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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1992
Nobutoshi Mizasawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Takahiko Ishiwatari, Yamato, JP;
Ryuichi Arai, Sagamihara, JP;
Mamoru Miyawaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Masuda, Atsugi, JP;
Hitoshi Oda, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tracking error signal detecting apparatus includes a device for supplying an electron beam, a device for applying the electron beam to a tracking pattern formed on a recording medium, and a device for forming a tracking error signal on the basis of a signal produced from the tracking pattern upon application of the electron beam. An information recording-reproducing apparatus includes an applying device having a plurality of electron ray sources, a device for controlling the driving of the plurality of electron ray sources in response to a signal, a device for directing the electron rays from the electron ray sources to a recording medium, and a device for reproducing information from signals produced upon application of the electron rays to the recording medium.