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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Hideaki Hirai, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Ohuchida, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hideaki Hirai, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Ohuchida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical pickup unit includes first and second light sources of first and second wavelengths, respectively, a dichroic element, a phase plate, and an objective lens. One of the first and second light sources is selected so that information recording or reproduction is performed by converging a light beam emitted from the selected one of the first and second light sources on an optical recording medium via the dichroic element, the phase plate, and the objective lens.