Optical: systems and elements – Lens – With light limiting or controlling means
Patent
1995-11-08
1998-04-21
Nelms, David C.
Optical: systems and elements
Lens
With light limiting or controlling means
G02B 900
Patent
active
057424373
ABSTRACT:
An optical pickup device for condensing the light from a light source on a signal recording surface by an objective lens and for detecting the return light from the signal recording surface by a light detection unit is disclosed. The optical pickup device is capable of recording and/or reproducing at least two different sorts of optical recording media. The light beam radiated from a light source is condensed by an objective lens. An aperture varying unit varies the size of an aperture of the objective lens depending upon the sorts of the optical recording media. The return light from the optical recording medium is detected by a light detection unit. The size of the aperture of the objective lens for condensing the light from the light source is varied depending upon the difference in substrate thickness of the different sorts of the optical recording media, thus assuring high-quality recording/reproduction for two or more different sorts of optical recording media.
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patent: 5281797 (1994-01-01), Tatsuno
patent: 5392263 (1995-02-01), Watanabe
Eguchi Naoya
Kubota Shigeo
Kananen Ronald P.
Lester Evelyn
Nelms David C.
Sony Corporation
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