System for recording digital information in a pulse-length modulation format
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1. A method for recording digital information on a record medium, comprising the steps of:
- receiving an input signal to be recorded;
sampling and formatting the input signal to produce successive samples indicative of the input signal;
receiving a first series of samples, and producing an output pulse of a logical "1" level, having a discretely variable time duration corresponding to each successive sample of the first series;
receiving a second series of samples, and producing an output pulse of a logical "0" level, having a discretely variable time duration corresponding to each successive sample of the second series;
assembling streams of pulses of opposite polarities, so that each two immediately adjacent pulses in a stream include one pulse of said logical "0" level immediately adjacent to another pulse of said logical "1" level by combining alternate ones of said logical "1" level and logical "0" level pulses;
using said streams of pulses to modulate an output of a writing source to write on the record medium; and
recording supermarks between writing said streams of pulses, said supermarks comprising a synchronization pattern distinguishable from said written streams of pulses.
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Abstract
An improved system for recording and playing back digital information in a special pulse-length modulation format on a disc-shaped record. The digital information is stored in a succession of alternating marks and spaces, both having lengths that are discretely variable in accordance with a succession of multi-bit binary code blocks.
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1. A method for recording digital information on a record medium, comprising the steps of:
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receiving an input signal to be recorded; sampling and formatting the input signal to produce successive samples indicative of the input signal; receiving a first series of samples, and producing an output pulse of a logical "1" level, having a discretely variable time duration corresponding to each successive sample of the first series; receiving a second series of samples, and producing an output pulse of a logical "0" level, having a discretely variable time duration corresponding to each successive sample of the second series; assembling streams of pulses of opposite polarities, so that each two immediately adjacent pulses in a stream include one pulse of said logical "0" level immediately adjacent to another pulse of said logical "1" level by combining alternate ones of said logical "1" level and logical "0" level pulses; using said streams of pulses to modulate an output of a writing source to write on the record medium; and recording supermarks between writing said streams of pulses, said supermarks comprising a synchronization pattern distinguishable from said written streams of pulses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of playing back information recorded on an optical disk, comprising the steps of:
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reading optical characteristics of a record medium; detecting modulated intensities of the optical characteristics corresponding to a supermark, said supermark comprising a synchronization pattern of optical characteristics; detecting modulated intensities of the optical characteristics corresponding to recorded information located between said supermarks and producing a corresponding electrical signal; demodulating, responsive only to logical "1" levels of the electrical signal, a pulse width during which the electrical signal stays at the logical "1" level, to produce a first output; demodulating, responsive only to logical "0" levels of the electrical signal, a pulse width during which the electrical signal stays at the logical "0" level, to produce a second output; and producing decoded information indicative of the optical information on the record medium responsive to said first and second outputs. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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