Sony Corporation

Yoshizo Mihara

Ichiro Fujisawa

Hiroshi Masuda

Kazuo Kamiyama

Shinichi Morishima

Shinji Kaneko

Masakazu Murata

Makoto Tabuchi

Yoshiharu Yamashita

Tatsuo Tsukida

Masaki Hirose

Yukio Sato

Shigeaki Koike

Masaru Tezuka

Seiji Ohura

A data recording and reproducing apparatus has facilities for recording and reproducing, inputting and outputting, and editing data and can perform edits by itself. The data recording and reproducing apparatus records AV data inputted from an input port on HDDs by using a recorder and reproducer, and outputs data reproduced from HDDs by the recorder and reproducer through an output port. In an editor inputted is data inputted from outside and data reproduced by the recorder and reproducer. The editor performs edits on at least either of the data above by using a matrix switcher and an audio mixer provided therein. A special effector is utilized as necessary. The editor can output data obtained through editing processing to a switch.

Data recording and reproducing apparatus and data editing method

A data recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording, reproducing or editing of video and audio data includes an input processing unit, having an input processing control portion for controlling data inputting to a recording medium, an output processing control portion for controlling data outputting processing for the recording medium and a main controller for comprehensively controlling the input processing unit and the output processing unit. By the input processing controlling portion and the output processing controlling portion, the input processing unit and the output processing unit can be operated independently of each other. On the other hand, the main controller is able to control the input processing controlling portion and the output processing controlling portion so that these two portions will execute a concerted operation. In this manner, the data recording and/or reproducing apparatus can record and/or reproduce data on or from a non-linear-accessible recording medium while the data recording and/or reproducing apparatus can be built into a routine linear editing system to execute an operation in no way inferior to that of a VTR equipment.

Data recording and/or reproducing apparatus

An AV data recording/reproducing apparatus which has a recording section for recording AV data, e.g., a disk array section. Each frame unit is edited to generate editing result information. The AV data is read from the disk array section on the basis of the editing result information to reproduce the edited AV data. A command analysis section receives various linear editing commands generated by a linear editing machine for generating editing information and from which a command is produced to generate the editing result information. Thus, an editing operation using a familiar linear editing machine can be performed.

AV data recording/reproducing apparatus, AV data recording/reproducing method, and recording medium

A laser diode monitoring apparatus activates the laser diode in a manner of impulse, measures the sag of light output level, and judges the light emitting performance to be deteriorated if the sag is greater than the reference value. The value of sag comprehends the inequality of light output characteristics of individual laser diodes and the variation of ambient temperature, enabling the accurate decay determination.

Laser diode monitoring apparatus for determining the decay of laser diode

A current detector detects a driving current Im flowing through a light emitting device (laser diode); a temperature sensor is arranged in the vicinity of the light emitting device; a microcomputer is supplied with the outputs of the current detector and temperature sensor; a temperature correction coefficient specific to the light emitting device, obtained based on a driving current value IT1 at a temperature T1 and a driving current value IT2 at a temperature T2 (&gt;T1), is stored in memory; a deterioration threshold current Id for a detected temperature Ti is calculated; and when the deterioration threshold current Id for the detected temperature Ti is exceeded by the detected current, a driver is controlled so as to inhibit the supply of the driving current to the light emitting device. Since the operating temperature also is taken into consideration, deterioration of the light emitting device can be accurately estimated, thereby preventing erroneous recording/reproduction of data.

Deterioration estimating method for a light emitting device and a light

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Yoshizo Mihara