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Optical recording medium and method for correcting angular deviation thereof
Assignee: CSK Corp
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Filing: 1986-11-25
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Granted: 1989-11-14
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Expires: 2006-11-25
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus for correcting an angular deviation or a skew of an optical recording medium in the reading/writing of data from or into the medium and a specific optical recording medium to which this method and apparatus are applicable. The optical recording medium comprises strip patterns formed on part of a substrate. This optical recording medium is relatively moved in a direction of the width of the strip patterns with respect to a pattern detecting device so that an optical system of the pattern detecting device detects the patterns at plural detecting points along the length of the strip patterns. A correction control device counts the number of the strip patterns passed, according to the relative movement as mentioned above and compares the count values at the respective detecting points to detect an angular deviation amount in a plane of the optical recording medium. The angular deviation is corrected by a rotation drive mechanism based on the detected angular deviation amount and direction of the deviation.
Inventors
- 👤 Kiyoshi Horie
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 16:18
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/08; G11B7/09; G11B7/0901; G11B15/00; G11B15/60; G11B15/602; G11B17/00; G11B17/34; G11B7/002; G11B7/0033; G11B7/085; G11B7/08505
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
A method for correcting an angular deviation of an optical recording medium, which comprises: relatively moving the optical recording medium having a plurality of optically detectable strip patterns having a length and a width and formed on part of a substrate of the optical recording medium, in a direction across the width of the strip pattern, with respect to a pattern-detecting means; detecting said strip patterns by said pattern-detecting means at a plurality of detecting points along the length of the strip patterns to count the number of the strip patterns passed through the respective detecting points according to the relative movement of the medium; comparing the count values obtained at the respective detecting points to detect an angular deviation of the deviation; and correcting said angular deviation of the optical recording medium on the basis of said angular deviation amount and said direction of the deviation.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
147 words
A method for correcting an angular deviation of an optical recording medium, which comprises: relatively moving the optical recording medium having a plurality of optically detectable strip patterns having a length and a width and formed on part of a substrate of the optical recording medium, in a direction across the width of the strip pattern, with respect to a pattern-detecting means; detecting said strip patterns by said pattern-detecting means at a plurality of detecting points along the length of the strip patterns to count the number of the strip patterns passed through the respective detecting points according to the relative movement of the medium; comparing the count values obtained at the respective detecting points to detect an angular deviation of the deviation; and correcting said angular deviation of the optical recording medium on the basis of said angular deviation amount and said direction of the deviation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method for correcting an angular deviation of an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said optical recording medium has strip patterns provided in the form of convexed ribs or concaved grooves at predetermined spaces.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method for correcting an angular deviation of an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said strip patterns are provided in the form of light and dark stripes at predetermined spaces produced by photolithography.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
A method for correcting an angular deviation of an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said strip patterns are detected by receiving beams reflected from or transmitted through the predetermined detecting points along the length of the strip patterns and converting the beams into electric signals.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
61 words
A method for correcting an angular deviation of an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said optical recording medium is relatively moved in the direction of the width of the strip patterns to generate signals of the respective detecting points in the form of pulse signals whose levels become high or low as they pass through the patterns.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
61 words
A method for correcting an angular deviation of an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 4, wherein said optical recording medium is relatively moved in the direction of the width of the strip patterns to generate signals of the respective detecting points in the form of pulse signals whose levels become high or low as they pass through the patterns.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method for correcting an angular deviation of an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 5, wherein said pulse signals are counted by a counter to count the number of the strip patterns.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method for correcting an angular deviation of an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 6, wherein said pulse signals are counted by a counter to count the number of the strip patterns.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
86 words
A method for correcting an angular deviation of an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein a signal indicative of the direction of the deviation is derived based on the relation in magnitude between the count values to be compared and a signal indicative of the angular deviation amount is derived based on an absolute value of the difference between said count values to generate a correction signal for rotating the optical recording medium to correct the angular deviation of said optical recording medium.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
86 words
A method for correcting an angular deviation of an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 8, wherein a signal indicative of the direction of the deviation is derived based on the relation in magnitude between the count values to be compared and a signal indicative of the angular deviation amount is derived based on an absolute value of the difference between said count values to generate a correction signal for rotating the optical recording medium to correct the angular deviation of said optical recording medium.
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