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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1998
Misao Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Keishi Ueno, Hanno, JP;
Akira Mashimo, Tokorozawa, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Teac Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical disk apparatus for performing recording and reproduction of information on an optical disk is disclosed. The optical disk has a sector format which consists of a sector mark area in which a sector mark is recorded and an address area in which a plurality of VFO segments and ID segments are alternately provided. The apparatus comprises a sector mark detector, a read gate controller, a PLL controller and an address information detector. The sector mark detector detects the sector mark. The read gate controller controls a read gate to be opened and closed. The read gate enables readout of information from the VFO segment when it is opened. The PLL controller initiates synchronization of a signal read from the VFO segment with a PLL in response to the opening of the read gate. The address information detector detects an address identifier recorded in the ID segment. If the address information detector cannot detect the address identifier, the read gate controller closes the read gate and opens the read gate at a timing corresponding to the VFO segment located immediately after the ID segment in which the address identifier cannot be detected.