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Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2003
Applicants:

Naoharu Yanagawa, Tokorozawa, JP;

Masafumi Asada, Tokorozawa, JP;

Takakazu Sugiyama, Tokorozawa, JP;

Yuji Shimizu, Tokorozawa, JP;

Inventors:

Naoharu Yanagawa, Tokorozawa, JP;

Masafumi Asada, Tokorozawa, JP;

Takakazu Sugiyama, Tokorozawa, JP;

Yuji Shimizu, Tokorozawa, JP;

Assignee:

Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Linking gap detecting device and method in which a light beam is irradiated to an information recording track of an optical recording medium; a light detecting signal is generated by receiving reflected light of the light beam irradiated to the information recording track; a synchronous signal is detected from the light detecting signal; it is judged whether the existing interval of the synchronous signal lies outside a predetermined interval range or not; and the linking gap is detected on the basis of a result of the judgment.


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