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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1988
Kunio Kojima, Nara, JP;
Noriaki Sakamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Toshihisa Deguchi, Nara, JP;
Daiji Yamane, Yamatokohriyama, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for reading an optical disk having tracks extending tangentially includes a driving device for moving at least one light spot. A signal which indicates a deviation of the light spot from one of the tracks and a second circuit produces acceleration and deceleration signals. The driving device is controlled to accomplish a track jump of the light spot in accordance with the acceleration and deceleration signals. The second circuit produces the acceleration signal when a track jump is to be initiated and produces the deceleration signal when the ratio of the level of the tracking error signal to the peak value of the tracking error signal becomes equal to a predetermined value.