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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1987
Hirohisa Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Sato, Tokyo, JP;
TEAC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disc inclination detecting apparatus comprises a light-emitting element for projecting a light beam on a disc and a light-sensitive element for receiving a reflected light beam reflected by the disc and outputting a corresponding electric signal, in which the light-sensitive element faces the disc and is positioned together with the light-emitting element in a tangential direction of tracks on the disc. The apparatus also comprises a signal processing circuit for detecting, on the basis of the electric signal, a variation of a position of the reflected light beam on the light-sensitive element in a direction perpendicular to the tangential direction. The variation corresponds to an inclination angle of the disc.