evaluation index associated with recording characteristics with which data was recorded on the optical disk by an optical disk drive; making a decision as to whether the measured evaluation index indicates a state in which recording setup information used in data recording by the optical disk drive should be updated; acquiring recording setup information corresponding to at least the machine ID of the optical disk drive and the medium ID of the optical disk when the evaluation index is judged to indicate the state in which the recording setup information should be updated; and setting the acquired recording setup information in the optical disk drive. | 01-15-2009 |
20090059749 | RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT FOR RECORDING INFORMATION ON OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - In a recording method or apparatus, in order to set an optimal recording condition by a minimal number of times of testing, test recording is carried out while changing power and pulse width of recording pulses in a stepwise manner. Conditions for the test recording are concentrated in a region of a matrix defined by power×pulse width. | 03-05-2009 |
20090067306 | OPTICAL DISC RECORDING METHOD, OPTICAL DISC RECORDING/PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DISC - An optical disc recording method includes: determining that an optical disc to be recorded is an optical disc including a recording layer comprising organic dye; and controlling a laser such that space formation power Ps necessary for space formation is equal to or smaller than bias power Pbw. In a case wherein the relation of Ps03-12-2009 | |
20090122665 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING PLAYBACK CONDITION, OPTICAL DISK, OPTICAL DISK DRIVE DEVICE AND PROGRAM - Playback durability of a writable optical disk is ensured. A method of controlling a playback condition includes continuously irradiating an optical disk with a laser beam having a power level lower than a mark formation level and detecting a change of a state of a signal caused by a return light from the optical disk, and setting a playback condition for the optical disk according to the change of the state of the signal. The playback durability of the optical disk can be ensured by adaptively controlling the playback condition as stated above. | 05-14-2009 |
20100329090 | TARGET LEVEL SETTING METHOD FOR A SIGNAL USED IN MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD DECODING IN PRML PROCESSING OF A SIGNAL REPRODUCED FROM AN OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE FOR AN OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND TARGET LEVEL SETTING PROGRAM FOR A SIGNAL USED IN MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD DECODING IN PRML PROCESSING - Target levels in the PRML method are adaptively set under conditions of simplicity and a low cost. A method of setting a target level for reproduction of an optical information recording medium includes: a step of producing a reproduction signal from reflected light of laser light irradiated to an optical information recording medium; a step of performing waveform equalization processing, which depends on a predetermined partial response characteristic, on the reproduction signal to produce a waveform-equalized reproduction signal; a step of detecting peak levels for marks and spaces of a predetermined number of symbols from the waveform-equalized reproduction signal irrespective of a condition for a symbol adjoining each symbol; and a setting step of determining and setting values of a plurality of target levels, which is employed in Viterbi decoding and is arrayed with non-equal intervals among them, on the basis of a relative relationship among the detected peak levels. | 12-30-2010 |
20110019520 | DATA RECORDING EVALUATING METHOD AND OPTICAL DISK RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - A novel evaluation index is introduced so as to allow both a total evaluation of data recording and an evaluation of individual detection patterns. A data recording evaluation method includes a step of reproducing the result of data recording performed on an optical disk and identifying a predetermined detection pattern in a reproduction signal, a step of detecting the signal state of the reproduction signal corresponding to the predetermined detection pattern, and a first calculation step of calculating a first recording state evaluation index value based on the detected signal state and a reference condition which is identified from the predetermined detection pattern and adjusted so as to reflect the signal state of the reproduction signal. When there is a plurality of predetermined detection patterns, the method further includes a second calculation step of calculating a second recording state evaluation index value using the first recording state evaluation index value for each of the predetermined detection patterns. Data recording can be evaluated properly using the first and second recording state evaluation index values. | 01-27-2011 |