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Optical information processing apparatus, optical pick-up device and optical recording disc system

US7502303B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 1, 2005
Grant dateMar 10, 2009
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Expiry dateApr 27, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2007/0006
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical pick-up device includes a laser diode, an objective lens for focusing a light beam emitted from the laser diode on an optical disc, an optical detector for receiving a reflected beam from the optical disc, a beam splitter for causing the light beam emitted from the laser diode and a reflected beam to pass therethrough or reflect, a front monitor for receiving the light beam emitted from the laser diode, and a front monitor light-guiding plate for guiding a part of the light beam emitted from the laser diode to the front monitor. The front monitor light-guiding plate is arranged between the laser diode and the objective lens and has a region having a predetermined shape for causing the part of the light incident thereon to change a traveling direction thereof by refraction and then reach the front monitor.

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