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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2001
Applicants:
Takuma Yanagisawa, Tsurugashima, JP;
Yoshitsugu Araki, Tsurugashima, JP;
Takanori Maeda, Tsurugashima, JP;
Masayuki Iwasaki, Tsurugashima, JP;
Inventors:
Takuma Yanagisawa, Tsurugashima, JP;
Yoshitsugu Araki, Tsurugashima, JP;
Takanori Maeda, Tsurugashima, JP;
Masayuki Iwasaki, Tsurugashima, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B007/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical pickup apparatus includes a photodetector for receiving a diffracted light reflected from the recording medium; and a tilt detector for detecting a tilt amount of the recording medium on the basis of a light intensity within an interference region of a 0th-order diffraction light and at least one diffraction light other than the 0th-order diffraction light of the reflected light received by the photodetector.