Patent Application
20090268573
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an optical disc recorder and a method for controlling recording to the optical disc.
2. Description of Related Art
Optical recorders for recording data onto recordable optical discs are widely used. Recordable discs, such as DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, and CD-R/RW, are popular optical storage media in the consumer electronics market. A typical optical recorder uses a laser beam to record the data onto a disc rotated by a spindle motor of the optical recorder. The laser beam is emitted from an optical pick up head that is moveable along a radial direction of the disc.
The optical recorder is a vibration-sensitive device as the optical disc is rotating and the optical pick up head is moving when the optical recorder records data onto the optical disc. If the optical recorder is struck, the laser beam of the optical pick up head may deviate from a track predefined on the optical disc. Accordingly, the recording quality is degraded. Generally, the optical recorder is widely used in many types of portable electronic devices, such as notebook computers, digital video recorders, etc. These portable electronic devices are frequently struck or subjected to sudden movements and the recording quality of the optical disc may be affected.
Therefore, an optical disc recorder and a method for controlling the recording of optical discs are desired.
A method for recording data onto a disc includes the steps of: receiving a reflected laser beam reflected from the disc and generating a servo error signal according to the reflected laser beam; determining whether the optical recorder is vibrated based on the servo error signal; and generating a control signal for interrupting recording data onto the disc when the optical recorder is vibrated.
An optical recorder for recording data onto a disc includes a shock detector. The shock detector is used for determining whether the optical recorder is vibrated based on a servo error signal and generating a control signal. The control signal is used for interrupting recording data onto the disc when the optical recorder is vibrated.
Other systems, methods, features, and advantages of the present optical recording and/or reproducing device will be or become apparent to one with skill in the art upon examination of the following drawings and detailed description. It is intended that all such additional systems, methods, features, and advantages be included within this description, be within the scope of the present device, and be protected by the accompanying claims.
Many aspects of the present optical disc recorder can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present device. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
Reference will now be made to the drawings to describe preferred embodiments of a present optical recorder, in detail.
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In response to the servo controlling signals, the OPU driver 106 transmits OPU driving signals to the OPU 104 for adjusting the laser beam emitted by the OPU 104, for example, adjusting a focusing operation or a tracking operation for the laser beam. The motor driver 110 receives the servo controlling signals and generates motor driving signals for adjusting a rotating speed or changing a rotating mode of the spindle motor 102. There are various rotating modes of the spindle motor 102, such as constant linear velocity (CLV) mode, constant angular velocity (CAV) mode, partial constant angular velocity (P-CAV) mode, and zoned constant linear velocity (Z-CLV) mode.
The recorder 100 further includes an encoder 112, a data buffer 114, and a laser driver 116. The data that are going to be recorded on the disc 200 are encoded by the encoder 112 for complying with a recording standard, such as EFM (eight-to-fourteen modulation) or EFM plus. The encoded data are sent to the data buffer 114 for temporary storage. The laser driver 116 generates laser driving signals according to the encoded data stored in the data buffer 114 and transmits the laser driving signals to the OPU 104. The OPU 104 emits the laser beams based on the laser driving signals. Thus, the data are recorded on the disc 200.
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Generally, the primary beam 212 will be moved along the track 216 when the disc 200 is rotated by the spindle motor 102. When the recorder 100 is subjected to a sudden acceleration the OPU 104 may deviate from its original position. Thus, the primary beam 212 may deviate from the predefined track 216 and may take the path 218. This will result in decrease recording speed, and may even result in data lost.
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The recorder 300 further includes an encoder 312 for encoding data, a data buffer 314 for storing the encoded data, a laser driver 316 for driving the OPU 304 to emit laser beams, and a shock detector 320.
The shock detector 320 is associated with the OPU 304 for receiving a servo error signal to determine whether the recorder 300 is vibrated. If the shock detector 320 detects a sudden acceleration of the recorder 300, the shock detector 320 generates a control signal that signals the recorder 300 to interrupt recording. If the shock detector 320 detects that the shock of the recorder 300 no longer exists, the shock detector 320 generates the control signal that signals the 300 to resume recording.
The shock detector 320 includes a low pass filter (LPF) 322 and a comparator 324. The LPF 322 receives the servo error signal and passes a low-frequency signal in the servo error signal but attenuates (reduces the amplitude of) signals with frequencies higher than a cutoff frequency of the LPF 322. Thus high-frequency noise is filtered and the filtered servo error signal is transmitted to the comparator 324.
The comparator 324 is coupled to the LPF 322 for receiving the filtered servo error signal and comparing the filtered servo error signal with a predetermined threshold voltage, thus yielding a comparison result. The comparator 324 generates a comparison result signal according to the comparison result. Referring also to
The comparison result signal generated by the comparator 324 is transmitted to the encoder 312 and the laser driver 316 as the control signal for controlling the recording process. When the control signal is represented with the low voltage level, the laser driver 316 continuously outputs the laser drive signals to the OPU 304 for driving the OPU 304 to emit laser beams. When the control signal is represented with the high voltage level, the process of outputting the laser drive signals to the OPU 304 is suspended.
The recorder 300 includes the shock detector 320 for determining whether the recorder 300 is vibrated based on the servo error signal and generates the control signal. The control signal is configured to interrupt recording data onto the disc 400 when the recorder 300 is vibrated.
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The LPF 522 receives the servo error signal and passes the low-frequency signal in the servo error signal but attenuates (reduces the amplitude of) signals with frequencies higher than a cutoff frequency of the LPF 522. Thus high-frequency noise is filtered and the filtered servo error signal is transmitted to the comparator 524.
The comparator 524 is coupled to the LPF 522 for receiving the filtered servo error signal and comparing the filtered servo error signal with a predetermined threshold voltage. The comparator 524 generates a comparison result signal according to the comparison result. Referring also to
The comparison result signal is transmitted to the delay unit 526 for extending a period of the high voltage level 614 to generate a delayed signal. The delayed signal includes a low voltage level 622 and a high voltage level 624. The low voltage level 622 rises to the high voltage level 624 when the comparison result signal goes to a high level 614. However, on the falling edge of the high voltage level 614 of the comparison result signal, the high voltage level 624 of the delayed signal is extended by a predetermined delay. Thus a period of the high voltage level 614 is extended to generate the high voltage level 624 of the delayed signal.
The delayed signal generated by the delay unit 526 is transmitted to the encoder 312 and the laser driver 316 as the control signal for controlling the recording process. If the control signal is represented as low voltage level, the laser driver 316 continuously outputs the laser drive signals to drive the OPU 304 to emit laser beams. If the control signal is represented as high voltage level, the process of outputting the laser drive signals to the OPU 304 is suspended. In this embodiment, the high voltage level 614 of the comparison result signal is delayed and thus extended. If the recorder 300 is intermittently vibrated with short intervals, the process of recording would not be interrupted too frequently because the delayed high voltage level lasts for a relatively long time. Thus the recorder 300 is kept in a non-recording state when the recorder 300 is intermittently vibrated with short intervals.
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In step 802, the data that are going to be recorded onto the disc 800 are encoded by the encoder 312 for complying with recording standard, such as EFM (eight-to-fourteen modulation) or EFM plus.
In step 804, the encoded data are transmitted to the data buffer 314 for temporary storage and the laser driving signals are generated according to the encoded data stored in the data buffer.
In step 806, the laser beams are emitted according to the laser driving signals and the laser beams are focused on the disc 800 to record the data.
In step 808, the OPU 304 receives reflected beams reflected from the disc 800.
In step 810, the OPU 304 generates servo error signals according to the received reflected beams.
In step 812, the servo error signals are transmitted to the low pass filter 522 for filtering out high-frequency noise from the servo error signals.
In step 814, the filtered servo error signal is compared with a predetermined threshold voltage to determined whether the recorder 700 is vibrated. If the filtered servo error signal is greater than the predetermined threshold voltage, that is, the recorder 700 is vibrated, the procedure goes to step 816. Or else, the procedure goes back to step 802.
In step 816, the process of recording is interrupted. The OPU 304 stops emitting the laser beams and the encoder 312 stops encoding data. Thus, the process of recording the disc 800 is interrupted
In step 818, the destination address of the data that is going to be recorded before the shock of the recorder 700 and the physical address of the disc 800 for recording the data are stored in the memory 730.
In step 820, if the recorder 700 is still being vibrated, the filtered servo error signal remains greater than the predetermined threshold voltage and the process of recording cannot be resumed. If it is detected that the recorder 700 is not vibrated, the recorder 700 resumes recording.
In step 822, the destination address and the physical address stored in the memory 730 are retrieved to resume the recording process.
The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiments of the invention has been presented only for the purposes of illustration and description and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain the principles of the invention and their practical application so as to enable others skilled in the art to utilize the invention and various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. Alternative embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from its spirit and scope. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description and the exemplary embodiments described therein.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200710200513.7 | Apr 2007 | CN | national |
