Optical disc recording apparatus, optical disc reproducing apparatus, and multi-layered optical disc

• US 20050185542A1
• Filed: 02/24/2005
• Published: 08/25/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: Iwase, Munehiko
• Application Number:
  US11/063,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20050185542A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 369/47.190
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2007/0013 for carriers having multiple discrete layers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/24038 Multiple laminated recording layers

Abstract

Disclosed is an optical recording disc capable of limiting the redundancy of recorded information and reducing facility investments and manufacturing cost. The optical disc recording apparatus comprises a signal generator for generating a low-resolution image signal by sampling a high-resolution image signal at a predetermined rate, and generating a part of the high-resolution image signal except for the low-resolution image signal as a modified image signal; an encoder for encoding the low-resolution image signal with a first coding scheme to generate a first encoded signal; another encoder for encoding the modified image signal with a second coding scheme different from the first coding scheme to generate a second encoded signal; a signal modulator for modulating the first encoded signal and second encoded signal to generate a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal, respectively; and an optical pickup unit for writing the first modulated signal into a first recording layer of the multi-layered optical disc and writing the second encoded signal into a second recording layer of the multi-layered optical disc.

Claims

1. An optical disc recording apparatus for recording an image signal on a multi-layered optical disc having a plurality of recording layers, comprising:

a signal generator for sampling a high-resolution image signal at a predetermined rate to generate a low-resolution image signal, and generating a part of the high-resolution image signal except for the low-resolution image signal as a modified image signal;

a first encoder for encoding the low-resolution image signal with a first coding scheme to generate a first encoded signal;

a second encoder for encoding the modified image signal with a second coding scheme different from the first coding scheme to generate a second encoded signal;

a signal modulator for modulating the first encoded signal and the second encoded signal to generate a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal, respectively; and

an optical pickup unit for writing the first modulated signal into a first recording layer of the multi-layered optical disc, and writing the second encoded signal into a second recording layer of the multi-layered optical disc.

2. An optical recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said optical pickup unit includes a first optical pickup for writing the first modulated signal into the first recording layer, and a second optical pickup for writing the second encoded signal into the second recording layer, wherein said first optical pickup and said second optical pickup operate independently of each other.

3. An optical disc recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first recording layer and said second recording layer have recording areas which correspond to the same recording density.

4. An optical disc recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first recording layer of the multi-layered optical disc has a recording area which supports a first recording density, and said second recording layer has a recording area which corresponds to a second recording density different from the first recording density.

5. An optical disc recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said first recording density is lower than said second recording density.

6. An optical disc reproducing apparatus for reproducing an image signal from a multi-layered optical disc having a plurality of recording layers, comprising:

an optical pickup unit for reading a first modulated signal from a first recording layer of the multi-layered optical disc, and reading a second modulated signal from a second recording layer of the multi-layered optical disc;

a signal demodulator for demodulating the first modulated signal and the second modulated signal to generate a first encoded signal and a second encoded signal, respectively;

a first decoder for decoding the first encoded signal with a first decoding scheme to generate a low-resolution image signal;

a second decoder for decoding the second encoded signal with a second decoding scheme different from the first decoding scheme to generate a modified image signal; and

a signal combiner for combining the low-resolution image signal with the modified image signal to generate a high-resolution image signal.

7. An optical disc reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said optical pickup unit includes a first optical pickup for reading the first modulated signal from the first recording layer, and a second optical pickup for reading the second encoded signal from the second recording layer, wherein said first optical pickup and said second optical pickup operate independently of each other.

8. An optical disc reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said first recording layer and said second recording layer have recording areas which correspond to the same recording density.

9. An optical disc reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said first recording layer of the multi-layered optical disc has a recording area which corresponds to a first recording density, and said second recording layer has a recording area which corresponds to a second recording density different from the first recording density.

10. An optical disc reproducing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said first recording density is lower than said second recording density.

11. A multi-layered optical disc having a plurality of recording layers, comprising:

a first recording layer for recording a first encoded signal generated by encoding a low-resolution image signal generated by sampling a high-resolution image signal at a predetermined rate with a first coding scheme; and

a second recording layer for recording a second encoded signal generated by encoding a part of the high-resolution image signal except for the low-resolution image signal with a second coding scheme different from the first coding scheme.

12. A multi-layered optical disc according to claim 11, wherein said first recording layer and said second recording layer have recording areas which correspond to the same recording density.

13. A multi-layered optical disc according to claim 11, wherein said first recording layer of the multi-layered optical disc has a recording area which corresponds to a first recording density, and said second recording layer has a recording area which corresponds to a second recording density different from the first recording density.

14. A multi-layered optical disc according to claim 13, wherein said first recording density is lower than said second recording density.