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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1989
Kunio Kojima, Nara, JP;
Masaru Nomura, Tenri, JP;
Tomiyuki Numata, Tenri, JP;
Takashi Iwaki, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A track jumping apparatus for an optical disk pickup which can detect a tracking error signal in performing a track jump, and determine a time of acceleration or deceleration of a jump signal by comparing the tracking error signal with a reference level, the track jumping apparatus comprising storing device for storing of standard values corresponding to the kinds of track jumps, standard value selecting device for selecting a standard value corresponding to a kind of track jump in performing the track jump, reference level setting device for setting a reference level so that the ratio of the reference level to a peak value of the tracking error signal agrees with a value based on the standard value selected by the standard value selecting device in performing the track jump, and standard value amending device for amending the standard value in the storing device selected at that moment according to a state of the tracking error signal at the end of the track jump.