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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
May. 14, 2008
Nobuyoshi Mori, Hachioji, JP;
Nobuyoshi Mori, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Opto, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical pickup apparatus is provided for recording and/or reproducing information on an optical disc in which information can be recorded at recording positions. The optical pickup apparatus includes: a light source; a relay optical system; an objective lens for converging a light flux onto one of the plurality of recording positions; a photodetector for receiving a light flux from the optical disc; a detector; a first actuator; and a second actuator. The detector is provided for detecting information for keeping a distance between the optical disc and the objective lens a predetermined value. The first actuator is provided for driving the objective lens for keeping the distance between the optical disc and the objective lens the predetermined value. The second actuator is provided for driving the relay optical system corresponding to one of the plurality of recording positions where information is recorded and/or reproduced.