Small-sized optical memory device and information processing apparatus
utilizing cylindrically shaped information recording medium
    3.
    发明授权
    Small-sized optical memory device and information processing apparatus utilizing cylindrically shaped information recording medium 失效
    小尺寸光学记忆体设备和信息处理设备利用圆柱形信息记录介质

    公开(公告)号:US5109374A

    公开(公告)日:1992-04-28

    申请号:US406519

    申请日:1989-09-13

    摘要: An optical memory device includes a cylindrically-shaped optical information recording medium and at least one optical head disposed around the information recording medium for irradiating the information recording medium with a light spot for recording or reproduction of information. The optical head has light spot moving means incorporated therein for the irradiation position of the light spot. The recording or reproduction of information is achieved by causing the light spot moving means to perform tracking control so that the light spot follows a desired track in an area within a range of movement of the light spot by the light spot moving means (or an infromation recording zone) in a state in which the relative positional relationship between the optical head and the cylindrically-shaped information recording medium in the direction parallel to the direction of the rotation axis of the information recording medium is fixed, with the optical head being not moved. The device can be constructed so that the position of either the optical head or the cylindrically-shaped information recording medium relative to the other in the direction parallel to the direction of the rotation axis of the information recording medium is mechanically moved, thereby making it possible to cahnge the information recording zone in the range of movement of the light spot by the light spot moving means to another information recording zone.

    Apparatus and record carrier for optical disc memory with correction
pattern and master disc cutting apparatus
    4.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and record carrier for optical disc memory with correction pattern and master disc cutting apparatus 失效
    具有校正图案和主盘切割装置的光盘存储器的装置和记录载体

    公开(公告)号:US4949331A

    公开(公告)日:1990-08-14

    申请号:US875442

    申请日:1986-06-17

    摘要: A record carrier having a disc-shaped substrate and a recording layer for optically writing information therein is disclosed which includes a guide groove extended in the rotational direction of the record carrier so that a plurality of revolutions of the guide groove are spaced apart from each other in radial directions of the record carrier, and a pit pattern provided between adjacent guide grooves, at positions arranged at intervals in the above rotational direction, for detecting the deviation of a light spot from the center line between adjacent guide grooves. The recording/reproducing operation for this record carrier is performed in such a manner that the first tracking error signal is detected from diffracted light from the guide groove, the second tracking error signal is detected from the pit pattern, and information is recorded in and reproduced from a land formed between adjacent guide grooves in a state that a tracking operation is performed using the first and second tracking error signals. The second tracking error signal detected from the pit pattern is not affected by the tilting of the record carrier and the movement of the light spot. When a tracking signal obtained by adding the first and second tracking error signals to each other, is used in a closed-loop tracking system, a stable tracking operation can be performed. The polarity of the pit pattern is reversed on every track, and hence a polarity pit having a depth of .lambda./4 (where .lambda. indicates the wavelength of a reproducing light beam) is provided in the record carrier, to reverse the polarity of the second tracking signal on every track on the basis of a signal from the polarity pit.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种具有盘形基板和用于在其中光学地写入信息的记录层的记录载体,其包括沿着记录载体的旋转方向延伸的引导槽,使得引导槽的多个转动彼此间隔开 在记录载体的径向方向上设置的凹坑图案,以及设置在相邻引导槽之间的位置,在沿上述旋转方向间隔设置的位置处,用于检测光点与相邻引导槽之间的中心线的偏离。 该记录载体的记录/再现操作以从导槽的衍射光检测第一跟踪误差信号,从凹坑图案检测第二跟踪误差信号并将信息记录并再现 在使用第一和第二跟踪误差信号执行跟踪操作的状态下从形成在相邻引导槽之间的区域。 从凹坑图案检测到的第二跟踪误差信号不受记录载体的倾斜和光点的移动的影响。 当在闭环跟踪系统中使用通过将第一和第二跟踪误差信号彼此相加而获得的跟踪信号时,可以执行稳定的跟踪操作。 凹坑图案的极性在每个轨道上反转,因此在记录载体中提供具有λ/ 4深度(其中λ表示再现光束的波长)的极性凹坑,以反转第二 基于来自极性凹坑的信号在每个轨道上跟踪信号。

    Focus error detection apparatus utilizing focusing an front and rear
sides of focal planes
    6.
    发明授权
    Focus error detection apparatus utilizing focusing an front and rear sides of focal planes 失效
    利用聚焦平面的前后侧的聚焦误差检测装置

    公开(公告)号:US4742218A

    公开(公告)日:1988-05-03

    申请号:US828354

    申请日:1986-02-11

    摘要: A focus error detection apparatus and an optical disk apparatus comprising a focusing lens for focusing reflected light coming from a light reflecting surface which is to be adjusted at the focal point of a projected light beam; a beam splitter means for dividing the output light of said focusing lens into a first and a second focused light beam; a first and a second photo-detector disposed respectively on the optical paths of said first and said second focused light beam, one of which is located behind the convergence point of said first focused light beam and the other of which is located before the convergence point of said second focused light beam, each of them generating outputs proportional to the amount of light within a predetermined region of the received light image, when it varies so that it is enlarged; and a circuit generating a focus error signal by using the difference between the outputs of said two photo-detectors.

    摘要翻译: 一种聚焦误差检测装置和光盘装置,包括:聚焦透镜,用于聚焦来自被投影光束的焦点处被调节的光反射表面的反射光; 分束器装置,用于将所述聚焦透镜的输出光分成第一和第二聚焦光束; 分别设置在所述第一和第二聚焦光束的光路上的第一和第二光电检测器,其中一个位于所述第一聚焦光束的会聚点之后,另一个位于会聚点之前 所述第二聚焦光束中的每一个产生与所接收的光图像的预定区域内的光量成比例的输出,当其变化使得其被放大时; 以及通过使用所述两个光电检测器的输出之间的差产生聚焦误差信号的电路。

    Focal position detecting optical apparatus
    7.
    发明授权
    Focal position detecting optical apparatus 失效
    焦点位置检测光学装置

    公开(公告)号:US4450547A

    公开(公告)日:1984-05-22

    申请号:US313218

    申请日:1981-10-20

    摘要: A focal position detecting optical apparatus wherein a light beam focused by a first optical system is irradiated on an object to be illuminated, focal point images are formed at two foci spaced apart from each other by a cylindrical lens disposed in a path of light beam reflected from the object, and a shielding element having a tip edge making an angle of approximately 45.degree. with an operating axis of the cylindrical lens is inserted at a site between the two foci and at which the light beam has a circular cross section to extract a portion of the light beam travelling between the two foci. The extracted portion is detected by two photodetectors disposed symmetrically with an axis lying in substantially the same direction as the tip edge, and the difference between outputs of the two photodetectors is produced for detection of an actual focal position of the first optical system.

    摘要翻译: 一种焦点位置检测光学装置,其中由第一光学系统聚焦的光束照射在待照射的物体上,焦点图像通过设置在反射光束的路径中的柱面透镜彼此间隔开地形成在两个焦点处 并且具有与柱面透镜的操作轴线成约45度的尖端边缘的屏蔽元件插入在两个焦点之间的位置处,并且光束具有圆形横截面以提取 光束在两个焦点之间行进的部分。 提取部分由两个光电检测器检测,两个光电检测器以与尖端边缘基本相同的轴线对称布置,并且产生两个光电检测器的输出之间的差异,用于检测第一光学系统的实际焦点位置。

    Information reproducing apparatus with plural beam readout
    8.
    发明授权
    Information reproducing apparatus with plural beam readout 失效
    具有多个光束读出的信息再现装置

    公开(公告)号:US4085423A

    公开(公告)日:1978-04-18

    申请号:US691099

    申请日:1976-05-28

    CPC分类号: G11B7/0903 G11B7/12

    摘要: Information reproducing apparatus for producing information on an optical information recording medium includes a first light source which gives forth a beam of light of a wavelength .lambda..sub.1 and a second light source which gives forth a beam of light of a wavelength .lambda..sub.2 different from the wavelength .lambda..sub.1. An optical element selectively reflects the light of the wavelength .lambda..sub.1 and selectively transmits the light of the wavelength .lambda..sub.2. The first and second light sources, the optical element and the recording medium are positionally arranged so that the light beams from the first and second light sources may be projected on a predetermined position of the recording medium and a substantially identical position to the predetermined position through the optical element, respectively, and the arrangement of these elements is also such that the respective projected light beams may fall on the optical element after being reflected by the recording medium. First and second photodetectors detect light reflected from the optical element and light transmitted light through the same in accordance with the wavelength of the light beams falling on the optical element, respectively, and develop focusing and tracking control signals.

    摘要翻译: 用于在光学信息记录介质上产生信息的信息再现装置包括:发出波长为λ1的光束的第一光源和产生波长为λ2的不同波长的光束的第二光源 光学元件选择性地反射波长λ1的光并选择性地透射波长λ2的光。第一和第二光源,光学元件和记录介质被位置地布置成使得来自 第一和第二光源可以分别投影在记录介质的预定位置上,并且通过光学元件分别与预定位置基本相同的位置,并且这些元件的布置也使得各个投影光束可能落在 被记录介质反射后的光学元件。 第一和第二光电检测器分别检测从光学元件反射的光并根据分别落在光学元件上的光束的波长来透过光,并且形成聚焦和跟踪控制信号。

    Apparatus for optical disc memory with correction pattern and master
disc cutting apparatus
    9.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for optical disc memory with correction pattern and master disc cutting apparatus 失效
    具有校正图案和主光盘切割设备的光盘存储器的设备

    公开(公告)号:US5084860A

    公开(公告)日:1992-01-28

    申请号:US551025

    申请日:1990-07-11

    摘要: A record carrier having a disc-shaped substrate and a recording layer for optically writing information therein is disclosed which includes a guide groove extended in the rotational direction of the record carrier so that a plurality of revolutions of the guide groove are spaced apart from each other in radial directions of the record carrier, and a pit pattern provided between adjacent guide grooves, at positions arranged at intervals in the above rotational direction, for detecting the deviation of a light spot from the center line between adjacent guide grooves. The recording/reproducing operation for this record carrier is performed in such a manner that the first tracking error signal is detected from diffracted light from the guide groove, the second tracking error signal is detected from the pit pattern, and information is recorded in and reproduced from a land formed between adjacent guide grooves in a state that a tracking operation is performed using the first and second tracking error signals. The second tracking error signal detected from the pit pattern is not affected by the tilting of the record carrier and the movement of the light spot. When a tracking signal obtained by adding the first and second tracking error signals to each other, is used in a closed-loop tracking system, a stable tracking operation can be performed. The polarity of the pit pattern is reversed on every track, and hence a polarity pit having a depth of .lambda./4 (where .lambda. indicates the wavelength of a reproducing light beam) is provided in the record carrier, to reverse the polarity of the second tracking signal on every track on the basis of a signal from the polarity pit.

    Information recording/reproducing method and apparatus
    10.
    发明授权
    Information recording/reproducing method and apparatus 失效
    信息记录/再现方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5073880A

    公开(公告)日:1991-12-17

    申请号:US285584

    申请日:1988-12-16

    IPC分类号: G11B7/09 G11B11/105 G11B21/10

    摘要: Data recording and/or reproduction on or from a recording medium on which tracking signal detection marks are intermittently provided along each track in a pattern wobbling alternately across the track center line with a very small lateral displacement therefrom, wherein data recording area is defined between the tracking signal detection mark. A servo control system for controlling a write/read light spot so as to follow the track with the aid of a tracking signal obtained by detecting the tracking signal detection marks is provided with a low-pass filter circuit having a cut-off frequency lower than the frequency at which the tracking signal detection marks are detected. A data is recorded or reproduced on or from the recording areas of the recording medium while following the track under the control of the servo system. A blank area where data recording is inhibited is provided between the data recording area and the tracking signal detecting mark (prepit) to suppress interference to the data. A particular access prepit pattern which allows track addresses to be at least approximately detected upon passing of the light spot over the track of the recording medium is previously provided together with synchronizing marks in a synchronizing area.