Patent · US Expired

Magnetooptical recording reproducing apparatus and method for determining the power of an irradiating light beam on the basis of a detected amplitude of a recording signal

US5398227A · kind A · utility

34Cited by
7References
22Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 1, 1993
Grant dateMar 14, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 1, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B11/10508
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetooptical recording/reproducing apparatus is provided with a device for determinating a power of a light beam which is emitted from a light source. In the apparatus, the light beam is irradiated on a magnetooptical recording medium while a magnetic field modulated according to a recording signal is applied to a portion on which the light beam is being irradiated. Light reflected from the medium upon the irradiation of the light beam thereto is detected by a detector, the output from which is used to reproduce the recording signal. The amplitude of the recording signal is detected from the reproduction signal. The power of the light beam to be emitted from the light source is determined on the basis of the detected amplitude of the recording signal.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.