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Optical storage apparatus

US6249496A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 19, 1998
Grant dateJun 19, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/094
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A correction processing unit for correcting a level fluctuation appearing on a tracking error signal when a laser beam passes an ID area on a medium track during an on-track control is provided. That is, in the correction processing unit, a correction value determined by a correction value determining unit at a correction timing detected by a correction timing discriminating unit is subtracted by a correcting unit from a signal value obtained by sampling and converting the tracking error signal into digital data by an A/D converter at a predetermined period and reading, thereby performing the correction.

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