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US5914923A
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Tilt servo system
Assignee: Pioneer Corp
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Filing: 1997-12-05
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Granted: 1999-06-22
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Expires: 2017-12-05
Abstract
Abstract A tilt servo system for performing a servo control in order to compensate an aberration caused by a tilt of an optical disc, having: a pickup for radiating a laser beam onto each track of the optical disc, the pickup having a laser light source for emitting the laser beam, an objective lens for converging the emitted laser beam on the optical disc, and a liquid crystal panel positioned on an optical axis of the emitted laser beam in order to compensate the aberration; a tilt sensor for detecting the tilt of the optical disc, and for outputting a detection signal corresponding to the tilt of the optical disc; a storage device for storing the detection signal corresponding to the tilt of an (N-α) th track of the optical disc outputted from the tilt sensor; a controller for controlling the liquid crystal panel on the basis of the detection signal corresponding to the tilt of the (N-α) th track of the optical disc stored in the storage device when the pickup radiates the laser beam onto an N th track of the optical disc.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshitsugu Araki
- 👤 Junichi Furukawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 06:01
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/08; G11B7/09; G11B7/095; G11B7/0956; G11B7/12; G11B7/135; G11B7/1365; G11B7/1369; G11B7/1372; G11B2007/13727
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
A tilt servo system for performing a servo control in order to compensate an aberration caused by a tilt of an optical disc, comprising: a pickup for radiating a laser beam onto each track of the optical disc, the pickup comprising a laser light source for emitting the laser beam, an objective lens for converging the emitted laser beam on the optical disc, and a liquid crystal panel positioned on an optical axis of the emitted laser beam in order to compensate the aberration; a tilt sensor for detecting the tilt of the optical disc, and for outputting a detection signal corresponding to the tilt of the optical disc; a storage device for storing the detection signal corresponding to the tilt of an (N-α) th track of the optical disc outputted from the tilt sensor; a controller for controlling the liquid crystal panel on the basis of the detection signal corresponding to the tilt of the (N-α) th track of the optical disc stored in the storage device when the pickup radiates the laser beam onto an N th track of the optical disc.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
184 words
A tilt servo system for performing a servo control in order to compensate an aberration caused by a tilt of an optical disc, comprising: a pickup for radiating a laser beam onto each track of the optical disc, the pickup comprising a laser light source for emitting the laser beam, an objective lens for converging the emitted laser beam on the optical disc, and a liquid crystal panel positioned on an optical axis of the emitted laser beam in order to compensate the aberration; a tilt sensor for detecting the tilt of the optical disc, and for outputting a detection signal corresponding to the tilt of the optical disc; a storage device for storing the detection signal corresponding to the tilt of an (N-α) th track of the optical disc outputted from the tilt sensor; a controller for controlling the liquid crystal panel on the basis of the detection signal corresponding to the tilt of the (N-α) th track of the optical disc stored in the storage device when the pickup radiates the laser beam onto an N th track of the optical disc.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A tilt servo system according to claim 1, wherein, in the storage device, a storage of the detection signal is synchronized with a rotation of the optical disc.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
65 words
A tilt servo system according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the liquid crystal panel by outputting the detection signal corresponding to the tilt of the (N-α) th track stored in the storage device to the liquid crystal panel, and the controller advances an output timing of the detection signal by a time corresponding to a response delay time of the liquid crystal panel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A tilt servo system according to claim 3, further comprising: a temperature sensor for measuring an ambient temperature of the liquid crystal panel, wherein the controller changes the output timing of the detection signal according to the ambient temperature of the liquid crystal panel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
A tilt servo system according to claim 4, further comprising: a delay time storage device for storing data with respect to a relation between the response delay time of the liquid crystal panel and the ambient temperature of the liquid crystal panel.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
A tilt servo system according to claim 1, further comprising: a rotation detecting device for detecting a rotation angle of the optical disc, and for outputting a rotation angle signal, wherein the storage device stores the detection signal outputted from the tilt sensor each time the rotation angle signal is outputted from the rotation detecting device.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A tilt servo system according to claim 1, wherein the tilt sensor detects the tilt of the optical disc in a radial direction of the optical disc.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
A tilt servo system according to claim 1, wherein the tilt sensor detects the tilt of the optical disc in a tangential direction of the optical disc.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
54 words
A tilt servo system according to claim 1, wherein the tilt sensor comprises a first tilt sensor for detecting the tilt of the optical disc in a radial direction of the optical disc, and a second tilt sensor for detecting the tilt of the optical disc in a tangential direction of the optical disc.
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