JPH0378703B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] Technical Field The present invention relates to a recording disk information reproducing device.
In particular, the present invention relates to a reproducing apparatus for reproducing recorded information on a recording disk on which digital signals are recorded.

BACKGROUND ART As a recording disk on which digital signals are recorded, a so-called compact disk (hereinafter abbreviated as CD), which is a digital audio disk in which an audio signal is subjected to predetermined digital modulation processing and recorded as a pulse train, is known.
Furthermore, recently, each FM of video signal and audio signal
A video disk (hereinafter referred to as LDD) uses a method (see Japanese Patent Application No. 58-45780) in which an audio signal is digitized using a predetermined digital modulation method and a pulse train signal is superimposed on a modulated signal and recorded.
) has been developed.

In this recording method, the audio signal is made into two channels, 2.3MHz and 2.8MHz.
The audio carriers are each FM modulated by two audio channel signals.
In addition, the video signal has a sync chip of 7.6MHz, a pedestal level of 8.1MHz, and a white peak of 9.3M.
The frequency is converted to Hz. and,
The audio signal is further processed by PCM (Pulse Code).
The signal is digitized and converted into a pulse train signal using a modulation method such as "Modulation".

This pulse train signal is, for example, EFM (Eight to
Fourteen Modulation) method makes the signal suitable for recording, and the frequency spectrum is
The frequency component of the pulse train has a width of 3T to 11T. Here, T indicates the bit period of the PCM signal, and a 3T pulse is approximately 720KHz, with a maximum width of
The 11T pulse is approximately 200KHz. Such a pulse train signal is superimposed on the video main carrier at a level of about 1/10 or less, and is slice-amplified near the zero-crossing point to become a pulse width modulated signal, which is used as a recording signal.

Video signals and audio signals can be obtained from a recording disk recorded using the above recording method.
The frequency spectrum of the RF (high frequency) signal is as shown in FIG. In Figure 1, the component denoted by A is a digitized audio signal component, the component denoted by B is an audio FM signal component, the component denoted by C is a color information component in a video FM component, and the component denoted by D is a color information component in a video FM signal. This is a luminance information component.

Since the dynamic range of the digitized audio signal can be approximately 90 dB or more, the sound quality can be significantly improved compared to recording and reproducing audio signals using the FM modulation method.

In this way, LDD has the characteristic that audio can be recorded in two systems, analog and digital, and it would be extremely convenient if the information from these two systems could be output in any combination during playback. , and the range of its application can be expanded.

Summary of the invention The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and
It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording disk information reproducing device that can easily output two types of information in any combination.

A recording disc information reproducing apparatus according to the present invention is a recording disc information reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing a recording disc on which a video signal and an audio signal are respectively superimposed with a predetermined modulated signal and a predetermined digital signal. A pair of output terminals, a specifying means for specifying the type of information respectively output from the two sets of output terminals, and a demodulation output of a reproduced audio signal and a demodulation output of a reproduced digital signal are input. The apparatus is characterized by comprising a switching means for supplying demodulated outputs to the two sets of output terminals in a combination based on the output of the specifying means.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a recording disk information reproducing apparatus according to the present invention. Such a playback device is a so-called compatible player that can play LD, CD, and LDD. As mentioned earlier, this player has a video disk (LD,
LDD) and digital audio disk (CD)
Since the reproduction rotational speed is different between the two, a spindle motor 1 for driving the rotation of the LD and LDD and a spindle motor 2 for driving the rotation of the CD are provided. These spindle motors 1 and 2 are selected depending on the type of disc to be reproduced, and are switched by a switching mechanism 4 using, for example, a motor 3 as a driving source.

For example, three detection sensors 6, 7 and 8 are used to detect the disc size of the disc 5 to be played.
are provided corresponding to the disk size in the disk radial direction. Disc size is CD
In the case of , the outer diameter is approximately 5 inches (12 cm), and in the case of video disks (LD, LDD), there are two types of outer diameter: 8 inches and 12 inches. The outputs of the three detection sensors 6, 7, and 8 are waveform-shaped by a waveform shaping circuit 9 and then supplied to a disk discrimination circuit 10. As the detection sensor, for example, an optical sensor is used, but the detection sensor is not limited to this.

In the disk discrimination circuit 10, the detection sensors 6 and 7
Based on the detection outputs of 8 and 8, it is determined whether the disc to be reproduced is one of three types: CD, LDD, and LD. A specific circuit configuration of this disk discrimination circuit 10 is shown in FIG. In this figure, in the case of a CD, the disc size is determined to be the minimum (12 cm), and the detection output of the innermost detection sensor 6 and the inverted output of the detection sensors 7 and 8 via inverters 79 and 80 are the three inputs. do
The output of the AND gate circuit 78 becomes CD discrimination information. That is, when the detection sensor 6 is on and the other detection sensors 7 and 8 are off, it is determined that it is a CD. In the case of a video disc, since the disc sizes are 8 inches and 12 inches, the detection output of the detection sensor 7 or 8 is passed through the OR gate circuit 69 and becomes the input to each of the AND gate circuits 70 and 71.
In addition, a frame synchronization detection signal generated when a frame synchronization signal is detected from a frame synchronization detection circuit 21, which will be described later, becomes another input to the AND game circuit 71 and is inverted by an inverter 72.
It also serves as another input to the AND gate circuit 70. When the detection output of the detection sensor 7 or 8 is generated and a frame synchronization detection signal is input, the AND gate circuit 71 outputs LDD discrimination information, and when the frame synchronization detection signal is not input.
LD discrimination information is output from the AND gate circuit 70. This discrimination information is used to drive an indicator 11 that displays the type of disk, and as a switching signal for various switches to be described later.

A pick-up 12 for reading recorded information from the disk 5 is carried by a slider base (not shown) that is movably provided in the radial direction of the disk 5, and the slider base is driven by a slider motor, a reduction gear, etc. It is driven by a mechanism (not shown). The read information read from the recording disk 5 by the pick-up 12 passes through the RF amplifier 13 to the digital information demodulation system 14 and the analog audio demodulation system 15.
and a video demodulation system 16, respectively.
The RF amplifier 13 has a wide band of about 5KHz to 14MHz, and can reproduce PCM audio signals with a single amplifier.
It is now possible to amplify the reproduced FM audio signal and the reproduced video signal.

In the digital information demodulation system 14, there is a changeover switch 17 that changes depending on the type of playback disc.
This switch 17 is switched to the A side in the case of an LDD, and to the B side in the case of a CD, based on the disk information from the disk discrimination circuit 10 mentioned above. In other words, the signal processing system for the reproduced digital signal is switched between LDD playback and CD playback. When playing a CD, the reproduced RF output is PCM audio information, and this PCM audio information is transferred to the equalizer 18 using MTF (Modulation Transfer), which compensates for the frequency characteristics, especially in the high range.
Function) Compensation is applied.

On the other hand, in the case of LDD, the reproduced RF signal is included along with FM audio information and FM video information.
PCM audio information is LPF (low pass filter)
19 and supplied to a de-emphasis circuit 20. PCM audio information is for example EFM
However, if the digital signal is directly superimposed on the FM-modulated video signal during recording, the digital signal component will be interfered with by the low-frequency component of the FM video signal, so the low-frequency component will be boosted. has been recorded. Therefore, during reproduction, the de-emphasis circuit 20 performs compensation by dropping the low-frequency components boosted during recording. This makes it possible to improve the S/N ratio of the digital signal with respect to low frequency noise during recording and reproduction.

Note that, instead of switching the signal processing systems using the changeover switch 17, the same effect can be obtained by turning on/off the power supply to the circuits of each signal processing system.

The reproduced EFM signal that has passed through the changeover switch 17 is supplied to the EFM demodulation circuit 22 via the frame synchronization detection circuit 21 and the reproduced clock extraction circuit 2.
3, and this regenerated clock extraction circuit 23
Using the reproduced clock extracted in , the EFM demodulation circuit 22 demodulates the signal into a PCM digital signal.
This demodulated signal is RAM (Random Access Memory)
etc., under the control of the memory controller 25. At this time, the memory controller 25 performs writing in synchronization with the write clock which is the frequency-divided output from the frequency divider 26 of the reproduced clock.

Reading of stored information from the memory 24 is performed using a PLL.
VCO in (phase-locked loop) circuit
(voltage controlled oscillator) 27 oscillation output to frequency divider 28
This is done in synchronization with the readout clock obtained by frequency division. concerned
The PLL circuit includes a phase comparator (P/C) 31 which has two inputs: the above-mentioned VCO 27, the frequency-divided output from the frequency divider 29 of the reproduced clock, and the frequency-divided output from the frequency divider 27 of the oscillation output of the VCO 27; LPF (low pass filter) 32 which inputs the comparison output and this
It is constituted by a changeover switch 33 that selectively supplies the output voltage of the LPF 32 and the reference voltage Vref ₁ to the VCO 27.

In the PLL circuit, the changeover switch 33 switches the output voltage of the LPF 32 to the a side during LDD playback based on the discrimination result of the disk discrimination circuit 10 described above, and switches the output voltage of the LPF 32 to the b side during CD playback, and sets the reference voltage Vref ₁ to the VCO 27. supply to. As a result, during LDD playback, the readout clock for reading stored information from the memory 24 is phase-synchronized with the playback clock by the PLL circuit.
During CD playback, when a loop switch 59 (described later) is turned on (closed), the output of the phase comparator 31 drives the CD rotation drive spindle motor 2 through the LPF 77, so that the bias of the playback clock is kept in a fixed state. The phase is synchronized to the fixed clock obtained by the VCO 27.

The digital signal read out in this way is a D/A
It is converted into an analog audio signal by the (digital/analog) converter 34, and the LPF 35L,
It becomes the left and right playback audio outputs via 35R.

The usage status in the memory 24 is constantly monitored by the memory controller 25.
When the memory 24 overflows or becomes blank (no data), the voltage generator 5 supplies information indicating these conditions to the voltage generator 36.
During LDD playback, this voltage generator 36 outputs a positive control voltage when the memory 24 overflows, and a positive control voltage when the memory 24 becomes blank, depending on information indicating the usage status of the memory 24 from the memory controller 25. Generate a negative control voltage and LPF
By superimposing it on the output voltage of VOC 32 and supplying it to VOC 27 via changeover switch 33, the frequency of the read clock is controlled.

In this way, the amount of data stored in the memory 24 is constantly monitored, and when there is an excess or deficiency in the capacity and processing capacity of the memory 24, a positive or negative control voltage is generated to request the PLL circuit to take action. By doing so, the memory 24 can always be maintained in a normal state.

In analog audio demodulation system 15, playback
The outputs of BPF (bandpass filters) 37L and 37R, which pass only the 2.3MHz and 2.8MHz audio carrier components from the RF signal, are sent to the FM demodulator 3.
The signal is FM demodulated at 8L and 38R, and becomes left and right reproduced audio outputs via day emphasis circuits 39L and 39R.

In the video demodulation system 16, the reproduced RF signal is
Only video information is extracted by the BPE & Notch circuit 40. In this BPF & notch circuit 40, LDD
EFM components included in the reproduced RF signal during reproduction and
It actively removes 2.3MHz and 2.8MHz audio carrier components. This extracted information is supplied to the FM demodulator 42 via the limiter circuit 41 and is FM demodulated. This demodulated output is LPE43
The signal is supplied to a dropout compensator (DOC) 44 via the compensator 44, where dropout compensation is performed. This dropout compensator 4
4 is an analog switch that is turned off by the detection output of a dropout sensor (DOS) 46 that detects dropout based on the reproduced RF signal supplied via a HPF (high pass filter) 45, for example; It is constituted by a hold capacitor provided between this switch output terminal and a reference potential point. Therefore, when a dropout occurs, the level of the output of the LPF 43 immediately before the output of the dropout sensor 46 is held and sent to the next stage circuit, thereby performing dropout compensation. The output of this dropout compensator 44 becomes a video output.

The output of the dropout compensator 44 is also supplied to a horizontal synchronization separation circuit 47, and a horizontal synchronization signal is separated and output. This horizontal periodic signal is sent to a phase comparator 48,
49 and the phase difference with the reference signal output from the reference signal generator 50 is detected. The output of the phase comparator 48 becomes the negative input of the adder 51, and the output of the phase comparator 49 becomes the other input of the adder 51 via the equalizer amplifier 52. The output of the adder 51 drives the spindle motor 1 for driving the rotation of the LDD and LD via an equalizer amplifier 53 and a driver 54. This is the spindle servo system. Further, the output of the equalizer amplifier 52 drives an actuator (not shown) built into the pickup 12 via a loop switch 55, a changeover switch 56, and a driver 57. By driving this actuator, a light spot for reading information is biased in the direction tangential to the recording track of the disk. This is a tangential servo system. The actuator may be a tangential mirror that, when rotated, deflects the light spot for reading information in the direction tangential to the recording track of the disk, or a tangential mirror that deflects the lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. It is also possible to have a configuration in which the information reading light spot is shifted in the tangential direction of the recording track of the disk by displacing the information.

The loop switch 55 is turned on (closed) in response to a spindle lock signal output from the spindle lock detection circuit 58 when locking of the spindle servo system is substantially completed. That is,
At the start of reproduction, the spindle motor 1 is first driven by the output of the phase comparator 48 to perform coarse adjustment of the time axis (spindle servo), and when the locking of the spindle servo is almost completed, the loop switch 55 is turned on. The actuator is turned on and the actuator is driven by the output of the phase comparator 49 to perform fine adjustment of the time axis (tangential servo). According to this, residual jitter components that cannot be removed by the spindle servo system can be removed by the tangential servo system.

However, even in the tangential servo system, the high-frequency components of the residual jitter cannot be completely removed because the mechanical system such as the actuator drive mechanism cannot sufficiently follow it.
Therefore, in the digital information demodulation system 14 mentioned above, the PLL circuit that generates the read clock is
The residual jitter component can be removed by setting the cutoff frequency of the LPF 32 lower than the maximum frequency of the band of the tangential servo loop to cut the high frequency component of the residual jitter. More preferably, the cutoff frequency of LPF32 is set to the eccentric frequency of the disk (30 in the case of LDD).
By setting the frequency lower than 8 Hz, it is possible to completely eliminate jitter caused by disk eccentricity.

Although the spindle servo and tangential servo are performed based on the horizontal synchronization signal, the same effect can be obtained by performing the spindle servo and tangential servo based on the 3.58 MHz color subcarrier included in the reproduced FM video signal.

The above is the servo system when playing a video disc (LDD, LD), but when playing a CD,
Spindle servo is performed based on the output of the phase comparator 31 in the digital information demodulation system 14 mentioned above. That is, the output of the phase comparator 31 is
The spindle motor 2 for driving the rotation of the CD is driven via the loop switch 59 and the driver 60, which are turned on (closed) during CD playback. Conventionally,
During CD playback, the above-mentioned tangential servo is not performed, but since the spindle motor 2 cannot sufficiently follow the high frequency component of the output signal of the phase comparator 31, which is a time axis error signal,
In this embodiment, the high frequency component of the time axis error signal extracted by the HPF 61 is transferred to the selector switch 56.
A servo that drives an actuator in the pickup 12 via a driver 57, that is, a tangential servo, is also employed. The changeover switch 56 is switched to the a side when reproducing an LDD or LD, and to the b side when playing a CD, based on the determination result of the disc discriminating circuit 10.

In addition, the tangential servo during CD playback is
This is done based on the divided output of the reproduced clock extracted by the reproduced clock extraction circuit 23, but
Even if this is done based on the frequency-divided output of the frame synchronization signal detected by the frame synchronization detection circuit 21, the same effect can be obtained since the frame synchronization signal and the reproduced clock are in a synchronous relationship.

The output of the spindle lock detection circuit 58 is inverted by an inverter 62 and becomes a negative input of an OR gate circuit 63 as a spindle unlock signal indicating that the spindle servo system is not in the locked state.
As another input to the OR gate circuit 63, a random access information signal generated at the time of a random access command such as scan, search, jump, etc. is supplied. The OR gate circuit 63 also receives LDD information output from the disk discrimination circuit 10. The output of the OR gate circuit 63 is supplied to the recovered clock extraction circuit 23 via the control command circuit 64.

A specific circuit configuration of the recovered clock extraction circuit 23 is shown in FIG. In this figure, a phase comparator 65 detects the phase difference between the reproduced EFM signal and the oscillation output of a VCO (voltage controlled oscillator) 66, and the phase difference signal is supplied to the VCO 66 via an LPF 67 and a changeover switch 68. As described above, a PLL circuit that generates a reproduced clock is configured.

The changeover switch 68 is normally on the a side and is set to LPF.
67 is supplied to the VCO 66, but when a command signal is output from the control command circuit 64 mentioned above, the switch is switched to the b side in response to this command signal and a predetermined reference voltage Vref ₂ is supplied to the VCO 66. That is, when the spindle servo is not in the locked state or when the information reading optical spot jumps track due to a random access command such as scan, search, jump, etc., the reference voltage Vref ₂ is applied to the VCO 66 to change its oscillation frequency. By fixing the frequency to a value close to the reproduced clock frequency,
This makes it possible to hasten the lock-in of the regenerated clock after the spindle servo is locked or after the random access command is released.

Referring again to Figure 2, the audio output section has the following:
A pair of left and right output terminals 73L, 73R for an analog audio output system and a pair of left and right output terminals 74L, 74R for a digital audio output system are provided. Audio output from the analog audio demodulation system 14 is supplied to the output terminals 73L and 73R. This audio output is sent to output terminals 74L and 74 via a changeover switch 75 during LD playback.
It is also supplied to R. The changeover switch 75 inputs the audio output from the analog audio demodulation system 14 and the audio output supplied from the digital information demodulation system 14 via the left and right mode changeover switches 76L and 76R. This switch 75 is located on the a side.
Output mode by, e.g. analog only and auto digital (digital audio is given priority)
The switching is controlled by the control means 82 which receives as input the output of the mode designation means 81 which designates the mode and the LDD/CD disc discrimination information from the disc discrimination circuit 10. This control means 82 switches the changeover switch 75 to the b side during CD playback regardless of the output of the mode designation means 81, and keeps the changeover switch 75 to the a side when the output of the mode designation means 81 is analog only during LDD playback. , in the case of auto-digital, control is performed to switch to the b side.

As a result, during LD playback, the output terminals 73L,
Normal audio signals are output from 73R and output terminals 74L and 74R, and when playing a CD, high-quality audio signals are output from the output terminals 74L and 74R, and when playing an LDD, the mode specifying means 8
If the specified mode by 1 is analog only
As in the case of LD playback, normal audio signals are output from the output terminals 73L, 73R and 74L, 74R, and in the case of auto digital, normal audio signals are output from the output terminals 73L, 73R, and the output terminal 74L. , 74R will output high quality audio signals.

In the above embodiment, the changeover switch 75 is set to 2.
One output terminal 74L, 7 of the set of output terminals
As shown in FIG. 5, a pair of changeover switches 75A and 75B are provided corresponding to the two sets of output terminals, and these changeover switches 7
By appropriately switching 5A, 75B, two sets of output terminals 73L, 73R and output terminals 74L,
Audio signals can be output from the 74R in various combinations. For example, the changeover switch 75
By switching A and 75B at the same time, analog and digital audio signals are output to output terminals 73L and 73R and output terminals 74L and 74R.
It can be reversed between 7 and 7.
By switching 5A and 75B separately, 2
Set of output terminals 73L, 73R and output terminal 74
It is also possible to simultaneously output analog or digital audio signals from L and 74R.

The mode changeover switches 76L and 76R are provided to change over the output mode of the digital audio system audio signal in an analog stage. That is, if the audio output from the digital audio demodulation system 14 is stereophonic, the above-mentioned output mode is sufficient, but in the case of audio multiplexing, for example, the L (left) channel is Japanese and the R (right) channel is Mode change switch 7 that is in a foreign language and operates independently of each other.
Output terminals 74L, 74R by 6L, 76R
The audio output from the device can be switched to three output modes: Japanese and foreign languages, Japanese only, and foreign languages only. The mode changeover switches 76L and 76R are driven separately according to control information from an operation section (not shown).

Relays that operate independently are used as the mode changeover switches 76L and 76R. Normally, a relay with one movable contact and two fixed contacts is sufficient for signal switching, but in this embodiment, a relay with one movable contact and two extra fixed contacts is used. is used. In other words, if we take the relay 76L on the L channel side as an example, there are two sets of movable contacts that interlock with each other.
S ₁₁ , S ₂₁ , and two sets of fixed contacts S ₁₂ , ₁₃ provided one pair each for these two sets of movable contacts S ₁₁ , S ₂₁ ,
The two fixed contacts S _{12 and} S ₂₃ that are the farthest apart from the two sets of fixed contacts serve as the input ends for the two signals ( _left and right audio signals), and one movable contact S ₁₁ serves as the output end. It is becoming. According to this,
Since there are two gaps between the left and right signal lines, crosstalk between the left and right signals can be reliably prevented. Of course, crosstalk can be more reliably prevented by increasing the number of contacts and providing more gaps.

Although not shown in the figure, a focus servo system that controls the position of the pick-up 12 relative to the disk 5 in a direction perpendicular to the disk surface;
Of course, a tracking servo system is also provided to control the position of the pickup 12 in the disk radial direction, and these servo systems also generate error signals during video disk (LDD, LD) playback and digital audio disk (CD) playback. It is preferable to switch the signal processing system of
Good servo can be performed regardless of the type of disk being played back.

Furthermore, the digital signals recorded on CDs or LDDs include not only audio information but also digitized image information, control information for computer control, and the like.

Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the recording disk information reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, output terminals for two systems each consisting of a pair are prepared, and information outputted from these output terminals can be selectively switched. Therefore, it is possible to easily output two systems of information in any combination, which is extremely convenient and can expand its range of applications.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 shows the frequency modulated video signal and audio signal, respectively, and the analog signal.
A diagram showing the frequency spectrum of an RF signal obtained from a recording disk recorded by superimposing a PCM-modulated pulsed signal, and FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the recording disk information reproducing device according to the present invention. Block Diagram, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the specific circuit configuration of the disk discrimination circuit in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a specific circuit configuration of the reproduced clock extraction circuit in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram showing another embodiment of the audio output system in FIG. 2. Explanation of symbols of main parts, 1...Spindle motor for LD, LDD, 2...Spindle motor for CD,
5... Recording disk, 10... Disc discrimination circuit, 12... Pickup, 14... Digital information demodulation system, 15... Analog audio demodulation system, 16... Video demodulation system, 22... EFM demodulation circuit, 23... ...Regenerated clock extraction circuit, 25...
Memory controller, 27, 66... Voltage controlled oscillator, 37, 48, 49, 66... Phase comparator,
38, 42... FM demodulator, 44... Dropout compensator, 52, 53... Equalizer amplifier,
76L, 76R...mode changeover switch.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A recording disc information reproducing device capable of reproducing a recording disc on which a video signal and an audio signal are respectively superimposed with a predetermined modulated signal and a predetermined digital signal, and has two sets of output terminals each consisting of a pair. , a designating means for designating the type of information respectively output from the two sets of output terminals, and a demodulated output of a reproduced audio signal and a demodulated output of a reproduced digital signal are input, and each of these demodulated outputs is outputted as an output of the designated means. A recording disk information reproducing apparatus comprising: switching means for supplying the output terminals to the two sets of output terminals in accordance with the combination based on the combination.