Optical disk drive with disk type determination and method...

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C369S053200, C369S053220, C369S044270

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07903517

ABSTRACT:
An optical disk drive and a method for determining a disk type are described. The optical disk drive may be arranged to receive a radial error signal while an incident beam is focused onto the optical disk and before tracking the track, to analyze the radial error signal for detecting whether a wobble signal is present, indicating whether the track is wobbled, and to derive a disk type from the wobble signal, if present. The optical disk drive may additionally or alternatively be arranged to receive a central aperture signal while the incident beam is focused onto the optical disk and before tracking a track including a sequence of embossed pits, to analyze the signal amplitude of the central aperture signal, and to determine the disk type from at least a first variation of the signal amplitude of the central aperture signal as a function of time.

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