Power saving system for optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus
AssigneeVictor Company of Japan, Ltd.
InventorYasuhiro Ueki
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Abstract
A power saving system of an optical recording/reproducing apparatus is provided. The optical recording/reproducing apparatus includes a temporal memory which stores reproduced data or recording data in a cyclic data storage stage and from which the stored data is read out for reproduction or recording in a cyclic data readout stage following the data storage stage. The power saving system saves part of power consumed in the apparatus in the data storage stage in a record mode of operation and in the data readout stage in a reproduce mode of operation.
Claims6
An optical reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a pickup reading data out of an optical disc optically;
- a signal producing circuit producing a reproduction signal containing control data for conducting reproduction control of the reproduction signal and a servo signal from the data read out by said pickup;
- a servo circuit responsive to the servo signal to control readout of data trough said pickup;
- a temporal memory storing therein the reproduction signal containing the control data;
- a reproducing circuit reproducing the reproduction signal based on the control data contained in the reproduction signal read out from the reproduction signal stored in the temporal memory;
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- a power saving circuit saving at least a portion of power consumed in the apparatus depending on the kind of control data, while a fixed amount of the reproduction data is stored in the temporal memory, in a reproduction of the reproduction signal based on the control data.
An optical reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a pickup reading data out of an optical disc optically;
- a signal producing circuit producing a reproduction signal containing control data and a servo circuit from the data read out by said pickup;
- a servo circuit responsive to the servo signal to control readout of the data through said pickup;
- a temporal memory storing therein the reproduction signal containing the control data;
- a reproducing circuit reproducing the reproduction signal based on the control data;
- a first control circuit which controls rotation of an optical disc in a first servo control mode based on a speed control signal derived from a motor rotating the optical disc;
- a second control circuit which controls rotation of the optical disc in a second servo control mode based on a speed control signal derived from the data reproduced from the optical disc;
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- a power saving circuit saving a portion of power consumed in the apparatus during a reproduce mode of operation of said reproducing circuit, said power saving circuit switching control of the rotation of the optical disc from the second servo control mode to the first servo control mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.