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Disk apparatus and disk reproducing method

US6975252B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2004
Grant dateDec 13, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M13/6508
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disk apparatus has a reading unit which reads reflection light from a disk and outputting a read signal, an identifying unit which identifies whether the read signal has been modified in accordance with a first modulation rule or has been modulated in accordance with a second modulation rule and outputs an identification signal, an equalizing unit which applies a waveform equalizing process to the read signal, and a decoding unit which carries out likelihood decoding of the waveform equalized read signal according to the modulation rule indicated by the identification signal from the identifying unit, and outputs a reproduction signal.

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