WO2007105624A1 - データに情報を埋め込むための装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an apparatus for embedding information in data without changing the contents of the data.
- the quality of digital data (data) recorded on a tape medium such as a magnetic tape does not deteriorate even if the data is copied to another tape medium.
- the general recording method of data on tape media is a rule that records data in a sequential manner along the direction of movement of the tape media, and the recorded data can be copied in sequence using another tape drive. It is also possible power. In other words, if the data is recorded sequentially and in order, simply copying it onto another tape medium makes it easy to create a copy of the original tape medium.
- Patent Document 1 when data is divided into a plurality of data sets and recorded on a tape medium, information is embedded in the data by manipulating the distance between the data sets.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2004-145920
- the technique for embedding information using the distance between data sets as in Patent Document 1 has room for further efficiency by improving the following points. That is, the increase in the amount of information to be embedded is a waste of the recording area as it is.
- the present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and an object thereof is to efficiently embed information in data.
- Another object of the present invention is to embed information while recording data effectively while using a storage area.
- the information embedding device of the present invention includes an acquisition unit and a processing unit.
- the acquisition unit acquires information to be embedded.
- the processing unit repeats a specific process for a block determined based on the information among a plurality of blocks constituting the data, thereby repeating the process for the data determined based on the information. Embed that information.
- Information can be embedded. If such an information embedding method is employed, other information can be written without affecting the recorded data at all.
- the present invention can also be regarded as an apparatus for detecting data embedded as described above.
- the information detection apparatus of the present invention includes an acquisition unit and a specification unit.
- an acquisition part acquires the result of the specific process with respect to data.
- the specifying unit specifies the information based on the number of times the specific process is repeated for a predetermined block among a plurality of blocks constituting the data obtained by analyzing the result. .
- the data written in the recording medium is An example is a process of reading.
- the embedded information is extracted when the data is read out, and based on this information, it is possible to specify the original tape, and to control and prevent copying.
- the present invention can be understood as a method for embedding information in data.
- the method of the present invention includes a step of acquiring information to be embedded, and a specific process for the block determined based on the information among a plurality of blocks constituting the data. And repeating the determined number of times.
- the present invention can also be understood as a computer program that causes a computer to realize a predetermined function.
- the computer program according to the present invention is based on a function for acquiring information to be embedded for a computer that performs specific processing on data, and the information among a plurality of blocks constituting the data. This function realizes a function of repeating a specific process for the determined block a predetermined number of times based on the information.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a tape drive 10 to which the present exemplary embodiment is applied.
- the tape drive 10 includes an interface 11, a buffer 12, and a recording channel 13. Further, it includes a tape 14a, a head 14b, linolees 14c and 14d, a cartridge 14e, a motor 15, and a controller 30.
- the interface 11 communicates with the host 20.
- the host 20 receives a command for instructing data writing to the buffer 12 and a command for instructing data writing from the buffer 12 to the tape 14a. These commands are also sent to host 20. Returns a response indicating whether the processing by has succeeded or failed.
- the noffer 12 is a memory for storing data to be written to the tape 14a.
- the buffer 12 stores the data sent from the interface 11 in units called data sets.
- the recording channel 13 is a communication path used for writing data stored in the buffer 12 to the tape 14a.
- the tape 14a is a tape medium used for recording data, and data passed through the recording channel 13 is written by the head 14b. Further, the tape 14a is repelled by the linole 14c and 14d, and along with the rotation of the linole 14c and 14d, in the longitudinal direction, from the linole 14c force to the linole 14d or from the reel 14d to the reel 14c. Moving.
- the cartridge 14e may be configured to receive a force reel 14d, which is a container for receiving the reel 14c to which the tape 14a is attached.
- the motor 15 rotates the reels 14c and 14d.
- the controller 30 controls the overall operation of the tape drive 10. For example, according to the command received by the interface 11, the writing of data to the tape 14a is controlled. Further, it detects whether the writing of data to the tape 14 a is successful or unsuccessful, and returns the detection result to the host 20 via the interface 11.
- the tape drive 10 records data on the tape 14a in accordance with the recording method defined as the third generation of LTO (Linear Tape-Open).
- LTO Linear Tape-Open
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- LTO user data transferred from the host 20 is first organized into units called data sets. Each data set is a unit called a sub data set. And written in order on the tape 14a.
- FIG. 2 shows a state from the sub data set to the writing to the tape 14a.
- the 64 data blocks shown as “Sub Data Set” in Figure 2 correspond to the 64 sub data sets that make up one data set.
- Each sub-data set is accompanied by ECC (Error Correcting Code) for correcting data errors, although not shown in the figure.
- ECC Error Correcting Code
- Each sub-data set has 64 rows, and each row is a 480-byte data string.
- FIG. 2 also shows a CQ recording image on the tape 14a.
- the 16 write heads write CQ in order.
- the combination of the first row of sub-data set 0 and the first row of sub-data set 1 is CQ0 and is recorded on track 0.
- CQ1 is the sum of the first row of sub data set 2 and the first row of sub data set 3 and is recorded on track 1.
- CQ2, 3, 4, ... ⁇ 15 are generated from the first row force of sub data set 4, 5,... ⁇ 31 and recorded in tracks 2, 3, 4, ..., 15, respectively. is doing. That is, 16 CQs are generated from the first row of 32 sub-data sets, and these are recorded at the same position in the longitudinal direction of the tape 14a on 16 tracks.
- a set of CQs having the same recording position in the longitudinal direction on the tape 14a is called a CQ set.
- CQ is arranged in the order of CQ0, 1, 2, ..., 15 according to the track number. This is for convenience of explanation. Normally, the position of the CQ in the CQ set is randomized.
- each Codeword Pair has a “Codeword Pair H
- Figure 3 shows the CQ format.
- the two Codewor d Pairs that make up one CQ are shown in the figure as ⁇ First Codeword Pair '' and ⁇ Sec
- Each of these Codeword Pairs has a 10-word Codeword Pair Header.
- the Codeword Pair Header has a format as shown in the figure. That is, the 4-byte “Codeword Identifier” and 4
- the Codeword Identifier includes the CQ set.
- the CQ set is normally written continuously without a gap so that the recorded image force on the tape 14a in FIG. 2 is also divided.
- the LTO is allowed to repeatedly write the CQ set.
- the CQ set is written repeatedly until it is written correctly, although there is a standard upper limit on the number of times.
- the CQ set is written correctly become. Otherwise, the data set itself containing the CQ set will not be written correctly. At this time, an incomplete CQ set continues on the tape 14a.
- the read operation including Read While Write at the time of writing
- the incomplete CQ set is sequentially overwritten in a buffer area (not shown) in the controller 30 and finally replaced with the last (which should have been written correctly). Therefore, no matter how many CQ sets exist, including incomplete ones, the last written CQ set will be read.
- the information to be concealed is embedded by actively using such repetition of the CQ set in the LTO.
- the rewriting of the CQ set used here was originally specified as an error recanolization method in the LTO.
- the rewriting of the CQ set used here was originally specified as an error recanolization method in the LTO.
- some tape drives cannot recognize that CQ set repetition is due to information embedding, and only appears to be CQ set repetition due to an error, and information embedding is not recognized.
- one data set is recorded on tape 14a as 128 CQ sets from CQ set 0 to CQ set 1 27. That is, the recording images on the tape 14a are CQ set 0, CQ set 1, CQ set 2, CQ set 3,..., CQ set 126, and CQ set 127.
- the recorded images on tape 14a are CQ set 0, CQ set 1, CQ set 2, CQ set 3, ..., CQ set M (l), CQ set M (2),... ⁇ CQ set M (N),... CQ set 126, CQ set 127.
- M and N it is possible to specify M and N and embed completely different information from the recorded data in the data, or extract information embedded in the data It becomes.
- the data sent from the host 20 is stored in the buffer 12 in units of data sets, and the CQ set generated from this data set is stored in another buffer area (not shown). To do.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the controller 30 that controls operations of embedding and extracting information.
- the controller 30 includes a storage unit 31, an acquisition unit 32, a writing unit 33, a reading unit 34, and a specifying unit 35.
- the storage unit 31 stores information to be embedded when data is recorded on the tape 14a.
- at least two sets of integers are stored as information to be embedded.
- One integer is the number of the CQ set to be repeated, and the other integer power is the number of times that CQ set is repeated.
- the storage unit 31 can be composed of various recording media such as a semiconductor memory and a magnetic disk.
- the acquisition unit 32 acquires the information stored in the storage unit 31, and holds it as correspondence information between the CQ set number and the number of times the CQ set is repeated.
- the writing unit 33 writes the CQ set taken out from the buffer area (not shown) to the tape 14a via the recording channel 13. At that time, the same CQ set is repeated several times based on the information held by the acquisition unit 32.
- the reading unit 34 reads the data recorded on the tape 14a through the recording channel 13. At that time, analyze which CQ set is written repeatedly.
- the identifying unit 35 identifies information embedded in the data from the analysis result by the reading unit 34. In addition, based on the comparison result between the specified information and the information stored in the storage unit 31, processing for determining whether or not the read data can be used is performed.
- the acquisition unit 32 acquires (M, N) from the storage unit 31 and generates correspondence information between the CQ set number and the number of repetitions of the CQ set.
- CQ set M is written repeatedly N times to embed information, and other CQ sets are written only once unless an error occurs. Therefore, the acquiring unit 32 holds the number of times N for the CQ set number M and the number of times 1 for the CQ set numbers other than M.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the writing unit 33 in this case.
- the writing unit 33 takes out a CQ set for a buffer area force (not shown) (step 101). Based on the extracted CQ set number, the number of times this CQ set is written and the upper limit of the number of times this CQ set is written are obtained (step 102).
- the number of times can be obtained by searching the correspondence information held by the acquisition unit 32 using the CQ set number as a key. Specifically, if CQ set number M is used as a key, number N can be obtained from acquisition unit 32, and if CQ set number other than M is used as a key, number 1 can be obtained from acquisition unit 32. it can.
- the upper limit value is determined by the writing unit 33 according to the number of times obtained here. Specifically, when the number is N, the upper limit is also N. This is because, even if an error occurs in the Nth write, the CQ set M must end the Nth write without performing the (N + 1) th write. On the other hand, when the number is 1, the upper limit value in the standard is adopted. CQ sets that are not used for information embedding are rewritten only by errors. Therefore, if errors occur continuously, it is only necessary to prevent rewriting exceeding the upper limit value in the standard. Since the number of writes has a standard upper limit, the number N of CQ set M writes must not exceed this standard upper limit. Must be adopted.
- the writing unit 33 writes the CQ set from which the buffer area force has been extracted in Step 101 to the tape 14a via the recording channel 13 (Step 103).
- 1 is added to the counter for counting the number of times the CQ set has been written (step 104).
- the writing unit 33 determines whether or not the CQ set has been correctly written (step 105). In LTO, write is called “Read While Write”.
- the data written by the read head is read by the read head located immediately behind to verify whether the data was written correctly. In other words, while performing a write operation, a read operation is also performed at the same time. In this way, the controller 30 verifies whether or not the writing has succeeded in CQ units, knows the information for each CQ in real time, and can control the writing operation. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether or not the CQ set can be written correctly.
- step 105 the case where it is determined in step 105 that the CQ set has been correctly written will be described.
- the writing unit 33 determines whether or not the number of times acquired in step 102 is reached (step 106). As a result, if the number of times has not been reached, the process returns to step 103. That is, in step 103, the same CQ set is written to the tape 14a again, and in step 104, 1 is added to the counter.
- step 102 the number of times acquired in step 102 is “1”. Therefore, if the CQ set is written once, the determination result in step 106 is “Yes”, so steps 103 to 105 are not repeated.
- step 106 If it is determined in step 106 that the counter value has reached the number of times acquired in step 102, the writing unit 33 determines whether or not there is a next CQ set. Step 107). As a result, if there is a next CQ set, the process proceeds to step 101, and if not, the process ends.
- step 105 the case where it is determined in step 105 that the CQ set cannot be correctly written will be described. That is, it is a case where rewriting due to an error is performed.
- the writing unit 33 determines whether or not the upper limit value acquired in the value power step 102 of the counter has been reached (step 108). As a result, if the upper limit has not been reached, the process returns to step 103. That is, in step 103, the same CQ set is written to the tape 14a again, in step 104, 1 is added to the counter, and in step 105, it is determined whether or not the data has been written correctly.
- the repetition of these steps in the processing for CQ set M is a repetition caused by an error. This also constitutes a part of the repetition of the CQ set for embedding information.
- the writing unit 33 makes a total of the CQ set including the one due to the error. It is possible to write N times.
- the upper limit value in the standard is obtained. Therefore, if the write error of the CQ set continues, steps 103 to 105 are repeated until the write count reaches the upper limit value in the standard.
- step 108 If the determination result in step 108 becomes “Yes” before the determination result in step 106 becomes “Yes”, the process proceeds to an existing error recovery procedure.
- step 108 The case where the judgment result in step 108 is “Yes” is that an error has occurred in the Nth writing of CQ set M.
- the writing unit 33 stops writing the data set including this CQ set, and writes this data set to another position on the tape 14a again.
- errors may occur continuously and rewriting due to the error may exceed the upper limit in the standard.
- the LTO allows the tape 14a to be slightly skipped, avoiding the defective part of the tape 14a, and rewriting the data set itself. Therefore, such an existing error-related procedure is used.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the reading unit 34 in this case.
- the reading unit 34 reads the CQ set from the tape 14a via the recording channel 13 (step 111). Then, it is determined whether the CQ set has been read correctly (step 112).
- the process ends there. If it is determined that the CQ set has been read correctly, the CQ set number is identified (step 113). . Then, 1 is added to the counter for the CQ set number (step 11 4). For example, for each CQ set number, set up an area to store the counter that indicates the number of times the CQ set with that number was read, and count up the counter in the area corresponding to the number of the current CQ set.
- the correspondence between the CQ set number and the number of repetitions of the CQ set can be obtained.
- the correspondence is passed to the specifying unit 35.
- the identifying unit 35 obtains the correspondence between the CQ set number and the number of repetitions of the CQ set.
- some repetitions of CQ sets include those resulting from errors beyond just the purpose of embedding information.
- the specifying unit 35 can specify the information embedded in the data recorded on the tape 14a based on the set of integers (M, N) stored in the storage unit 31.
- the specifying unit 35 pays attention to the number of repetitions NO of the CQ set M, and extracts an integer set (M, NO) as embedded information. Then, by determining whether NO matches N, for example, whether or not this data can be used is determined. In other words, if NO matches N, the data is read as it is and transferred to the host 20, and if NO does not match N, the data reading is stopped. As described above, in this embodiment, by writing the CQ set M N times repeatedly, the electronic permeability UM, N) that does not hold the user data itself in the data set can be obtained. It is possible to embed.
- the acquisition unit 32 acquires (M, Nl, N2) from the storage unit 31, and generates correspondence information between the CQ set number and the CQ set repetition count candidate. That is, CQ set M is written repeatedly N1 times or N2 times to embed information. Other CQ sets are written only once unless an error occurs. Accordingly, the acquisition unit 32 holds the number of times N 1 and N2 for the CQ set number M and the number of times 1 for the CQ set numbers other than M.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the writing unit 33 in this case.
- the writing unit 33 takes out a CQ set for a buffer area force (not shown) (step 121). Based on the extracted CQ set number, the number of times this CQ set is written and the upper limit value of the number of times this CQ set is written are obtained (step 122).
- the number of times can be obtained by searching the correspondence information held by the acquisition unit 32 using the CQ set number as a key. If two times are held, the smaller one is acquired. Specifically, if the CQ set number M is used as a key, the number N1 can be obtained from the acquisition unit 32. If the CQ set number other than M is used as a key, the number 1 can be obtained from the acquisition unit 32. it can.
- the upper limit value is determined by the writing unit 33 according to the number of times obtained here. Specifically, when the number is N1, the upper limit is also N1. In this operation example, N1 is the first write. If an error occurs, change the number of times and the upper limit to N2. However, this N2 is acquired in step 130 described later, and here, N1 is acquired as the initial value of the number of times and the upper limit value. On the other hand, when the number is 1, the upper limit value in the standard is adopted. Information Not used for embedding! /, CQ sets are rewritten only by errors. Therefore, when errors occur continuously, it is only necessary to prevent rewriting exceeding the upper limit value in the standard. Since there is an upper limit value in the standard for the number of writes in this way, a value that does not exceed the upper limit value in this standard is adopted as the larger value N2 of the number of times the CQ set M is written. There is a need.
- the writing unit 33 writes the CQ set from which the buffer area force has been extracted in Step 121 to the tape 14a via the recording channel 13 (Step 123). In addition, 1 is added to the counter for counting the number of times the CQ set has been written (step 124).
- the writing unit 33 determines whether or not the CQ set has been correctly written (step 125).
- the writing unit 33 determines whether or not the number of times acquired in step 122 is reached (step 126). As a result, if the number of times has not been reached, the process returns to step 123. That is, in step 123, the same CQ set is written to the tape 14a again. In step 124, 1 is added to the counter.
- step 122 the number of times acquired in step 122 is “1”. Therefore, if the CQ set is written once, the determination result in step 126 is “Yes”, so steps 123 to 125 are not repeated.
- step 126 the value of the counter has reached the number acquired in step 122. If it is determined, the writing unit 33 determines whether there is a next CQ set (step 127). As a result, if there is a next CQ set, the process proceeds to step 121. If not, the process ends.
- step 125 the case where it is determined in step 125 that the CQ set could not be correctly written will be described. That is, it is a case where rewriting due to an error is performed.
- the writing unit 33 determines whether or not the upper limit value acquired in the value power step 122 of the counter has been reached (step 128). As a result, if the upper limit has not been reached, the process returns to step 123. That is, in step 123, the same CQ set is written to the tape 14a again. In step 124, 1 is added to the counter.
- the repetition of these steps in the processing for CQ set M is a repetition caused by an error. This also constitutes a part of the repetition of the CQ set for embedding information.
- the writer 33 performs a total of the CQ set including those due to the error. It can be written N1 times.
- step 128 If it is determined in step 128 that the upper limit has been reached, the writing unit 33 determines whether the number of times and the upper limit can be changed (step 129).
- Step 1 if it is determined that it can be changed, the number of times and the upper limit value are changed.
- N1 if the number of times and the upper limit at that time are N1, it is determined that N1 can be changed to N2, and the number of times and the upper limit are set to N2.
- a determination can be made using, for example, a flag indicating whether or not the number of times and the upper limit have been changed. That is, in the initial state, the flag is set to “0” and the number of times and the upper limit value are changed. Set the flag to "1".
- step 129 if the flag is set to “0”, it is determined that the number of times and the upper limit value can be changed. If the flag force is set to “l”, the number of times and the upper limit value are changed further. Judge that you can't! ,.
- the number of times and the upper limit after the change in step 130 can be obtained by searching the correspondence information held by the acquisition unit 32 using the CQ set number as a key. Specifically, the number of times N2 can be obtained by searching using the CQ set number M as a key.
- step 123 the same CQ set is written to the tape 14a again.
- step 124 1 is added to the counter. If it is determined in step 125 that the data has been written correctly, it is determined in step 126 whether the counter value has reached the number of times after the change, and if it is determined in step 125 that the power has not been written correctly. In step 128, it is determined whether the counter value has reached the upper limit after the change.
- step 128 If the determination result in step 128 is "Yes” before the determination result in step 126 is "Yes”, the determination result in step 129 is "No". Therefore, move to the existing error recovery procedure.
- step 128 The case where the judgment result in step 128 is “Yes” is when an error occurs in the N2nd writing of CQ set M.
- the writing unit 33 stops writing the data set including the CQ set, and writes the data set to another position on the tape 14a again.
- the reading unit 34 performs the same operation as shown in FIG. That is, the correspondence between the CQ set number and the number of repetitions of the CQ set is acquired and passed to the specifying unit 35.
- the specifying unit 35 is embedded in the data recorded on the tape 14a based on the first set of integers (M, N1) and the second set of integers (M, N2) stored in the storage unit 31. Identify the information
- the specifying unit 35 pays attention to the number of repetitions NO of the CQ set M, and extracts an integer set (M, NO) as embedded information. Then, whether or not this data can be used is determined, for example, by determining whether or not the power of NO matches N1 or N2. That is, if NO matches N1 or N2, the data is read as it is and transferred to the host 20, and if NO matches neither SN1 nor N2, the data reading is stopped.
- the CQ set M is repeatedly written N1 times. If an error occurs in the N1th writing, the number of repetitions is changed to N2. As a result, the process of embedding electronic transparency without modifying the user data itself in the data set can be performed more efficiently.
- the data set including the CQ set is rewritten in a larger unit. In this operation example, it is possible to continue the process for embedding information without rewriting the data set.
- the embedded! /, Information has been described as simply an integer combination (M, N).
- M integer combination
- N an operation such as re-reading performed in a normal reading operation may be activated.
- M and N are composed of prime numbers.
- the embedded force! / The force that causes the initial force to appear as a set of integers (M, N) or the like as information is not limited to such a form. For example, if the information you want to embed is a string of numbers, perform some operation on it to obtain an integer pair (M, N), then Such processing may be performed.
- an electronic watermark is applied to any part of the data recorded on the tape 14a (
- “Volume Serial” for distinguishing the tape and header information for writing information on the tape are often written in the head area of the tape.
- user data is often separated by a plurality of special symbols called “File Marks”. Therefore, for example, the information may be embedded by the method of the present embodiment only when writing the head area of the tape or the file mark. With this configuration, waste of tape capacity can be reduced as compared with the case where information is embedded in all data sets.
- the application Normally, when a tape medium is mounted, the application performs a Rewind operation. At this time, the LTO standard drive reads a special data set called FID written in the head area of the tape medium. After the Rewind operation is completed, it is concealed in the data set group following the FID, and based on the information, whether to execute the Read command or Write command that will be issued next is determined. It can be said that it is possible.
- the File Mark is written as a delimiter of user data.
- the application searches for data using the file mark as a clue.
- the data set that includes the File Mark is read sequentially.
- a data set including header information for each user data following the File Mark is also read.
- control such as reading prohibition for each user data can be considered.
- an information embedding method that is sufficiently effective for a tape format such as LTO without copy control is provided.
- the method of the present embodiment is also much more efficient than the method described in Patent Document 1, for example.
- the minimum unit for controlling the distance is often 1LPOS.
- information can be embedded in units of 1 CQ.
- the data is in blocks and each block can be identified as unique. In other words, it must be numbered.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a computer system for realizing information embedding by “retransmitting the M-th block N times” in this way.
- this computer system includes a transmission device 40 and a reception device 50.
- the transmission device 40 includes a storage unit 41, an acquisition unit 42, and a transmission unit 43.
- the storage unit 41 stores information to be embedded when transmitting data to the receiving device 50.
- at least two sets of integers are stored as information to be embedded.
- One integer is the number of the block to be retransmitted, and another integer is the number of times to repeat the transmission of that block.
- the storage unit 41 can be configured by various recording media such as a semiconductor memory and a magnetic disk.
- the acquisition unit 42 acquires the information stored in the storage unit 41, and holds it as correspondence information between the number of the block to be transmitted and the number of times the block transmission is repeated.
- the transmission unit 43 transmits blocks constituting data to be transmitted to the reception device 50. At that time, the same block is repeated several times based on the information held by the acquisition unit 42.
- the receiving device 50 includes a storage unit 51, a receiving unit 52, and a specifying unit 53.
- the storage unit 51 stores information that should be embedded in the transmitted data. It is.
- the storage unit 51 can be composed of various recording media such as a semiconductor memory and a magnetic disk.
- the receiving unit 52 receives data transmitted by the transmission device 40. At that time, it analyzes which block is written and how many times.
- the identifying unit 53 identifies the information embedded in the data from the analysis result by the receiving unit 52. Further, based on the comparison result between the specified information and the information stored in the storage unit 51, a process for determining whether or not the received data can be used is performed.
- the computer system embeds information in the data by performing the same operation as that of the controller 30.
- the acquisition unit 42 acquires information stored in the storage unit 41, and then the transmission unit 43 is the same as that shown in the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. Perform the action. Specifically, in Fig. 5 or Fig. 7, replace “CQ Set” with “Block” and replace “Write” and “Can you write” with “Send” and “Can you send?" This is a flow of operation by the transmission unit 43.
- the receiving unit 52 performs an operation similar to that shown in the flowchart shown in FIG. Specifically, in FIG. 6, “CQ set” is read as “block”, and “read” and “read?” Are read as “receive” and “received?” Respectively. This is a flow of operation by the receiving unit 52.
- the specifying unit 35 specifies information embedded in the received data, and determines whether or not the received data can be used based on a comparison between the information and the information stored in the storage unit 51.
- this embodiment can be regarded as “performing N times for the Mth block” in consideration of general data processing.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the data processing device 60 for realizing information embedding by performing “processing N times for the Mth block”.
- the data processing device 60 includes a storage unit 61, an acquisition unit 62, a processing unit 63, a result acquisition unit 64, and a specification unit 65.
- the storage unit 61 stores information to be embedded when performing predetermined processing on data.
- the information to be embedded at least two sets of integers are stored. Yes. One integer is the number of the block to be iterated, and the other integer is the number of times the process is repeated for that block.
- the storage unit 61 can be composed of various recording media such as a semiconductor memory and a magnetic disk.
- the acquisition unit 62 acquires information stored in the storage unit 61 and stores it as correspondence information between the block number and the number of times the block is repeated.
- the processing unit 63 performs predetermined processing on the given data. At that time, the same block is repeated several times based on the information held by the acquisition unit 62.
- the result acquisition unit 64 acquires the result of the processing by the processing unit 63. At that time, it analyzes how many times processing is repeated for which block.
- the identification unit 65 identifies the information embedded in the data from the analysis result obtained by the result acquisition unit 64. Further, based on the comparison result between the specified information and the information stored in the storage unit 61, a process for determining whether or not the process result can be used is performed.
- the data processing device 60 embeds information in the data by performing the same operation as the controller 30.
- the acquisition unit 62 acquires information stored in the storage unit 61, and then performs the same operation as that shown in the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. Specifically, in Fig. 5 or Fig. 7, "CQ set” is read as “Block”, and “Write”, "Can you write? J” are read as “Process” and “Can you process?" This is an operation flow by the processing unit 63.
- the result acquisition unit 64 performs the same operation as that shown in the flowchart shown in FIG. Specifically, in Figure 6, “CQ Set” is read as “Block”, and “Read” and “Can you read?” Are read as “Acquire Result” and “Has Result Obtained” respectively.
- the actual flow of operations by the result acquisition unit 64 is as follows. Thereafter, the identifying unit 65 identifies information embedded in the received data, and determines whether or not the received data can be used based on a comparison between the information and the information stored in the storage unit 61. To do.
- the information stored in the storage unit 61 may be given from an external host via a communication interface, or conversely, may be notified to an external host via a communication interface.
- the information may be generated and given by a predetermined method outside the data processing device 60, or may be generated by a predetermined method inside the data processing device 60.
- the present invention may be realized entirely by hardware, or may be realized entirely by software. It can also be realized by both hardware and software. Further, the present invention can be realized as a computer, a data processing system, and a computer program. This computer program may be stored and provided on a computer readable medium.
- the medium may be an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system (apparatus or equipment), or a propagation medium.
- Computer-readable media include semiconductors, solid state storage devices, magnetic tape, removable computer diskettes, and random access memory (RA).
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a tape drive to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state from sub-data set to writing to tape in LTO which is a premise of the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a CQ format in LTO which is a premise of the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of a controller in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a first operation example of a writing unit in the controller of the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation example of a reading unit in the controller according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 shows a second operation example of the writing unit in the controller according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the embodiment of the present invention.
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