Apparatus for recording and reproducing optical information

Details Apparatus for recording and reproducing optical information Apparatus for recording and reproducing optical information

1986-04-28

1988-06-07

Fears, Terrell W.

Dynamic information storage or retrieval

Control of storage or retrieval operation by a control...

Mechanism control by the control signal

369 44, 369116, 365120, G11B 7095

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047501618

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for recording and reproducing optical information is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a light source, an information recording medium for recording, reproducing, and erasing an information optically with a light beam emanated from the light source, an light output detecting means arranged to receive a part of a light output from the light source for monitoring the light output thereof, at least one reflected light detecting means for detecting light reflected from the surface of the recording medium, a light output controlling means for controlling the light output of the light source by adjusting drive current of the light source in accordance with an output signal from the light output detecting means, a light beam controlling means for controlling focusing and tracking for the recording medium in accordance with an output signal from the reflected light detecting means, and a controlling amount adjusting means for adjusting controlling amount of the light output controlling means and the light beam controlling means in accordance with a positional information in radial direction of the recording medium for the light beam.

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patent: 4614863 (1986-09-01), Sato
patent: 4660189 (1987-04-01), Tsukamura et al.
patent: 4683560 (1987-07-01), Takeuchi et al.

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