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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Yuichi Kimikawa, Kawagoe, JP;
Inventor:
Yuichi Kimikawa, Kawagoe, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo-to, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A carriage servo apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a carriage for supporting a pickup that records or reproduces information relevant to an information recording face; and a carriage motor for moving the carriage in a direction parallel to the information recording face based on a motor drive signal. This carriage servo apparatus further comprises a microcomputer for detecting a minimum value of a motor drive signal required for moving the carriage from its still state, and setting a motor drive signal when recording or reproducing information, based on the detected minimum value.