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Decoding apparatus and method of optical information reproducing system

US7480224B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 2005
Grant dateJan 20, 2009
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Expiry dateJul 31, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B20/18
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention discloses a decoding apparatus and the method thereof for decoding a signal retrieved by an optical information reproducing system from an optical information recording medium. N legal codes are predetermined. According to the invention, first, the retrieved signal is converted into a data stream. Then, in a Viterbi decoding manner, the data stream is decoded into a digital code in accordance with a level of the data stream and N reference levels. Then, the binary code is decoded by a binary array into one of the N legal codes, and each of the N legal codes corresponds to one of N reference levels. In particular, the N reference levels are corrected by various detected conditions to enhance the correctness of decoded data.

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