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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1997
Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Ino, Chiba, JP;
Shunji Yoshimura, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Kai, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihide Shimpuku, Kanagawa, JP;
Michihiko Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuji Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Shoji Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
If there is any portion in channel bit data obtained on converting a signal read out from a recording medium into a bi-level signal which fails to satisfy a condition concerning a minimum run length or a maximum run length of the same symbol, the channel bit data is corrected to improve the bit error rate to secure a skew margin. To this end, channel bit data not satisfying a minimum run length d' of the same symbol is detected by a (d'-1) detector 4 using n-tupled clocks obtained on n-tupling channel clocks of playback data by a bit clock generator 2, where n is an integer not less than 2. A correction position of the channel bit data having the run length of the same symbol equal to (d'-1) is designated by a correction bit position designating unit 5. A data correction unit 6 then corrects the channel bit data so that the minimum run length of the same symbol will be equal to d'.