Optical disk reproducing device selectively using a channel bit frequency or a frequency that is half of the channel bit frequency

1. An optical disk reproducing device comprising:

a channel rate process data demodulation part operable to demodulate digital data from an optical recording medium on which the data is digitally recorded in a form of recording codes having a restriction that at least three continuous bits have a same value, by employing a channel bit frequency;

a half rate process data demodulation part operable to demodulate the digital data from the optical recording medium by employing a frequency that is half of the channel bit frequency; and

a process rate switching part operable to switch between the channel rate process data demodulation part and the half rate process data demodulation part for demodulating the digital data, thereby switching a process rate at data demodulation, wherein

the process rate switching part has a jitter information detection part operable to detect jitter information as an index relating to phase deviation which is generated when digital data is recorded on the optical recording medium, and

the process rate switching part is operable to generate a process rate switching signal so that the channel rate process data demodulation part is part is selected when it is judged from the jitter information obtained by the jitter information detection part that jitter in a reproduction signal is large, and the half rate process data demodulation part is selected when it is judged that the jitter is small.

2. The optical disk reproducing device as defined in claim 1 , wherein

the jitter information detection part is operable to

receive averaged information which is obtained by averaging absolute values of phase error information employed in a channel rate process phase locked loop part and a half rate process phase locked loop part, in a prescribed period, and

judge that the jitter is large when the averaged information is equal to or higher than a precribed level, and

judge that the jitter is small when the averaged information is equal to or lower than the prescribed level.

3. The optical disk reproducing device as defined in claim 2 , wherein

the jitter information detection part is operable to

receive information which is obtained by dividing the averaged information obtained by averaging the absolute values of the phase error information in the prescribed period, by amplitude information averaged in the prescribed period, which is obtained by an amplitude detection part, in consideration of a dependence of the jitter information upon an amplitude value in a reproduction waveform,

judge that the jitter is large when the jitter information is equal to or higher than a prescribed level, and

judge that the jitter is small when the jitter information is equal to or lower that the prescribed level.

4. An optical disk reproducing device comprising:

a channel rate process data demodulation part operable to demodulate digital data from an optical recording medium on which the data is digitally recorded in a form of recording codes having a restriction that at least three continuous bits have a same value, by employing a channel bit frequency;

a half rate process data demodulation part operable to demodulate the digital data from the optical recording medium by employing a frequency that is half of the channel bit frequency; and

a process rate switching part operable to switch between the channel rate process data demodulation part and the half rate process data demodulation part for demodulating the digital data, thereby switching a process rate at data demodulation,

wherein the process rate switching part is operable to generate a process rate switching signal so that:

the half rate process data demodulation part is selected when in a favorable data demodulation state; and

the channel rate process data demodulation part is selected when in a deteriorated data demodulation state, and

wherein the process rate switching part has a jitter information detection part operable to detect jitter information as an index relating to phase deviation which is generated when digital data is recorded on the optical recording medium, and

the process rate switching part is operable to generate the process rate switching signal so that the channel rate process data demodulation part is selected when it is judged from the jitter information obtained by the jitter information detection part that jitter in a reproduction signal is large, and the half rate process data demodulation part is selected when it is judged that the jitter is small.

5. The optical disk reproducing device as defined in claim 4 , wherein

the jitter information detection part is operable to

receive averaged information which is obtained by averaging absolute values of phase error information employed in a channel rate process phase locked loop part and a half rate process phase locked loop part, in a prescribed period, and

judge that the jitter is large when the averaged information is equal to or higher than a prescribed level, and

judge that the jitter is small when the averaged information is equal to or lower than the prescribed level.

6. The optical disk reproducing device as defined in claim 5 , wherein

the jitter information detection part is operable to

receive information which is obtained by dividing the averaged information obtained by averaging the absolute values of the phase error information in the prescribed period, by amplitude information averaged in the prescribed period, which is obtained by an amplitude detection part, in consideration of a dependence of the jitter information upon an amplitude value in a reproduction waveform,

judge that the jitter is large when the jitter information is equal to or higher than a prescribed level, and

judge that the jitter is small when the jitter information is equal to or lower than the precribed level.