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Optical recording and reproducing apparatus and method

US6084843A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 1998
Grant dateJul 4, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2007/13727
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a compact recording and reproducing apparatus capable of playing back DVD and CDs including CD-R. This apparatus comprises a means of focusing a light of a first or second wavelength onto a first or second recording media; a first means disposed off the optical axis of the focusing means to generate a light of the first wavelength; a second means disposed on the optical axis of the focusing means to generate a light of the second wavelength; a means of correcting a coma aberration in the light of the first wavelength and guiding the corrected light along the optical axis of the focusing means, and a means of detecting the light of the first or second wavelength reflected from the first or second recording media.

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