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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Yoshitaka Shimoda, Saitama-ken, JP;
Masayoshi Yoshida, Saitama-ken, JP;
Shinichi Nagahara, Saitama-ken, JP;
Tsuyoshi Hasebe, Saitama-ken, JP;
Motoji Nakamura, Saitama-ken, JP;
Yoshitaka Shimoda, Saitama-ken, JP;
Masayoshi Yoshida, Saitama-ken, JP;
Shinichi Nagahara, Saitama-ken, JP;
Tsuyoshi Hasebe, Saitama-ken, JP;
Motoji Nakamura, Saitama-ken, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There are provided an information write device and an information read device enabling to generate highly accurate contrast signals. When a main light spot Pc is located at the center of the a groove G, the light spot Pc and sub light spots Psa, Psb are each adapted to radiate a disc DSC such that the sub light spots Psa, Psb radiate positions displaced from the center of the land L. The reflected beams of light from the disc DSC caused by the radiation with the light spots Pc, Psa, Psb are detected to generate push-pull signals each corresponding to the light spots Pc, Psa, Psb, respectively, in accordance with each of the detected signals. Furthermore, a signal to be obtained by amplifying an addition signal, given by adding the push-pull signals each corresponding to the sub light spots Psa, Psb, with a predetermined amplification factor K/n, and a push-pull signal corresponding to the main light spot Pc are added to thereby generate a contrast signal.