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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1997
Isao Ichimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumisada Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yamamoto, Saitama, JP;
Kiyoshi Ohsato, Chiba, JP;
Toshio Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Fukumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical pickup device for improving the numerical aperture of an objective lens and for assuring high-reliability recording/reproduction of information signals. The optical pickup device has a first lens 6 having a curvilinear or planar surface facing an optical recording medium 5 and having the numerical aperture set to a pre-set value, and a second lens 3 arranged for clamping the first lens 6 between t and the optical recording medium 5. The optical pickup device also has a light-converging optical system for converging the reflected light from the surface of the optical recording medium 5 and a first movement unit 2 for moving the first objective lens 6 and the second lens 3 along the direction of the optical axis with respect to the second objective lens 3. The optical pickup device also has a second movement unit 11 for moving the first objective lens 6 along the direction of the optical axis relative to the second objective lens 3 and a fixation unit 12 for fixing the first objective lens 6 moved by the second movement unit 9. The method for adjusting the optical processing device includes a step of adjusting the position along the optical axis of the first objective lens 6 and a step of fixing the position of the first lens 6.