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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1983
Toyoaki Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Ohshima, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Kenjyo, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A detecting circuit for detecting an operating center of an actuator of an optical head includes a first comparator for comparing a tracking signal based on a reproduced signal coming from the optical head with a reference voltage approximate to zero voltage level, and a second comparator for comparing the tracking signal of which the DC component is removed with a second reference voltage approximate to zero voltage level. A level inversion of a binary output signal of the first comparator is detected at a level inverting point of a binary output signal of the second comparator. The operating center of the actuator is checked with the detection of the level inversion.