Pioneer Electronic Corporation

Pioneer Corporation

Wataru Hasegawa

Hiroyuki Takahashi

Toshiyuki Kaneko

Hiroyuki Fueki

Takashi Nakamura

Yoshihiro Kitano

Tetsuya Hayashi

Yoshitaka Hasunuma

Shinichi Takata

A plotting device () includes: plotting means () for plotting a desired pattern onto a label plane by applying a laser beam (LB) to the label plane () of a recording medium (); drive means () for driving the plotting means along the label plane; voltage application means () for applying a first voltage and a second voltage for driving the drive means to the drive means; and control means () for controlling the voltage application means so that the first voltage and the second voltage have the same polarity and amplitude when the plotting means is positioned at the initial position corresponding to the position where plotting of the desired pattern onto the label plane is to be started.

Drawing apparatus and method, and computer program

An optical information recording apparatus includes an emission output information acquisition section for acquiring information about a drive current employed for controlling a beam output from an information recording section; a cooling determination section for determining whether to cool the information recording section in accordance with the information about the emission output acquired by the emission output information acquisition section; and a cooling execution section for cooling the information recording section when the cooling determination section has determined that cooling should be performed.

Optical information recording apparatus

A servo control device for controlling operation of tracking servo loop includes: on-track signal generating unit for generating on-track signal indicating whether a light beam irradiated on an optical disk is positioned on track of the optical disk or not, on the basis of the light beam reflected by the optical disk; tracking error signal generating unit for generating tracking error signal on the basis of the light beam reflected by the optical disk; discriminating unit for discriminating whether the light beam irradiated on the optical disk is positioned in pre-pit area or not; holding unit for holding value of the on-track signal immediately before entrance of the light beam to the pre-pit area on the basis of discrimination result of the discriminating unit; and control unit for opening and closing the tracking servo loop in accordance with the value of the on-track signal held by the holding unit and the tracking error signal.

Device for opening and closing a tracking servo loop of an optical disc

A track jump controlling apparatus controls a track jump operation of an optical pickup, which is adapted to emit a light beam onto a recording medium of disc shape, receive a reflected or transmitted light from the optical disc and generate a tracking error signal. The track jump controlling apparatus is provided with: a tracking servo-controlling device, coupled to the optical pickup, for performing a tracking servo-control on the basis of the tracking error signal; a driving device for driving the optical pickup to move the light beam in a radial direction of the recording medium according to jump data including a kick pulse to accelerate the light beam and a brake pulse to decelerate the light beam; an eccentricity detecting device for detecting an amount of eccentricity of the recording medium, and outputting an eccentricity signal which indicates the amount of eccentricity; and a jump data generating device, coupled to the eccentricity detecting device and the driving device, for changing at least one of a pulse width and a crest value of the brake pulse on the basis of the eccentricity signal, and generating the jump data to the driving device.

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Tokorozawa, Japan

Wataru Hasegawa