What is claimed is:
1. An optical disc having formed concentrically or spirally thereon lands and grooves forming together a data recording track, having:
address areas discretely disposed on only one of two walls forming together a groove and in each of which an address information is recorded by wobbling; and a data area defined between two walls, not wobbled, of the groove.
2. The optical disc as set forth in claim 1, wherein the data recording track is divided into frames corresponding to units of data writing or reading, each of the frames is further divided into a plurality of segments, and at least one segments in each frame is taken as the wobbled address area.
3. The optical disc as set forth in claim 2, wherein a wobbled address area is provided at the beginning of each frame.
4. The optical disc as set forth in claim 3, wherein the address area has recorded by wobbling therein a track address indicating a radial address and a frame address indicating a tangential address, as address information.
5. The optical disc as set forth in claim 1, wherein tilt pattern areas are discretely disposed which are different in radial spatial frequency from other areas on the data recording track.
6. The optical disc as set forth in claim 5, wherein the tilt pattern areas are different in track pitch from other areas on the data recording track.
7. The optical disc as set forth in claim 6, wherein the tilt pattern areas are different in track pitch from other areas on the data recording track, and the center axis of the data recording track is offset.
8. The optical disc as set forth in claim 3, wherein in addition to the address areas, there are discretely disposed tilt pattern areas different in radial spatial frequency from other areas on the data recording track.
9. An optical disc having formed concentrically or spirally thereon lands and grooves forming together a data recording track, having:
clock areas discretely disposed on the data recording track and different in light reflection from tangential forward and rearward portions of the data recording track.
10. The optical disc as set forth in claim 9, wherein in the clock area, a land has a concave portion formed thereon and a groove has a convex portion formed thereon.
11. The optical disc as set forth in claim 9, wherein the clock areas are radially aligned with each other in each zone resulted from radial division of the data are by at least one.
12. The optical disc as set forth in claim 9, wherein there are discretely disposed tilt pattern areas different in radial spatial frequency from other areas on the data recording track.
13. The optical disc as set forth in claim 12, wherein the tilt pattern areas are different in track pitch from other areas on the data recording track.
14. The optical disc as set forth in claim 13, wherein the tilt pattern areas are different in track pitch from other areas on the data recording track, and the center axis of the data recording track is offset.
15. The optical disc as set forth in claim 11, wherein there are discretely disposed tilt pattern areas different in track pitch from other areas on the data recording track.
16. An optical disc having formed concentrically or spirally thereon lands and grooves forming together a data recording track, having:
address areas discretely disposed on only one of two walls forming together a groove and in each of which an address information is recorded by wobbling;
a data area defined between two walls, not wobbled, of the groove; and
clock areas discretely disposed and different in light reflection from tangential forward and rearward portions of the data recording track.
17. The optical disc as set forth in claim 16, wherein in the clock area, a land has a concave portion formed thereon and a groove has a convex portion formed thereon.
18. The optical disc as set forth in claim 16, wherein the data recording track is divided into frames corresponding to units of data writing or reading, each of the frames is further divided into a plurality of segments, and at least one segments in each frame is taken as the wobbled address area.
19. The optical disc as set forth in claim 16, wherein the data recording track is divided into frames corresponding to units of data writing or reading, each of the frames is further divided into a plurality of segments, at least one segments in each frame is taken as the wobbled address area, and the clock areas are disposed correspondingly to the segments.
20. The optical disc as set forth in claim 19, wherein a wobbled address area is disposed at the beginning of each frame, and the clock area is disposed between segments.
21. The optical disc as set forth in claim 20, wherein the data area is radially divided into at least one zone and the clock areas are radially aligned with the segments in each zone.
22. The optical disc as set forth in claim 16, wherein tilt pattern areas are discretely disposed which are different in radial spatial frequency from other areas on the data recording track.
23. The optical disc as set forth in claim 22, wherein the tilt pattern areas are different in track pitch from other areas on the data recording track.
24. The optical disc as set forth in claim 6, wherein the tilt pattern areas are different in track pitch from other areas on the data recording track, and the center axis of the data recording track is offset.
25. The optical disc as set forth in claim 3, wherein in addition to the address areas, there are discretely disposed tilt pattern areas different in radial spatial frequency from other areas on the data recording track.
26. An optical disc drive for playing an optical disc having formed concentrically or spirally thereon lands and grooves forming together a data recording track and in which an address information is recorded on only one of the two walls forming a groove by wobbling and which has address areas discretely disposed and data area disposed, not wobbled, between two walls of the groove, comprising:
a recordingreproducing means for reproducing an address information from the optical disc and recording or reproducing data based on the address information.
27. The optical disc drive as set forth in claim 26, further comprising:
a tilt correcting means for correcting a relative angle of a laser beam irradiated to the data recording track;
the recordingreproducing means detecting a radial push-pull signal indicative of a radial difference in: amount of light of a laser beam from an optical disc having tilt pattern areas discretely disposed and different in track pitch from other areas on the data recording track; and
the tilt correcting means for correcting, based on the radial push-pull signal, the relative angle of the laser beam irradiated to the data recording track.
28. An optical disc drive for playing an optical disc which has formed concentrically or spirally thereon lands and grooves forming together a recording track, and clock areas discretely disposed and different in light reflection from tangential forward and rearward portions of the recording track, comprising:
a recordingreproducing means for detecting a tangential push-pull signal indicative of a tangential difference in amount of light of a laser beam irradiated to the clock area, and recording or reproducing data; and
a clock generating means for generating a clock for the above data based on the tangential push-pull signal.
29. The optical disc drive as set forth in claim 18, further comprising:
a tilt correcting means for correcting a relative angle of a laser beam irradiated to the data recording track;
the recordingreproducing means detecting a radial push-pull signal indicative of a radial difference in amount of light of a laser beam from an optical disc having tilt pattern areas discretely disposed and different in track pitch from other areas on the data recording track; and
the tilt correcting means for correcting, based on the radial push-pull signal, the relative angle of the laser beam irradiated to the data recording track.
30. An optical disc drive for playing an optical disc having formed concentrically or spirally thereon lands and grooves forming together a data recording track and in which an address information is recorded on only one of the two walls forming a groove by wobbling and which has address areas discretely disposed and data area disposed, not wobbled, between two walls of the groove, and clock areas discretely disposed and different in light reflection from tangential forward and rearward portions of the recording track, comprising:
a recordingreproducing means for detecting a tangential push-pull signal indicative of a tangential difference in amount of light of a laser beam irradiated to the clock area, reproducing an address information, and recording or reproducing data based on the address information; and
a clock generating means for generating a clock for the above data based on the tangential push-pull signal.
31. The optical disc drive as set forth in claim 30, further comprising:
a tilt correcting means for correcting a relative angle of a laser beam irradiated to the data recording track;
the recordingreproducing means detecting a radial push-pull signal indicative of a radial difference in amount of light of a laser beam from an optical disc having tilt pattern areas discretely disposed and different in track pitch from other areas on the data recording track; and
the tilt correcting means for correcting, based on the radial push-pull signal, the relative angle of the laser beam irradiated to the data recording track.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of digitally filtering an audio signal, said method comprising the steps of:
providing an audio filter at a predetermined sample rate including neighbouring sample points;
increasing the sample rate of the audio filter to an increased sample rate including intermediate sample points between adjacent of the neighbouring sample points, the intermediate sample points being weighted by (i) nominating waveforms substantially representative of the audio filter at respective of the neighbouring sample points (ii) shifting each of the nominated waveforms in the time domain between the relevant neighbouring sample point and the intermediate sample point (iii) combining values for the shifted waveforms at the intermediate sample point to derive the weighting, and applying the weighting to the audio filter at respective of the intermediate sample points;
providing another audio filter at the increased sample rate;
combining the audio filter and the other audio filter to derive a composite audio filter at the increased sample rate;
filtering the audio signal at the predetermined sample rate using the composite audio filter derived at the increased sample rate.
2. A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the nominated waveforms are each shifted in the time domain substantially midway between the relevant neighbouring sample point and the intermediate sample point.
3. A method of digitally filtering an audio signal, said method comprising the steps of:
providing an audio filter at a predetermined sample rate including neighbouring sample points;
increasing the sample rate of the audio filter to an increased sample rate including intermediate sample points between adjacent of the neighbouring sample points, the intermediate sample points being weighted by (i) providing a hypothetical waveform substantially representative of the audio filter and shifted in its time domain to align with the intermediate sample point (ii) expanding the shifted hypothetical waveform in the time domain (iii) combining values for the expanded hypothetical waveform at the neighbouring sample points to derive the weighting, and applying the weighting to the audio filter at respective of the intermediate sample points;
providing another audio filter at the increased sample rate;
combining the audio filter and the other audio filter to derive a composite audio filter at the increased sample rate;
filtering the audio signal at the predetermined sample rate using the composite audio filter derived at the increased sample rate.
4. A method as defined in claim 3 wherein the shifted hypothetical waveform is expanded in the time domain by a factor of substantially two (2).
5. A method of digitally filtering an audio signal, said method comprising the steps of:
providing an audio filter at a predetermined sample rate including neighbouring sample points;
increasing the sample rate of the audio filter to an increased sample rate including intermediate sample points between adjacent of the neighbouring sample points, the intermediate sample points being weighted by (i) providing a hypothetical waveform substantially representative of the audio filter and shifted in its time domain to align with the intermediate sample point (ii) determining values for the hypothetical waveform at the neighbouring sample points (iii) combining the values for the neighbouring sample points to derive the weighting, and applying the weighting to the audio filter at respective of the intermediate sample points;
providing another audio filter at the increased sample rate;
combining the audio filter and the other audio filter to derive a composite audio filter at the increased sample rate;
filtering the audio signal at the predetermined sample rate using the composite audio filter derived at the increased sample rate.
6. A method of digitally filtering an audio signal, said method comprising the steps of:
providing an audio filter at a predetermined sample rate including neighbouring sample points;
increasing the sample rate of the audio filter to an increased sample rate including intermediate sample points between adjacent of the neighbouring sample points, the intermediate sample points being weighted by (i) nominating waveforms substantially representative of the audio filter at respective of the neighbouring sample points (ii) combining values for the nominated waveforms at the intermediate sample point to derive the weighting, and applying the weighting to the audio filter at respective of the intermediate sample points;
providing another audio filter at the increased sample rate;
combining the audio filter and the other audio filter to derive a composite audio filter at the increased sample rate;
filtering the audio signal at the predetermined sample rate using the composite audio filter derived at the increased sample rate.
7. A method as defined in any one of the preceding claims wherein the step of combining the audio filters is performed by convolution wherein the other audio filter includes one or more intermediate sample points between adjacent of its neighbouring sample points and wherein said convolution involves shifting the audio filter relative to the other audio filter where at least one of the neighbouring sample points of the audio filter corresponds with at least one of the intermediate sample points of the other audio filter.
8. A method as defined in any one of preceding claims wherein the weighting is applied across a predetermined number of said neighbouring sample points.
9. A method as defined in any one of the preceding claims wherein the composite audio filter is a combination of a bank of filters.
10. A method as defined in claim 9 wherein the bank of filters together define a frequency bandwidth generally representative of the audio signal to be filtered.
11. A method as defined in any one of the preceding claims wherein the composite audio filter is a lowpass filter which approaches the Nyquist frequency.
12. A method as defined in any one of the preceding claims wherein the one or more waveforms each includes an impulse response produced by an impulse fed to respective of the audio filters.
13. A method as defined in claim 12 also comprising the step of applying an averaging curve to frequency components of the impulse response.
14. A method as defined in claim 13 wherein the averaging curve is adjusted to a width proportional to respective of the frequency components of the impulse response to which it is applied.
15. A method as defined in any one of claims 12 to 14 wherein the impulse response is in the time domain represented by a sinc function.
16. A method as defined in any one of claims 12 to 14 wherein the impulse response is in the time domain represented by a sine function of absolute time values.
17. A computer or device-readable medium including instructions for digitally filtering an audio signal using a plurality of audio filters each of a predetermined sample rate, said instructions when executed by a processor cause said processor to:
provide an audio filter at a predetermined sample rate including neighbouring sample points;
increase the sample rate of the audio filter to an increased sample rate including intermediate sample points between adjacent of the neighbouring sample points, the intermediate sample points being weighted by (i) nominating waveforms substantially representative of the audio filter at respective of the neighbouring sample points (ii) shifting each of the nominated waveforms in the time domain between the relevant neighbouring sample point and the intermediate sample point (iii) combining values for the shifted waveforms at the intermediate sample point to derive the weighting, and applying the weighting to the audio filter at respective of the intermediate sample points;
provide another audio filter at the increased sample rate;
combine the audio filter and the other audio filter to derive a composite audio filter at the increased sample rate;
filter the audio signal at the predetermined sample rate using the composite audio filter derived at the increased sample rate.
18. A computer or device-readable medium including instructions for digitally filtering an audio signal using a plurality of audio filters each of a predetermined sample rate, said instructions when executed by a processor cause said processor to:
provide an audio filter at a predetermined sample rate including neighbouring sample points;
increase the sample rate of the audio filter to an increased sample rate including intermediate sample points between adjacent of the neighbouring sample points, the intermediate sample points being weighted by (i) providing a hypothetical waveform substantially representative of the audio filter and shifted in its time domain to align with the intermediate sample point (ii) expanding the shifted hypothetical waveform in the time domain (iii) combining values for the expanded hypothetical waveform at the neighbouring sample points to derive the weighting, and applying the weighting to the audio filter at respective of the intermediate sample points;
provide another audio filter at the increased sample rate;
combine the audio filter and the other audio filter to derive a composite audio filter at the increased sample rate;
filter the audio signal at the predetermined sample rate using the composite audio filter derived at the increased sample rate.
19. A computer or device-readable medium including instructions for digitally filtering an audio signal using a plurality of audio filters each of a predetermined sample rate, said instructions when executed by a processor cause said processor to:
increase the sample rate of the audio filter to an increased sample rate including intermediate sample points between adjacent of the neighbouring sample points, the intermediate sample points being weighted by (i) providing a hypothetical waveform substantially representative of the audio filter and shifted in its time domain to align with the intermediate sample point (ii) determining values for the hypothetical waveform at the neighbouring sample points (iii) combining values for the shifted waveforms at the neighbouring sample points to derive the weighting, and applying the weighting to the audio filter at respective of the intermediate sample points;
provide another audio filter at the increased sample rate;
combine the audio filter and the other audio filter to derive a composite audio filter at the increased sample rate;
filter the audio signal at the predetermined sample rate using the composite audio filter derived at the increased sample rate.
20. A computer or device-readable medium including instructions for digitally filtering an audio signal using a plurality of audio filters each of a predetermined sample rate, said instructions when executed by a processor cause said processor to:
provide an audio filter at a predetermined sample rate including neighbouring sample points;
increase the sample rate of the audio filter to an increased sample rate including intermediate sample points between adjacent of the neighbouring sample points, the intermediate sample points being weighted by (i) nominating waveforms substantially representative of the audio filter at respective of the neighbouring sample points (ii) combining values for the nominated waveforms at the intermediate sample point to derive the weighting, and applying the weighting to the audio filter at respective of the intermediate sample points;
provide another audio filter at the increased sample rate;
combine the audio filter and the other audio filter to derive a composite audio filter at the increased sample rate;
filter the audio signal at the predetermined sample rate using the composite audio filter derived at the increased sample rate.
21. A system for digitally filtering an audio signal, the system comprising:
a plurality of audio filters each of a predetermined sample rate;
a processor configured to:
provide an audio filter at a predetermined sample rate including neighbouring sample points;
increase the sample rate of the audio filter to an increased sample rate including intermediate sample points between adjacent of the neighbouring sample points, the intermediate sample points being weighted by (i) nominating waveforms substantially representative of the audio filter at respective of the neighbouring sample points (ii) shifting each of the nominated waveforms in the time domain between the relevant neighbouring sample point and the intermediate sample point (iii) combining values for the shifted waveforms at the intermediate sample point to derive the weighting, and applying the weighting to the audio filter at respective of the intermediate sample points;
provide another audio filter at the increased sample rate;
combine the audio filter and the other audio filter to derive a composite audio filter at the increased sample rate;
filter the audio signal at the predetermined sample rate using the composite audio filter derived at the increased sample rate.
22. A system for digitally filtering an audio signal, the system comprising:
a plurality of audio filters each of a predetermined sample rate;
a processor configured to:
provide an audio filter at a predetermined sample rate including neighbouring sample points;
increase the sample rate of the audio filter to an increased sample rate including intermediate sample points between adjacent of the neighbouring sample points, the intermediate sample points being weighted by (i) providing a hypothetical waveform substantially representative of the audio filter and shifted in its time domain to align with the intermediate sample point (ii) expanding the shifted hypothetical waveform in the time domain (iii) combining values for the expanded hypothetical waveform at the neighbouring sample points to derive the weighting, and applying the weighting to the audio filter at respective of the intermediate sample points;
provide another audio filter at the increased sample rate;
combining the audio filter and the other audio filter to derive a composite audio filter at the increased sample rate;
filter the audio signal at the predetermined sample rate using the composite audio filter derived at the increased sample rate.
23. A system for digitally filtering an audio signal, the system comprising:
a plurality of audio filters each of a predetermined sample rate;
a processor configured to:
increase the sample rate of the audio filter to an increased sample rate including intermediate sample points between adjacent of the neighbouring sample points, the intermediate sample points being weighted by (i) providing a hypothetical waveform substantially representative of the audio filter and shifted in its time domain to align with the intermediate sample point (ii) determining values for the hypothetical waveform at the neighbouring sample points (iii) combining values for the hypothetical waveform at the neighbouring sample points to derive the weighting, and applying the weighting to the audio filter at respective of the intermediate sample points;
provide another audio filter at the increased sample rate;
combine the audio filter and the other audio filter to derive a composite audio filter at the increased sample rate;
filter the audio signal at the predetermined sample rate using the composite audio filter derived at the increased sample rate.
24. A system for digitally filtering an audio signal, the system comprising:
a plurality of audio filters each of a predetermined sample rate;
a processor configured to:
provide an audio filter at a predetermined sample rate including neighbouring sample points;
increase the sample rate of the audio filter to an increased sample rate including intermediate sample points between adjacent of the neighbouring sample points, the intermediate sample points being weighted by (i) nominating waveforms substantially representative of the audio filter at respective of the neighbouring sample points (ii) combining values for the nominated waveforms at the intermediate sample point to derive the weighting, and applying the weighting to the audio filter at respective of the intermediate sample points;
provide another audio filter at the increased sample rate;
combine the audio filter and the other audio filter to derive a composite audio filter at the increased sample rate;
filter the audio signal at the predetermined sample rate using the composite audio filter derived at the increased sample rate.
25. Computer program code which when executed implements the method of any one of claims 1 to 16.
26. A method of digitally filtering an image, said method comprising the steps of:
providing an image filter at a predetermined sample rate including neighbouring sample points;
increasing the sample rate of the image filter to an increased sample rate including intermediate sample points between adjacent of the neighbouring sample points, the intermediate sample points being weighted according to the influence of the neighbouring sample points;
providing another image filter at the increased sample rate;
calculating the weighting for each of the intermediate sample points based on one or more waveforms substantially representative of the image filter;
applying the weighting to the image filter at respective of the intermediate sample points;
combining the image filter and the other image filter to derive a composite image filter at the increased sample rate;
filtering the image at the predetermined sample rate using the composite image filter derived at the increased sample rate.
27. A method as defined in claim 26 wherein the image includes a matrix of pixels to which the composite image filter is applied.