US006304536B1

(12) United States Patent

(10) Patent N0.:

(45) Date of Patent:

Yamada et al.

(54) OPTICAL DISK APPARATUS

(75) Inventors: Shin-Ichi Yamada, Oosakafu;

Mitsurou Moriya, Naraken; Yasuaki
Edahiro, Osakafu; Kouichi Takamine,
Osakafu, all of (JP)

(73) Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,

Ltd., Osaka (JP)
(*)

Notice:

Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this

patent is extended or adjusted under 35

U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.

Oct. 16, 2001

5,592,447

1/1997

5,621,717

4/1997 Finkelstein et al.

. 369/112

5,671,202

9/1997 Brownstein et al.

..... .. 369/58

5,671,203

Oosakafu; Katsuya Watanabe,

US 6,304,536 B1

9/1997

Takishima ............................ .. 369/54

Ra ...................... ..

369/44.27

5,677,903

10/1997 Holtslage etal.

369/94

5,684,771

11/1997 Furukawa et al.

369/58

5,684,773
5,701,288

11/1997 Hayashi ......... ..

12/1997 Seong ..... ..

369/48
369/58

5,708,638

1/1998 Braat et al. ..

369/58

5,710,749

1/1998 Tsukai et al.

369/58

5,724,325

3/1998 Jeong ..... ..

369/58

5,745,460
5,745,461
5,751,675

4/1998 Tateishi .
4/1998 Kawasaki
5/1998 Tsuksui et al. ..

5,790,493

8/1998 Takeya et al. ....................... .. 369/58

369/58
.. 369/58
369/44.27

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

(21) Appl. No.: 09/624,351

(22) Filed:

63-33255
7-296498
89-700255

Jul. 24, 2000

Related US. Application Data

(62)

(30)

* cited by examiner

Division of application No. 09/001,289, ?led on Dec. 31,

1997, which is a division of application No. 08/687,028,

Primary ExaminerNabil Hindi

(74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmWenderoth, Lind & Ponack,

?led on Jul. 25, 1996, now Pat. No. 5,831,952.

L.L.P

Foreign Application Priority Data

Jul. 27, 1995

Mar. 18, 1996

(51)
(52)
(58)

12/1994 (JP).
11/1995 (JP).
3/1989 (KR).

(57)

ABSTRACT

(JP) ................................................. .. 7-191681

(JP) ................................................. .. 8-060512

An optical disk apparatus comprising a device for moving a

focal point of a light beam for reproducing information

Int. Cl.7 ...................................................... .. G11B 7/00

US. Cl. ....................................... .. 369/53.22; 369/116
Field of Search .............................. .. 369/53.2, 53.22,

perpendicular to the information face; a device for detecting

a re?ected light from the disk; and a device for discrimi
nating Whether the disk set in the apparatus is a disk having

369/53.27, 53.31, 53.41, 116

(56)

recorded on an information face of a disk, in the direction

a thick base substrate or a disk having a thin base substrate.

In this apparatus, a maximum value ASlLmwc of an output

References Cited

signal from the re?ected light detecting device and a maxi

mum value ENVmwC of an amplitude of an information

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

5,003,521 *

3/1991 Yoshida et al.

369/54

reproducing signal are detected While driving the focal point

moving device so that the focal point passes through the
information face, and the discriminating device discrimi

5,105,418

4/1992 Kenmotsu et al.

369/199

nates Whether the disk set in the apparatus is a disk having

5,235,581

8/1993 Miyagawa et al.

369/58

4,850,695

7/1989 Mikuriya et al. .................... .. 369/53

5,255,262

10/1993

5,373,499

12/1994 Imaino et al. .

5,379,282
5,381,392

Best et al.

..........

. . . ..

369/94

369/275.2

1/1995

Wachi ...... ..

. 369/44.25

1/1995

Hira

. . . . ..

... ... ... ..

5,446,565

8/1995 Komma et al.

5,541,900

7/1996

a thick base substrate or a disk having a thin base substrate,

on the basis of the ratio of ENVmwC to ASlLmax. Therefore,

it is possible to discriminate betWeen a DVD having a thin
base substrate and a CD having a thick base substrate.

369/54

369/94

n6 etal. .............................. .. 369/54

9 Claims, 25 Drawing Sheets

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Sheet 1 6f 25

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Sheet 2 6f 25

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Fig.2 (a)
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zero level

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Sheet 3 6f 25

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Fig.3 (a)
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Fig.3 (b)
DVD2
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AS1L

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away from disk

toward disk

(move downward)

(move upward)

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Sheet 4 6f 25

Fig.4

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128

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Sheet 5 6f 25

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Fig .5

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Sheet 6 6f 25

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061. 16, 2001

Sheet 7 6f 25

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Fig.7

focal point FCD

focal point FDVD

170

171

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061. 16, 2001

Sheet 8 6f 25

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Fig.8 (a)
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change due to FCD

change due to FDVD

away from disk

toward disk

(move downward)

(move upward)

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061. 16, 2001

Sheet 9 6f 25

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Fig.9 (a)
Senv

ENV

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DVD
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toward disk

(move downward)

(move upward)

U.S. Patent

Fig.11

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Sheet 11 6f 25

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Oct. 16, 2001

Sheet 12 6f 25

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Fig.12

I
FIX DISK 100 TO ROTATION AXIS
102 OF MOTOR IOI
MOVE TRANSPORT STAGE 104
TOWARD INNER CIRCUMFERENCE

N S2

OF DISK 100

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SPEED OF INNER CIRCUMFERENCE N 53

OF DVD

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WHILE MOvING FOCUSING

LENS I70 LIPWARO, PERFORM

FOCUSING CONTROL AT THE
FIRST TIMING WHEN FE SIGNAL
CROSSES zERO LEvEL AND ENv
SIGNAL REACHES A PRESCRIBED

LEVEL

STOP

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Fig.18 (a)

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Sheet 13 6f 25

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[ ENV p

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(move downward)

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toward disk

(move upward)

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Sheet 14 0f 25

Fig.14

@
Lmax->FODA N 811

OUTPUT FODA TO D/A CONVERTER 141 N 512

N613

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AS2L*AS2Lp
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ENV -*ENVp
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821

FODA>Lmin

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Sheet 15 6f 25

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Fig .1 5

@N C
FODA+S*FODA N 3113
OUTPUT FODA TO D/A CONVERTER 141 N

ENV
ASL Q

S12

S16

S18

YES

l
S19

ASLmax>ASL
YES

ASL+ASl_max

S21

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Sheet 16 6f 25

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Fig.16 (b)
CD

. __ ._

comparison level Lc

zero level L2

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Sheet 19 6f 25

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