Seek method of optical disks and optical storage device
US7362665B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B7/08505
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical disk includes a first area, a second area having time information undistinguishable from time information of the first area and a third area having unique time information. The third area is divided into a plurality of sub-areas. Peculiar zone numbers are assigned to zones each representing the first area, the second area or any of the sub-areas and recorded in an associative-relation table memory for a management purpose. A zone number assigned to a zone of the present position of an optical pickup or a zone number assigned to a zone of a target position serving as a seek destination of the optical pickup is stored in a zone-number-storing memory for the purpose of managing the position of the optical pickup. Before a seek operation is carried out to move the optical pickup, a zone number stored in the zone-number-storing memory as a zone number assigned to a zone of the present position of the optical pickup is first changed to a zone number assigned to a zone of a target position serving as a seek destination of the optical pickup and, then, the seek operation is actually implemented to move the optical pickup to the zone identified by the newly stored zone number.
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