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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2007
Stefan Kimmelmann, VS-Pfaffenweiler, DE;
Hartmut Richter, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Atols Kern, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Xavier Lebegue, Jouy-en-Josas, FR;
Emmanuel Daugeras, Chaville, FR;
Stefan Kimmelmann, VS-Pfaffenweiler, DE;
Hartmut Richter, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Atols Kern, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Xavier Lebegue, Jouy-en-Josas, FR;
Emmanuel Daugeras, Chaville, FR;
Thomson Licensing, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Abstract
A method for controlling the quality of storage media, and more specifically a method for determining if the quality of a storage medium decreases. The method includes: determining one or more quality parameters of the storage medium; and comparing one or more of the determined quality parameters with previously determined quality parameters of the storage medium stored in a memory in case the quality of the storage medium has been determined before.