Csk Corporation

Kabushiki Kaisha Csk

Hidefumi Suzuki

Shunzo Takahashi

Yukio Hamasaki

Akiyoshi Hashimoto

Shigeru Izawa

Takashi Hasemi

Magnetic head having fuse within head case

An optical recording medium has a data storage section including data tracks and tracking lines formed in the data storage section for reading or writing data. The optical recording medium includes an elongated recording region defined between each two adjacent tracking lines, each of the data recording regions having at least one data track disposed offset from the center of the data recording region. The tracking method for the medium includes establishing a first optical detection region on the medium for detecting the tracking line position relative to the detection region and establishing a second optical detection region on the medium for reading or writing which is positioned in a fixed relationship to the first optical detection region. The first and second optical detection regions are positioned with respect to each other so that when the first optical detection region is tracking the tracking line, the second optical detection region is positioned for reading or writing along the data track at a position laterally offset from the center of the data recording region.

Optical recording medium and tracking method therefor

A reader/writer apparatus for an optical memory card for reading and/or writing data with respect to the optical memory card having a data storing face, which apparatus comprises a card holder including a carriage carrying and holding the card inserted and transporting the card to a reading or writing position and a feeding mechanism for driving the carriage. The reader/writer of the present invention may further comprise an optical waveguide holder holding an optical waveguide, which is connected, at a base end thereof, to the light emitting and receiving section of a reading head, so that another end of the optical waveguide may oppose a data recording face of the optical memory card. The waveguide holder is moved independently of the movement of the car holder. The reader/writer apparatus of the present invention may further comprise a regulating member for regulating the angular position of the card. With the arrangement, the reading and writing can be effected accurately with respect to an optical memory card of a high density storage. The apparatus may further include a dust removing device.

Apparatus for controlling movement of an optical memory card for data

A reader-writer apparatus for an optical memory card for reading and/or writing data with respect to the optical memory card having a data storing face, which apparatus includes a card holder including a carriage for carrying and holding the card inserted thereon and transporting the card to a reading or writing position and a feeding mechanism for driving the carriage. The reader/writer in another aspect of the present invention includes an optical waveguide holder holding an optical waveguide, which is connected at a base end thereof to the light emitting and receiving section of a reading head, so that another end of the optical waveguide may oppose a data recording face of the optical memory card. The waveguide holder is moved independently of the movement of the card holder. The reader/writer apparatus of the present invention has a regulating member mounted to a stationary portion of the apparatus for regulating the angular position of the card so that reading and writing can be effected accurately with respect to an optical memory card of a high density storage. The apparatus may also include a dust removing device.

An optical recording medium which has data tracks and tracking lines juxtaposed with each other in a data recording region so as to write/read data into/from the data tracks, using the tracking lines as a reference. The data recording region is so configured as to have recessed portions and raised portions arranged alternatingly and extending along each other in a direction of data reading/writing. The so formed recessed portions and raised portions provide data tracks. With this configuration, the boundary edges between the respective recessed portions and the respective raised portions are used as tracking lines, so that data can be written in the recessed or raised portions, referring to the boundary edges as tracking lines.

Optical recording system with optical recording medium having multilevel

A tracking method for reading/writing data with respect to an optical recording medium having clock tracks each formed of clock bits of optical patterns and data tracks. The method is carried out by irradiating from an optical lead side a pair of light beams onto a pair of clock tracks, with the beams so deviated from each other in a direction of relative movement of the optical head with respect to the medium that beam detection signals may have a difference in phase therebetween. Reflections of the respective light beams from the clock tracks are detected and a difference signal between reflections determined from the detection signals is obtained. A tracking-error signal from the difference signal is extracted and a zero-crossing point of the difference signal then is detected to extract a clock signal.

Tracking method and apparatus for optical recording medium

Disclosed is a write-once data writing method for optical recording medium of a type wherein a data track includes a plurality of sectors each having at least a preamble and data. A deceleration region is provided at a position following the last recorded sector on a track including both recorded and blank areas, the length of the deceleration region corresponding to a deceleration time necessary to change the relative moving rate of a writing/reading head with respect to the optical recording medium from one for reading to another for writing, and then additional data is recorded sector by sector at region following said deceleration region. Also, disclosed is an apparatus for achieving the method.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hidefumi Suzuki