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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1992
Michihiro Tadokoro, Amagasaki, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical recording and reproducing apparatus includes a light source for generating a parallel beam. A movable optical system condenses the parallel beam from the light source on the disk, splits the beam reflected by the disk into a first and a second beam, spatially inverts the second beam, and moves in the radial direction of the disk. A first split-beam detecting device has two light receiving surfaces which receive the first beam. A second split-beam detecting device has two light receiving surfaces which receive the second beam inverted in the movable optical system. A control device performs tracking control by moving the movable optical system in the radial direction of the disk in accordance with detection signals output from the first and second split-beam detecting devices.