US 5,850,377 AGranted

Data readout system for optical disk having maximum likehood data detecting circuit

AssigneeFujitsu Limited

InventorsMasakazu Taguchi, Haruhiko Izumi

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Abstract

A system reproduces data from an optical disk in which a signal obtained by encoding recording data in accordance with a recording rule including a rule corresponding to a partial response class I characteristic has been recorded. The system includes an optical head for reproducing a signal from the optical disk, an analog-to-digital converter for sampling the signal reproduced by the optical head at predetermined timing and for outputting sampling data, a determination unit for determining, based on the sampling data from the analog-to-digital converter, a transition state of data to be reproduced in accordance with a transmission line characteristic of the reproduction system for the optical disk, and a data decision unit for deciding maximum likelihood reproduction data at present timing based on the determination result obtained by the determination unit.

Claims2

Dependent claims

A system for reproducing data from an optical disk in which information has been recorded in every unit region, the unit region having a first region for recording a regular pattern signal encoded in accordance with a recording rule of a predetermined partial response characteristic and a second region for recording a random data signal, said system comprising:

signal reproduction means for reproducing a signal from said optical disk;
sampling means for sampling the reproduction signal from said signal reproduction means at predetermined timing and for outputting sampling data;
equalizing means for executing an equalizing process for the sampling data from said sampling means;
maximum likelihood data detecting means for deciding, based on the sampling data processed by said equalizing means, maximum likelihood data to be reproduced;
data generating means for generating the recording data from the data decided by said maximum likelihood data detecting means based on the sampling data processed by said equalizing means in the second region of each unit region;
and
equalizing target calculating means for calculating, based on the sampling data obtained in the first region of each unit region, the equalizing target used by said equalizing means.

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Facts

Application: 08/838,832Filed 11 Apr 1997 · division
Priority: JP 5-2799439 Nov 1993
Granted: 15 Dec 1998
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G11B 20/10083
Using partial response filtering when writing the signal to the medium or reading it therefrom: pR1 or PR, i.e. partial response class 1,…
G11B 7/005
Recording, reproducing or erasing methods; Read, write or erase circuits therefor: reproducing
G11B 11/10515
Characterised by the transducing operation to be executed: reproducing
G11B 20/10009
Digital recording or reproducing: improvement or modification of read or write signals