Apparatus for reproducing information from optical disk on which information in recorded by mark length recording

Claim 2

A data reproducing apparatus for reproducing data from an optical disk having a fixed code section and a data recording section, the fixed code section having fixed widths to pit-to-pit distances is 1:n, n being a natural number, the data recording section having pits which are continuous with the pits of the fixed code section and which represent recorded data with pit widths and pit-to-pit distances, the data reproducing apparatus comprising: first detecting means for detecting pits on the disk and generating an analog signal corresponding to the fixed code data and the recorded data; second detecting means for detecting the fixed code data from the analog signal detected by the first detecting means and outputting a corresponding detection signal; determining means for determining an average value of the analog signal detected by the first detecting means while the second detecting means is detecting the fixed code data, thereby determining the average value based on the fixed code data detected by the second detecting means; and binarizing means for determining a binary representation of the analog signal detected by the first detecting means using the average value determined by the determining means as a slice level when the second detecting means is not detecting the fixed code data, thereby binarizing the recorded data in the analog signal by comparing the average value slice level with a threshold level.

Claim 3

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determining means includes: a switch which is turned on in response to the detection signal; a delay circuit which delays the analog signal detected by the first detecting means so that the analog signal is binarized by the binarizing means when the second detecting means is not detecting the fixed code data; a CR circuit which is charged while being supplied with an average value of the delayed analog signal when the switch is turned on; and means for comparing the delayed analog signal with the average value of the delayed analog signal.

Claim 4

A data reproducing apparatus for reproducing data from an optical disk having a fixed code section and a data recording section, the fixed code section having fixed code data represented by pits formed such that a ratio of pit widths to pit-to-pit distances is 1:n, n being a natural number, the data recording section having pits which are continuous with the pits of the fixed code section and which represent recorded data with pit widths and pit-to-pit distances, the data reproducing apparatus comprising: first detecting means for detecting pits on the disk and generating an analog signal corresponding to the fixed code data and the recorded data; second detecting means for detecting the fixed code data from the analog signal detected by the first detecting means and outputting a corresponding detection signal; determining means for determining a deviation value representing the deviation between the analog signal detected by the first detecting means and a predetermined signal level, while the second detecting means is detecting the fixed code data for determining the deviation value, wherein the determining means includes: a switch which is turned on in response to the detection signal, a delay circuit which delays the analog signal detected by the first detecting means so that the analog signal is corrected by the correcting means when the second detecting means is not detecting the fixed code data, and a CR circuit which is charged when the switch is turned on and while being supplied with the delayed analog signal; correcting means for correcting the analog signal detected by the first detecting means according to the deviation value determined by the determination means when the second detecting means is not detecting the fixed code data, thereby correcting the recorded data in the analog signal; and binarizing means for binarizing the analog signal corrected by the correcting means according to the predetermined signal level.

Claim 5

A data reproducing apparatus for reproducing data from an optical disk having a fixed code section and a data recording section, the fixed code section having fixed code data represented by pits formed such that a ratio of pit widths to pit-to-pit distances is 1:n, n being a natural number, the data recording section having pits which are continuous with the pits of the fixed code section and which represent recorded data with pit widths and pit-to-pit distances, the data reproducing apparatus comprising: first detecting means for detecting pits on the disk and generating an analog signal corresponding to the fixed code data and the recorded data; second detecting means for detecting the fixed code data from the analog signal detected by the first detecting means and outputting a corresponding detection signal; determining means for determining a deviation value representing the deviation between the analog signal detected by the first detecting means and a predetermined signal level, while the second detecting means is detecting the fixed code data for determining the deviation value, wherein the determining means includes: a switch which is turned on in response to the detection signal, a delay circuit which delays the analog signal detected by the first detecting means so that the analog signal is corrected by the correcting means when the second detecting means is not detecting the fixed code data, and a CR circuit which is charged when the switch is turned on and while being supplied with the delayed analog signal; correcting means for correcting the analog signal detected by the first detecting means according to the deviation value determined by the determination means when the second detecting means is not detecting the fixed code data, thereby correcting the recorded data in the analog signal; and binarizing means for binarizing the analog signal corrected by the correcting means according to the predetermined signal level.