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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masatoshi Adachi, Tokorozawa, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/76 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/76 ;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a gate signal generator for generating a gate signal in accordance with the data signal; a pre-pit signal generator for generating a pre-pit signal from a signal read from the recording medium; a gate circuit for generating a pre-pit pulse train by allowing the pre-pit signal to pass therethrough in response to the gate signal; a pulse extractor for extracting pulses of predetermined waveform from the pre-pit pulse train; and a synchronization signal generator for generating a recording synchronization signal based on the pulses of predetermined waveform.