Device for reading from or writing to optical recording media having a control unit for a data slicer

• US 7,369,476 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2000
• Issued: 05/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Peytavin, Bruno, Kravtchenko, Alexander, Kabutz, Marten
• Primary Examiner(s): Korzuch; William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Haley; Joseph
• Application Number:
  US09/739,601
• Publication Number:
  US 20010017834A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,696 Days
• Field of Search: 369/59.17, 369/124.08, 369/124.14, 369/59.19, 369/44.32, 369/44.34, 369/47.35, 369/109.01, 375/244, 375/242, 360/40, 360/65
• US Class Current: 369/59.17
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/005 Reproducing G11B7/0065 takes precedence

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for reading from and/or writing to optical recording media (1) having an optical scanner (2) for scanning the recording medium (1) by means of a light beam (3) and for generating scanning signals (HF) from the reflected beam (3), a data slicer (5) for converting a scanning signal (HF) output by the optical scanner (2) into a binary signal (HF″), an averaging unit (6) for forming an average value (M) from the scanning signal (HF, HF″) as input signal of the data slicer (5), and a control unit (14) for changing a parameter (T, OF) of the averaging unit (6). The object of the present invention is to propose a device of this type and also a suitable method therefor in which the average value (M) can be adapted to disturbances during the scanning of the recording medium. According to the invention, this is achieved by virtue of the fact that the control unit (14) has a unit (8, 10) for outputting a comparison value (S, HFN) and a comparator (7, 11) for comparing the average value (M) with this comparison value (S, HFN), and triggers a chance in the parameter (T, OF) in the event of the comparison value exceeded or undershot.

Claims

1. Device for reading from or writing to optical recording media (1) having an optical scanner (2) for scanning the recording medium (1) by means of a light beam (3) and for generating scanning signals (HF) from the reflected beam (3), a data slicer (5) for converting a scanning signal (HF) output by the optical scanner (2) into a binary signal (HF″

), an averaging unit (6) for forming an average value (M) from the scanning signal (HF, HF″

), the average value (M) being used as a second input signal of the data slicer (5), and a control unit (14) for changing a parameter (T, OF) of the averaging unit (6), characterized in that the control unit (14) has a unit (8, 10) for outputting a comparison value (S, HFN) and a comparator (7, 11) comparing the average value (M) with said comparison value (S, HFN), and triggers a change in the parameter (T, OF) in the event of the comparison value being exceeded or undershot.

2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that a threshold value (S) is fixedly predetermined as the comparison value and a time constant (T) of the averaging unit (6) is changed as the parameter.

3. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the unit for outputting a comparison value is an extrapolation unit (11) for determining an extrapolated zero crossing (t1-t5) of the scanning signal (HF) and, as the comparison value, outputs the value (HFN) of the scanning signal at the extrapolated zero crossing (t1-t5), and the comparator (11) triggers a change in an offset value (OF) for the averaging unit (6) if there is a difference between comparison value (HFN) and average value (M).

4. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that a repeat check unit (12) is arranged downstream of the comparator (7, 11), which outputs a corresponding output signal (A″

) only in the event of multiply successive unidirectional input signals (A, A′

).

5. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the unit for outputting a comparison value is an extrapolation unit (11) for determining an extrapolated zero crossing (t1-t5) of the scanning signal (HF) and, as the comparison value, outputs the value (HFN) of the scanning signal at the extrapolated zero crossing (t1-t5), and the comparator (11) triggers a change in an offset value (OF) for the averaging unit (6) if there is a difference between comparison value HFN) and average value (M).

6. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that a repeat check unit (12) is arranged downstream of the comparator (7, 11), which outputs a corresponding output signal (A″

) only in the event of multiply successive unidirectional input signals (A, A′

).

7. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that an analogue-to-digital converter (4) is arranged downstream of the optical scanner (2).