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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Satoshi Shikichi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 32 ; 369 4425 ; 369 4435 ;
Abstract
In an optical information recording-reproducing apparatus or method, a sum signal is generated from a divided sensor to be used for auto-focus (AF) and/or auto-tracking (AT) control. The AF servo is closed after an objective lens is moved to a location in the neighborhood of an in-focus position while working a position servo for an objective lens actuator using the sum signal. Further, the fact that a light spot is on a track is detected from the sum signal. If this fact is detected as well as the fact that a tracking error signal is in the neighborhood of zero, the AT servo is closed.