JPH01166371A - Information signal gate circuit - Google Patents

Information signal gate circuit

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JPH01166371A
JPH01166371A JP32453587A JP32453587A JPH01166371A JP H01166371 A JPH01166371 A JP H01166371A JP 32453587 A JP32453587 A JP 32453587A JP 32453587 A JP32453587 A JP 32453587A JP H01166371 A JPH01166371 A JP H01166371A
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Haruyuki Suzuki
晴之 鈴木
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To reproduce information without an error by obtaining an AND between the output signal of a binarization circuit, which binarizes a reproducing signal from a pick-up, and the output signal of a pulse block detecting circuit and obtaining a binarization regenerating signal. CONSTITUTION:When a reproducing signal (a) from a pick-up 2 is passed through an expander 12, since a gain is low to the unrecorded part of a recording medium 1 and the gain goes to high to the recording part of the recording medium 1 for the expander 12, a signal whose amplitude is extended can be obtained. When a pulse block in which a pulse shaped signal exists is detected from this signal by a pulse block detecting circuit 4, the set of a reference voltage V of a reference voltage source 11 is facilitated in the detecting circuit 4 and a stable gate signal (c) can be obtained from the pulse block detecting circuit 4. The AND between this gate signal (c) and the output signal of a binarization circuit 3 is obtained by an AND circuit 5. Thus, the information can be reproduced without the error.

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【発明の詳細な説明】 (技術分野) 本発明は記録媒体から記録情報を再生する光デイスク装
置等の情報記録再生装置における情報信号ゲート回路に
関する。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Technical Field) The present invention relates to an information signal gate circuit in an information recording/reproducing apparatus such as an optical disk device that reproduces recorded information from a recording medium.

(従来技術) 第5図は従来の情報記録再生装置の一例を示す。(Conventional technology) FIG. 5 shows an example of a conventional information recording/reproducing device.

記録媒体1はモータにより回転され、ピックアップ2は
この記録媒体1より情報を読み出す。ピックアップ2か
ら得られる再生信号はアナログ信号であり、2値化回1
3により2値化される。また記録媒体1上の未記録部分
からピックアップ2で読み出された再生信号が誤って2
値化回路3を通して取り出されることを防ぐために、パ
ルス区間検出回路4によりピックアップ2からの再生信
号よりパルス状信号が存在する区間が検出され、このパ
ルス区間検出回路4の出力信号と2値化回路3の出力信
号との論理積がアンド回路5でとられることにより2値
化回路3の出力信号は記録媒体1上の記録部分から読み
出された信号のみが取り出されて後段のコントローラへ
送出される。
A recording medium 1 is rotated by a motor, and a pickup 2 reads information from this recording medium 1. The reproduced signal obtained from the pickup 2 is an analog signal, and the reproduction signal obtained from the pickup 2 is an analog signal.
It is binarized by 3. In addition, the playback signal read out by the pickup 2 from the unrecorded area on the recording medium 1 is mistakenly
In order to prevent the signal from being extracted through the digitization circuit 3, a pulse section detection circuit 4 detects a section in which a pulse-like signal exists from the reproduced signal from the pickup 2, and the output signal of the pulse section detection circuit 4 and the binarization circuit are detected. 3 is ANDed by the AND circuit 5, so that only the signals read from the recording portion on the recording medium 1 are extracted from the output signal of the binarization circuit 3 and sent to the subsequent controller. Ru.

第3図、第4図は上記パルス区間検出回路4の各側を示
す。
3 and 4 show each side of the pulse section detection circuit 4. FIG.

第3図に示すパルス区間検出回路ではピックアツブ2か
らの再生信号aはコンパレータ6により基準電圧源7の
基準電圧v1と比較され、このコンパレータ6からのパ
ルスdにより再トリガー可能なモノマルチバイブレータ
8がトリガーされてこのモノマルチバイブレータ8がら
再生信号aのパルス状信号が存在する区間を示す信号e
が出方される。ここにモノマルチバイブレータ8が1回
のトリガーで出力するパルスの幅は予想されるパルス周
期よりもやや長くしである。
In the pulse section detection circuit shown in FIG. 3, the reproduced signal a from the pick-up 2 is compared with the reference voltage v1 of the reference voltage source 7 by the comparator 6, and the mono-multivibrator 8, which can be retriggered, is activated by the pulse d from the comparator 6. A signal e indicating a section in which a pulse-like signal of the reproduced signal a is present in the mono multivibrator 8 after being triggered.
will be presented. Here, the width of the pulse output by the mono-multivibrator 8 with one trigger is slightly longer than the expected pulse period.

第4図に示すパルス区間検出回路ではピックアップ2か
らの再生信号aのエンベロープがダイオードD、抵抗R
及びコンデンサCからなる検出器9により検出され、こ
の検出器9の出力信号fがコンパレータ10により基準
電圧源11の基準電圧v2と比較されることによりコン
パレータ1゜から再生信号aのパルス状信号が存在する
区間を示す信号gが得られる。
In the pulse section detection circuit shown in Fig. 4, the envelope of the reproduced signal a from the pickup 2 is
The output signal f of the detector 9 is compared with the reference voltage v2 of the reference voltage source 11 by the comparator 10, and a pulse-like signal of the reproduced signal a is output from the comparator 1°. A signal g indicating the existing section is obtained.

しかし上述の情報記録再生装置では第6図aのようにピ
ックアップ2からの再生信号aにノイズが多く含まれて
いたり再生信号aのパルス波形が劣化していたりした場
合にはパルス区間検出回路4における基準電圧源7,1
1の基準電圧V工。
However, in the information recording and reproducing apparatus described above, when the reproduced signal a from the pickup 2 contains a lot of noise or the pulse waveform of the reproduced signal a has deteriorated as shown in FIG. 6a, the pulse section detection circuit 4 Reference voltage source 7,1 at
1 reference voltage V engineering.

V2の設定が難しくなる。例えば第6図aのようなピッ
クアップ2からの再生信号aが第3図、第4図のような
パルス区間検出回路4に入力されると、第6図d、fの
ように再生信号aが串1.傘2の部分で基準電圧を下回
り又は上回り、パルス区間検出回路4から第6図eeg
のように誤ったゲート信号が出力されてしまう。このた
めアンド回路5がその誤ったゲート信号により2値化回
路3の出力信号を不必要にコントローラへ出力し、誤動
作を起こすことがあった。
Setting V2 becomes difficult. For example, when the reproduced signal a from the pickup 2 as shown in FIG. 6a is input to the pulse section detection circuit 4 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the reproduced signal a as shown in FIGS. Skewers 1. If the voltage falls below or exceeds the reference voltage at the portion of the umbrella 2, the pulse section detection circuit 4 detects the
An incorrect gate signal will be output like this. Therefore, the AND circuit 5 may unnecessarily output the output signal of the binarization circuit 3 to the controller due to the erroneous gate signal, causing a malfunction.

(目 的) 本発明は上記欠点を解消し、2値化再生信号を正確に得
ることができる情報信号ゲート回路を提供することを目
的とする。
(Objective) It is an object of the present invention to provide an information signal gate circuit that can eliminate the above drawbacks and accurately obtain a binary reproduced signal.

(構 成) 本発明は記録媒体からピックアップによって情報を再生
する情報記録再生装置において、利得が入力信号振幅の
関数で変化してこの関数が単調増加性を持つ可変利得増
幅器と、パルス区間検出回路と、2値化回路と、論理積
手段とを備え、可変利得増幅器が上記ピックアップから
の再生信号を増幅する。パルス区間検出回路は可変利得
増幅器の出力信号よりパルス状信号が存在する区間を検
出し、2値化回路は上記ピックアップからの再生信号を
2値化する。論理積手段は2値化回路の出力信号とパル
ス区間検出回路の出力信号との論理積をとって2値化再
生信号を得る。
(Structure) The present invention provides an information recording and reproducing apparatus for reproducing information from a recording medium by a pickup, which comprises: a variable gain amplifier whose gain changes as a function of an input signal amplitude and whose function increases monotonically; and a pulse interval detection circuit. , a binarization circuit, and an AND means, and a variable gain amplifier amplifies the reproduced signal from the pickup. The pulse section detection circuit detects a section in which a pulse-like signal exists from the output signal of the variable gain amplifier, and the binarization circuit binarizes the reproduced signal from the pickup. The AND means performs an AND operation on the output signal of the binarization circuit and the output signal of the pulse section detection circuit to obtain a binarized reproduction signal.

第1図は本発明の一実施例を示す。FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the invention.

この実施例は上述の情報記録再生装置においてパルス区
間検出回路の前にエキスパンダ(伸張回路)12を挿入
してピックアップ2からの再生信号より2値化再生信号
を得るようにしたものである。エキスパンダ12の特性
は第2図に示すようになっている。すなわちエキスパン
ダ12は利得が入力信号aの関数であり、かつこの関数
は用いられる入力信号の振幅の範囲で単調増加性を持っ
ている。これを数式で表わせば 利得= f (a) a:入力信号の振幅 f’(a)>O(Q≦a≦A) A:予想される最大入力信号振幅 となる、ここで説明を簡単にするためにf(a)=に−
aとすると、エキスパンダ12の出力信号の振幅a。u
7は a ouv = K ’ a ” である。いまS /N(信号対雑音比)を用いて考える
と、エキスパンダ12の出力信号のS/N:(S/N)
。U、は (S /N)。u、= K −S 、N”/K −N、
N”= (S 、N/ N 、、)2 S18:入力信号の振幅 N IH:ノイズの振幅 となり、対数比では2倍にS/Nが改善される。
In this embodiment, an expander (expansion circuit) 12 is inserted before the pulse section detection circuit in the information recording and reproducing apparatus described above, so that a binarized reproduction signal is obtained from the reproduction signal from the pickup 2. The characteristics of the expander 12 are as shown in FIG. That is, the gain of the expander 12 is a function of the input signal a, and this function has a monotonically increasing property within the range of the amplitude of the input signal used. Expressing this mathematically, gain = f (a) a: Amplitude of input signal f'(a)>O (Q≦a≦A) A: Maximum expected input signal amplitude.A brief explanation will be given here. In order to do f(a) = −
Let a be the amplitude a of the output signal of the expander 12. u
7 is a ouv = K'a''. Now, considering using S/N (signal to noise ratio), the S/N of the output signal of the expander 12: (S/N)
. U, is (S/N). u,=K-S,N"/K-N,
N''= (S, N/N,,)2 S18: Input signal amplitude NIH: Noise amplitude, and the S/N is improved by a factor of two in terms of logarithmic ratio.

例えばS、、/N、N=20dBであれば(S/N)。For example, if S, , /N, N=20dB (S/N).

uT=40dBとなる。一般にエキスパンダ12は入力
信号の振幅が小さいときには利得が小さく、入力信号の
振幅が大きいときには利得が大きくなる可変利得増幅器
である。
uT=40dB. Generally, the expander 12 is a variable gain amplifier that has a small gain when the amplitude of the input signal is small, and a large gain when the amplitude of the input signal is large.

次に本実施例を第6図を用いて説明する。Next, this embodiment will be explained using FIG. 6.

今ピックアップ2からの再生信号aが第6図aのように
なっているとする。この再生信号aにおいて意味がある
ところはパルス状信号が存在するパルス区間の部分だけ
である。再生信号aは記録媒体1及びピックアップ2の
バラツキ又は劣化等により変動し、また記録媒体1上の
未記録部分によるノイズも無視できなくなる場合がある
。前述のように再生信号に対してパルス区間検出回路4
によりパルス状信号が存在するパルス区間を正確に検出
することは困難である。しかしピックアップ2からの再
生信号aをエキスパンダ12に通すと、エキスパンダ1
2は記録媒体1の未記録部分に対しては利得が低く、記
録媒体1の記録部分に対しては利得が高くなるから、第
6図すのように振幅が伸張された信号が得られる。この
信号よりパルス状信号が存在するパルス区間をパルス区
間検出回路4で検出する場合は第6図aのようなピック
アップ2からの再生信号aよりパルス状信号が存在する
パルス区間をパルス区間検出回路4で検出する場合に比
べてパルス区間検出回路4において基準電圧源7,11
の基準電圧V、、V、の設定が容易になり、パルス区間
検出回路4より安定したゲート信号Cが得られる。この
ゲート信号Cと2値化回路3の出力信号との論理積をア
ンド回路5でとることにより、誤りなく情報を再生する
ことができる。
Assume that the reproduced signal a from the pickup 2 is as shown in FIG. 6a. The only meaningful part of the reproduced signal a is the pulse section where the pulse-like signal exists. The reproduced signal a fluctuates due to variations or deterioration of the recording medium 1 and the pickup 2, and noise caused by unrecorded portions on the recording medium 1 may not be ignored. As mentioned above, the pulse section detection circuit 4 detects the reproduced signal.
Therefore, it is difficult to accurately detect a pulse section in which a pulse-like signal exists. However, when the playback signal a from pickup 2 is passed through expander 12, expander 1
2 has a low gain for the unrecorded portion of the recording medium 1 and a high gain for the recorded portion of the recording medium 1, so that a signal with an expanded amplitude as shown in FIG. 6 is obtained. When the pulse section detecting circuit 4 detects the pulse section where the pulse-like signal exists from this signal, the pulse section detecting circuit 4 detects the pulse section where the pulse-like signal exists from the reproduced signal a from the pickup 2 as shown in FIG. 6a. 4, the reference voltage sources 7 and 11 are used in the pulse section detection circuit 4.
The reference voltages V, , V, can be easily set, and a stable gate signal C can be obtained from the pulse section detection circuit 4. By ANDing the gate signal C and the output signal of the binarization circuit 3 using the AND circuit 5, information can be reproduced without error.

(効 果) 以上のように本発明によれば記録媒体からピックアップ
によって情報を再生する情報記録再生装置において、上
記ピックアップからの再生信号を増幅し利得が入力信号
振幅の関数で変化してこの関数が単調増加性を持つ可変
利得増幅器と、この可変利得増幅器の出力信号よりパル
ス状信号が存在する区間を検出するパルス区間検出回路
と、上記ピックアップからの再生信号を2値化する2値
化回路と、この2値化回路の出力信号と上記パルス区間
検出回路の出力信号との論理積をとって2値化再生信号
を得る論理積手段とを備えたので、パルス区間検出回路
から正確にゲート信号が得られて論理積手段より2値化
再生信号を正確に得ることができ、誤りなく情報を再生
することができる。
(Effects) As described above, according to the present invention, in an information recording and reproducing apparatus that reproduces information from a recording medium by a pickup, the reproduction signal from the pickup is amplified, and the gain changes according to the function of the input signal amplitude. a variable gain amplifier in which the output signal increases monotonically; a pulse section detection circuit that detects a section in which a pulse-like signal exists from the output signal of the variable gain amplifier; and a binarization circuit that binarizes the reproduced signal from the pickup. and an AND means for obtaining a binary reproduction signal by performing an AND of the output signal of the binarization circuit and the output signal of the pulse section detection circuit. Once the signal is obtained, a binary reproduction signal can be accurately obtained from the AND means, and information can be reproduced without error.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第1図は本発明の一実施例を示すブロック図。 第2図は同実施例におけるエキスパンダの特性を示す特
性図、第3図及び第4図はパルス区間検出回路の各側を
示す回路図、第5図は従来の情報記録再生装置を示す概
略図、第6図は上記実施例及び従来例を説明するための
波形図である63・・・2値化回路、4・・・パルス区
間検出回路、5・・・アンド回路、12・・・可変利得
増幅器。 心2 図 ?       入カイ首号ユ 馬4 又
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a characteristic diagram showing the characteristics of the expander in the same embodiment, Figs. 3 and 4 are circuit diagrams showing each side of the pulse section detection circuit, and Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a conventional information recording/reproducing device. 6 are waveform diagrams for explaining the above embodiment and the conventional example. 63...Binarization circuit, 4...Pulse section detection circuit, 5...AND circuit, 12... Variable gain amplifier. Heart 2 Diagram? Inkai neck number Yuuma 4 again

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims]  記録媒体からピックアップによって情報を再生する情
報記録再生装置において、上記ピックアップからの再生
信号を増幅し利得が入力信号振幅の関数で変化してこの
関数が単調増加性を持つ可変利得増幅器と、この可変利
得増幅器の出力信号よりパルス状信号が存在する区間を
検出するパルス区間検出回路と、上記ピックアップから
の再生信号を2値化する2値化回路と、この2値化回路
の出力信号と上記パルス区間検出回路の出力信号との論
理積をとって2値化再生信号を得る論理積手段とを備え
たことを特徴とする情報信号ゲート回路。
An information recording and reproducing apparatus that reproduces information from a recording medium by a pickup includes a variable gain amplifier that amplifies the reproduced signal from the pickup and whose gain changes in accordance with a function of the input signal amplitude and whose function increases monotonically; A pulse section detection circuit that detects a section in which a pulse-like signal exists from the output signal of the gain amplifier, a binarization circuit that binarizes the reproduced signal from the pickup, and an output signal of the binarization circuit and the pulse. 1. An information signal gate circuit comprising: AND means for obtaining a binary reproduction signal by performing an AND with an output signal of a section detection circuit.
JP32453587A 1987-12-22 1987-12-22 Information signal gate circuit Pending JPH01166371A (en)

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