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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2009
Masaki Uchida, Osaka, JP;
Koichiro Ogihara, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Uchida, Osaka, JP;
Koichiro Ogihara, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device includes: an objective lens that serves as a lens having a first numerical aperture when a first optical beam corresponding to a first optical disc converges on the first optical disc while serving as a lens having a second numerical aperture when a second optical beam corresponding to a second optical disc converges on the second optical disc; a section that generates a reflection optical signal from the first or second optical beam reflected by the first or second optical disc; and a section that determines whether an unknown disc is the first optical disc based on a degree of matching between the waveform of the reflection optical signal obtained when the first optical beam is emitted to the first optical disc, and the waveform of the reflection optical signal obtained when the first optical beam is emitted to the unknown disc.