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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2001
Masato Sakamoto, Kawagoe, JP;
Yasutaka Suzuki, Kawagoe, JP;
Masato Sakamoto, Kawagoe, JP;
Yasutaka Suzuki, Kawagoe, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo-To, JP;
Abstract
For reproducing and/or recording information from/onto an optical disc, a pickup is used to detect a target track on the disc through an optical beam. In carriage servo control, movement of the pickup is servo-controlled in the radial direction of the optical disc. In this control, a tracking error signal is produced by a preamplifier. A pulse signal is produced, in which the period of the pulse signal is set to a constant amount corresponding to the accuracy of movement of the pickup. Based on the pulse signal and the tracking error signal, a carriage control signal to move the pickup is produced. The carriage control signal is then supplied to a carriage motor by a driver, so that the pickup is moved.