Optical disc device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8537651
APP PUB NO 20120218872A1
SERIAL NO

13372550

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An optical disc device includes an optical source for emitting an optical beam, an incident intensity control circuit for controlling an intensity of the optical beam emitted from the optical source, an objective lens for focusing the optical beam on an optical disc, an optical detector for receiving the optical beam reflected from the optical disc, and a servo signal generation circuit for generating a focus error signal from the optical detector, by this configuration, the optical beam is varied once to a third optical beam intensity to be present in between a first optical beam intensity and a second optical beam intensity when varying from the first optical beam intensity up to the second optical beam intensity different from the first optical beam intensity, and the incident intensity control circuit is controlled such that the variation of focus error signal is not exceeded over a predetermined range.

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HITACHI MEDIA ELECTRONICS CO LTD1 KITANO SHINGOAZA MIZUSAWA-SHI IWATE-KEN

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Kawamura, Tomoto Yokohama, JP 61 241
Kobayashi, Masayuki Kuki, JP 205 1617
Oishi, Kotaro Fujisawa, JP 11 31
Suenaga, Hideo Yokohama, JP 11 158

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