METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRACK COUNTING IN OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIA

The invention relates to the identification of the direction of the relative movement between a scanning beam of an optical scanner and the tracks of optical storage media. Use is made of the fact that the amplitude of the component TW of a track error signal TE, said component being brought about b...

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Main Author BUECHLER, CHRISTIAN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 03.01.2007
Subjects
INFORMATION STORAGE
INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
PHYSICS
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Summary:The invention relates to the identification of the direction of the relative movement between a scanning beam of an optical scanner and the tracks of optical storage media. Use is made of the fact that the amplitude of the component TW of a track error signal TE, said component being brought about by wobble of the tracks, is maximal in the track center and minimal in the region between the tracks. A signal TW is thus present which does not assume its maxima and minima across the scanning location x at the same places as the track error signal TE. The invention describes devices and methods for determining the movement direction DIR of the scanning beam from the phase shift between the two signals.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20050747826