Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Yasuhide Konishi

Toshihiro Yamashiro

Yutaka Shio

Yoshiyuki Ishiyama

A system, method, computer program and apparatus for providing regulating signals for regulating the position of an objective lens relative to a track on a disk. The regulating signals are obtained in response to an access request specifying an access target region on the disk. The tracks of a disc are divided into a plurality of zones, each zone having associated signal regulation information. In response to an access request, the signal regulation information for the zone containing the access target region is used to regulate the position of the objective lens.

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Tottori-ken, Japan

Yasuhide Konishi