US20080273538A1 - Multi-disk optical drive - Google Patents

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US20080273538A1
US20080273538A1 US11/974,222 US97422207A US2008273538A1 US 20080273538 A1 US20080273538 A1 US 20080273538A1 US 97422207 A US97422207 A US 97422207A US 2008273538 A1 US2008273538 A1 US 2008273538A1
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Steven R. Galipeau
Gregory P. Adams
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  • This invention relates to an apparatus for transitioning data contained on optical disks onto a data network.
  • the units typically only play one disk at a time. Further, in some very rare units that contain more than one optical drive where these drives do play simultaneously, the data on these drives is first converted to analog and then converted back to digital and then the data is placed onto a data network.
  • Our multi-disk optical drive provides multiple simultaneous outputs of the digital content contained on the disks. This allows multiple disk drives to be contained in a very small and light-weight package.
  • Our multi-disk optical drive also provides a direct digital connection to the data network. There is no digital to analog back to digital conversion that could introduce errors in the signal reproduction.
  • the invention a multi-disk optical drive, provides the user with multiple simultaneous streams of data from a very small and light weight unit. This data is output directly from the multi-disk optical drive device onto the data network.
  • FIG. 1 Optical Drive Bay Block Diagram
  • the first digit the FIGURE number and the second 2 digits indicate the part number
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a multi-disk drive assembly consisting of the optical drives 107 a and 107 b which output their digital data to the Data Bridges 109 b and 109 c which transition the data onto the data network.
  • They are several bridge types that can be utilized depending on the network type being attached to. In our preferred implementation, an Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) to Ethernet bridge is used.
  • IDE Integrated Drive Electronics
  • FIG. 1 we show a memory card reader 108 , connected to a data bridge 109 a which transitions data from the memory card onto the data network.
  • the memory card could contain content such as MP3 music files or MPEG2 or MPEG4, still pictures in digital format or other such types of files representing similar content.
  • the data bridges 109 a , 109 b and 109 c could also act as multi-cast data servers. That is, they can broadcast the data from the optical disks or memory card onto a network as multi-cast data streams.

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Abstract

An apparatus for transitioning data contained on multiple memory storage devices, such as optical disks and memory cards, efficiently onto a data network by utilizing data bridges between the memory devices and the target network.

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    BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • 1. Field of the Invention
  • This invention relates to an apparatus for transitioning data contained on optical disks onto a data network.
  • 2. Description of Related/Prior Art
  • In other disk drive units that contain more than one optical drive, the units typically only play one disk at a time. Further, in some very rare units that contain more than one optical drive where these drives do play simultaneously, the data on these drives is first converted to analog and then converted back to digital and then the data is placed onto a data network.
  • In the first instance above there are inefficiencies where the additional optical drives are being used merely for storage as the unit containing the drives only outputs one signal at a time.
  • In the second instance above where some units do have multiple simultaneous play capabilities, these units are very inefficient and introduce noise and signal degradation at every conversion step from digital to analog and from analog to digital.
    • OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES
  • Accordingly, several objects and advantages of our invention are:
  • Our multi-disk optical drive provides multiple simultaneous outputs of the digital content contained on the disks. This allows multiple disk drives to be contained in a very small and light-weight package.
  • Our multi-disk optical drive also provides a direct digital connection to the data network. There is no digital to analog back to digital conversion that could introduce errors in the signal reproduction.
  • In installations where size and weight are critical, such as in an aircraft, these advantages are of paramount importance.
  • Further objects and advantages of our invention will become apparent from a consideration of the drawings and ensuing description.
    • BRIEF SUMMARY OF INVENTION
  • The invention, a multi-disk optical drive, provides the user with multiple simultaneous streams of data from a very small and light weight unit. This data is output directly from the multi-disk optical drive device onto the data network.
    • DRAWINGS List of Figures
  • FIG. 1 Optical Drive Bay Block Diagram
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  • The first digit=the FIGURE number and the second 2 digits indicate the part number
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    106 Multi-Disk Optical Drive Assembly
    107 Optical Drive
    108 Memory card reader
    109 Data Bridge
    110 DC to DC Converter (Power Supply)
    • DETAILED DESCRIPTION
  • FIG. 1, illustrates a multi-disk drive assembly consisting of the optical drives 107 a and 107 b which output their digital data to the Data Bridges 109 b and 109 c which transition the data onto the data network. They are several bridge types that can be utilized depending on the network type being attached to. In our preferred implementation, an Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) to Ethernet bridge is used.
  • Other data storage devices could also benefit from this implementation. Also in FIG. 1 we show a memory card reader 108, connected to a data bridge 109 a which transitions data from the memory card onto the data network. The memory card could contain content such as MP3 music files or MPEG2 or MPEG4, still pictures in digital format or other such types of files representing similar content.
  • The data bridges 109 a, 109 b and 109 c could also act as multi-cast data servers. That is, they can broadcast the data from the optical disks or memory card onto a network as multi-cast data streams.

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1) An apparatus for transitioning data contained on optical disks onto a data network comprised of:
(a) one or more optical disk drives,
(b) one or more data bridges,
(d) a power supply
2) The apparatus in claim 1 wherein the data bridge transmits the data onto the network as multi-cast data streams.
3) The apparatus in claim 2 wherein the data is only transmitted when there is actually someone requesting to receive it on the multi-cast data network.
4) An apparatus for transitioning data contained on memory storage devices onto a data network comprised of:
(a) one or more memory storage devices,
(b) one or more data bridges,
(d) a power supply
Whereby the data from the memory storage device is placed onto the network without going through the intermediary steps of digital to analog conversion and analog to digital conversion.
5) The apparatus in claim 4 wherein the data bridge transmits the data onto the network as multi-cast data streams.
Whereby the data from the memory storage device is placed onto the network as a multi-cast data stream thereby conserving bandwidth for other network traffic.
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