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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2002
Akira Tsukihashi, Gunma, JP;
Michiyoshi Sawada, Gunma, JP;
Kazunori Ueki, Kiryu, JP;
Tadashi Iwama, Takasaki, JP;
Akira Tsukihashi, Gunma, JP;
Michiyoshi Sawada, Gunma, JP;
Kazunori Ueki, Kiryu, JP;
Tadashi Iwama, Takasaki, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An optical system of an optical recording apparatus forms a main spot and sub-spots preceding and succeeding the main spot on a signal recording medium. The optical system is set such that the sub-spot is shifted from the main spot in the direction orthogonal to a signal track by a distance expressed by an expression (2k−1)P/4(k=natural number), in which P denotes a distance between adjacent signal tracks on the signal recording medium. Thus, the sub-spot succeeding the main spot can be used to effectively read the state of a signal recorded on the signal recording medium by the main spot.