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Optical information reproduction device and signal processing circuit used therein

US6320830A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 29, 1999
Grant dateNov 20, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0948
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an optical information reproduction device for reproducing information from an optical disk medium on which an identification information area including first identification information shifted radially outward with respect to the center of a recording track by a specified distance and second identification information shifted radially inward with respect to the center of a recording track by a specified distance, and a user information area disposed along the center of a recording track are disposed, information is reproduced using a sum signal and a difference signal of the outputs from a split photodetector having at least two light-receiving parts disposed on opposite sides of a track tangential line. The first or second identification information signal is inverted and the direct-current component in the identification information signal and the user information signal are removed.

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