Granted Patent B2

US 7,095,683 · App. 09/950,411 · Granted Aug 22, 2006

Abstract

Claims (25)

1. A method of indicating a write abort status, comprising:

providing a digital signal processor configured to receive digitized versions of optical sensor signals from an optical pickup unit and calculate an error signal from the digitized versions;

determining whether the error signal exceeds a threshold value; and

indicating a write abort status when the error signal exceeds the threshold value.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein calculating the error signal includes calculating a focus error signal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein calculating the error signal includes calculating a tracking error signal; the method further comprising:

determining whether the tracking error signal exceeds a tracking threshold value; and indicating the write abort status when the tracking error signal exceeds the tracking threshold value.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein calculating the error signal includes calculating a tracking error signal.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the error signal exceeds the threshold value includes low pass filtering the error signal to generate a filtered error signal; comparing the filtered error signal with the threshold value; and indicating whether or not the filtered error signal exceeds the threshold value.

6. The method of claim 1 , further including aborting a write operation when the write abort status is indicated.

7. The method of claim 1 , further including suspending indication of the write abort status when a defect signal indicates presence of a defect on an optical media.

8. The method of claim 7 , further including monitoring a number of cycles where indication of the write abort status is suspended; and indicating the write abort status when the number of cycles exceeds a predetermined number.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the predetermined value is 2.

10. An optical disk drive, comprising:

an optical pick-up unit;

a laser mounted in the optical pick-up unit, the laser capable of providing a write power and a read power;

a laser driver coupled to the laser to control the laser in response to laser signals;

an analog-to-digital converter coupled to receive signals from detectors in the optical pick-up unit and provide digital versions of the signals;

at least one processor coupled to receive the digital signals, the at least one processor calculating an error signal from the digital versions to provide control signals and generate the laser signals; and a driver coupled to control positions of the optical pick-up unit in response to the control signal, wherein the at least one processor executes an algorithm that performs a write operation and writes data to a writeable portion of an optical media and determines whether the error signal exceeds a threshold value; and indicates a write abort status when the error signal exceeds the threshold value.

11. The drive of claim 10 , wherein the error signal includes a focus error signal.

12. The drive of claim 10 , wherein the error signal includes a tracking error signal.

13. The drive of claim 10 , wherein the error signal is determined to exceed the threshold value by low pass filtering the error signal to generate a filtered error signal; comparing the filtered error signal with the threshold value; and indicating whether or not the filtered error signal exceeds the threshold value.

14. The drive of claim 10 , wherein the algorithm that generates the write abort status further directs the at least one processor to suspend indication of the write abort status when a defect signal indicates presence of a defect on an optical media.

15. The drive of claim 14 , wherein a number of cycles where indication of the write abort status is suspended is monitored; and the write abort status is indicated when the number of cycles exceeds a predetermined number.

16. The drive of claim 15 , wherein the predetermined value is 2.

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