Disk driving system and disk driving method

• US 5,883,866 A
• Filed: 08/04/1997
• Issued: 03/16/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Shimizume, Kazutoshi, Akita, Mamoru
• Primary Examiner(s): EDUN, MUHAMMAD N
• Application Number:
  US08/905,343
• Time in Patent Office: 589 Days
• Field of Search: 369/50, 369/47, 369/48, 369/49, 369/54, 369/58, 369/59, 369/32, 369/275.3
• US Class Current: 369/47.41
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/26 Speed-changing arrangements; Reversing arrangements; Drive-transfer means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/28 Speed controlling, regulating, or indicating G11B19/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/0037 with discs

Abstract

In a disk recording/reproduction apparatus, the operational limit of each of a mechanical apparatus and signal processing of a disk drive is taken into consideration. When an area from the innermost region of a disk to a predetermined distance is recorded or reproduced, the disk is rotationally driven by a CAV method, and when an area from the predetermined distance of the disk to the outermost region is recorded or reproduced, the disk is rotationally driven by a CLV method.

Claims

1. A disk apparatus which rotationally drives disk-shaped recording medium, comprising:

optical pick-up means;

driving means for rotationally driving said recording medium in accordance with a control signal derived from said pick-up means;

access means for accessing said recording medium; and

control means for controlling said driving means so that when said access means is accessing a first or second area of said recording medium, said recording medium is rotationally driven by a first or second drive method, respectively,

wherein said first area is an area from an innermost region of said recording medium to a limit radius, and said second area is an area from said limit radius to an outermost region of said recording medium,

said limit radius being a radius of a maximum linear velocity which a signal processing system is capable of handling when said recording medium is rotationally driven by a constant angular velocity (CAV) method.

2. The disk apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first or second driving method is a constant angular velocity (CAV) method or a constant linear velocity (CLV) method, respectively.

3. The disk apparatus according to claim 1, wherein time information indicating time has been recorded on said recording medium, and said control means recognizes the position at which said access means is accessing said recording medium on the basis of said time information.

4. The disk apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

linear velocity detection means for detecting a linear velocity at the position of said recording medium that said access means is accessing,

wherein said control means recognizes the position at which said access means is accessing said recording medium on the basis of said linear velocity detected by said linear velocity detection means.

5. The disk apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

fixed-clock generation means for generating a fixed clock which is a clock of a fixed frequency;

variable-clock generation means for generating a variable clock which is a clock of a variable frequency ;

error detection means for detecting an error with respect to said variable clock, of the linear velocity at the position at which said access means is accessing said recording medium;

fixed-clock frequency-dividing means for frequency-dividing said fixed clock; and

variable-clock frequency-dividing means for frequency-dividing said variable clock,

wherein said variable-clock generation means generates said variable clock of a frequency corresponding to said error output from said error detection means,

said driving means rotationally drives said recording medium on the basis of the difference between the outputs of said fixed-clock frequency-dividing means and said variable-clock frequency-dividing means, and

said control means causes said driving means to rotationally drive said recording medium by a first or second driving method by setting the frequency-dividing ratios of said fixed-clock frequency-dividing means and said variable-clock frequency-dividing means.

6. A disk driving method for rotationally driving a disk-shaped recording medium, comprising the steps of:

(a) recognizing an access position on said recording medium;

(b) determining whether said access position is in a first or second area of said recording medium, wherein said first area is an area from an innermost region of said recording medium to a limit radius, and said second area is an area from said limit radius to an outermost region of said recording medium, said limit radius being a radius of a maximum linear velocity which a signal processing system is capable of handling when said recording medium is rotationally driven by a constant angular velocity (CAV) method; and

(c) rotationally driving said recording medium by a first or second driving method while access to said first or second area of said recording medium is being performed, respectively.

7. The disk driving method according to claim 6, wherein said step of recognizing said access position further includes reading time information indicating time recorded on said recording medium and determining the access position based on said time information.

8. The disk driving method according to claim 6, wherein said step of recognizing said access position further includes detecting a linear velocity of said recording medium at said access position and determining the access position based on said linear velocity.

9. A disk apparatus which rotationally drives disk-shaped recording medium, comprising:

optical pick-up means;

driving means for rotationally driving said recording medium in accordance with a control signal derived from said pick-up means;

access means for accessing said recording medium; and

control means for controlling said driving means so that when said access means is accessing a first or second area of said recording medium, said recording medium is rotationally driven by a first or second drive method, respectively,

wherein said recording medium has time information indicating time recorded thereon and the control means recognizes a position at which said access means is accessing said recording medium on the basis of said time information to determine if the access position is in the first or second area.

10. The disk apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said first or second area is an inner region side or an outer region side of said recording medium.

11. The disk apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said control means controls said driving means so that when said access means is accessing the inner region side or the outer region side of said recording medium, said recording medium is rotationally driven by a constant angular velocity (CAV) method or a constant linear velocity (CLV) method, respectively.

12. A disk apparatus which rotationally drives disk-shaped recording medium, comprising:

optical pick-up means;

driving means for rotationally driving said recording medium in accordance with a control signal derived from said pick-up means;

access means for accessing said recording medium;

linear velocity detection means for detecting a linear velocity at the position of said recording medium that said access means is accessing; and

control means for controlling said driving means so that when said access means is accessing a first or second area of said recording medium, said recording medium is rotationally driven by a first or second drive method, respectively,

wherein said control means recognizes the position at which said access means is accessing said recording medium on the basis of said linear velocity detected by said linear velocity detection means to determine if the access position is in the first or second area.

13. The disk apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said first or second area is an inner region side or an outer region side of said recording medium.

14. The disk apparatus according to 13, wherein said control means controls said driving means so that when said access means is accessing the inner region or the outer region side of said recording medium, said recording medium is rotationally driven by a constant angular velocity (CAV) method or a constant linear velocity (CLV) method, respectively.