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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2008
Applicants:

Alain Fargeix, Meylan, FR;

Olivier Lemonnier, La Terrasse, FR;

Ludovic Poupinet, Sassenage, FR;

Inventors:

Alain Fargeix, Meylan, FR;

Olivier Lemonnier, La Terrasse, FR;

Ludovic Poupinet, Sassenage, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention relates to the reading of digital optical recordings at very high density (CD, DVD, etc.). Reading is done by a PRML ('Partial Response Maximum Likelihood') technique which uses a model of analog response to the recording of an isolated information bit. Customarily, the response model is represented by four or five signal samples having standardized levels 1 or 2. To take account of particular phenomena of super-resolution reading, the invention proposes the use of a model having 6 to 10 samples that can take 4 or 5 standardized levels. This model can result from the superposition of two simpler models having only two possible levels of samples taken from 1, 2 and 3.


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