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Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2010
Applicants:

Hironori Nakahara, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshihiro Kiyose, Tokyo, JP;

Toshiya Matozaki, Tokyo, JP;

Nobuo Takeshita, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hironori Nakahara, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshihiro Kiyose, Tokyo, JP;

Toshiya Matozaki, Tokyo, JP;

Nobuo Takeshita, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/58 (2006.01); G11B 15/04 (2006.01); G11B 19/04 (2006.01); G11B 7/135 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An optical disc device compatible with optical discs of different types having different track pitches, having a light detecting means () disposed in the path of diffracted light from the recording tracks on the optical disc (), on which a light beam from a light emitting section () is incident. During the loading of the optical disc, the optical disc device discriminates the type of optical disc from the detection output of the light detecting means () and the positional relation between the optical disc () and the light detecting means (). A simple structure thus enables the optical disc type to be discriminated.


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