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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshitsugu Araki, Tokyo, JP;
Noriaki Murao, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 ;
Abstract
An optical pickup system includes a light source, an objective lens, a beam splitter for splitting light received from the light source and reflected light from an optical disc, a detector for receiving the reflected light, a liquid crystal panel for providing passing light with a phase difference in accordance with a control signal and a control means for providing the control signal to the liquid crystal panel to eliminate an influence of birefringence of the optical disc.