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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
May. 19, 1993
Yoshihide Shimpuku, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Ino, Chiba, JP;
Yasuyuki Chaki, Chiba, JP;
Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of modulating digital data to a variable-length code having parameters d, k, m, n, and r for recording information on and reproducing the same from an optical disc. The optimal range of a minimum run length d corresponding to the minimum number of successive same symbols is determined by a procedure which includes a first step to determine the minimum S/N required for obtaining a desired error rate from the relationship between a bit error rate and the S/N when d=0; a second step to obtain the relationship between a change of the numerical value d and that of the S/N by calculating, on the basis of the required minimum S/N obtained at the first step, the S/N loss caused due to the change of the numerical value d; and a third step to determine, from the relationship between the numerical value d and the S/N, the range of the value d corresponding to the S/N of the transmission characteristic dependent on an optical system and an optical disc.