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Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1996

Filed:

Nov. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

Koichi Yamazaki, Sakado, JP;

Kazuo Noda, Yokohama, JP;

Kenzou Yoshihara, Kounosu, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 44280 ; 369 32 ; 369 54 ; 369 58 ;
Abstract

A position detector detects a relative position of an optical head to a recording medium, and on the basis of the thus-detected relative position, a position detection signal is generated in response to movement of a light beam over a predetermined distance. Then, in response to the position detection signal, a comparison is made between the number of track crossing counted for the predetermined movement distance on the basis of reception of reflection of the light beam, and a predetermined reference value for the predetermined movement distance. Then, track crossing count compensation data is generated which corresponds to a difference between the counted number of track crossing and the reference value, and the counted number of track crossing is corrected by use of such compensation data.


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