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Optical recording medium processing apparatus

US6363047B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 7, 1999
Grant dateMar 26, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B11/10597
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is an optical recording medium processing apparatus which can reduce the noise included in a reproduction signal. According to the present invention, light returning from the pit area and light returning from the information signal area of a recording medium are identified, and an RF-Sum signal which corresponds to the level of light returning from the recording medium is used as an APC monitor signal for the information signal area.

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