Optical disk drive

An optical disk drive comprising:

• an optical pickup for irradiating a laser beam on an optical disk and receiving a ray of reflection from said optical disk to output a detection signal;
• a spindle motor for rotating said optical disk;
• spindle motor drive means for driving rotation of said spindle motor and outputting a FG signal at intervals of constant rotation angles of said spindle motor;
• rotation phase detection means for producing, from said FG signal, addresses corresponding to rotational phases at a period of one revolution of said spindle motor;
• tracking error detection means for generating from the signal detected by said optical pickup a tracking error signal corresponding to a displacement between the laser beam and a track;
• and
• eccentricity component memory means for memorizing said tracking error signal on the basis of an address delivered out of said rotation phase detection means,
• wherein the address delivered out of said rotation phase detection means is synchronized with a specified rotational phase of said optical disk.

An optical disk drive comprising:

• an optical pickup for irradiating a laser beam on an optical disk and receiving a ray of reflection from said optical disk to output a detection signal;
• a spindle motor for rotating said optical disk;
• spindle motor drive means for driving rotation of said spindle motor and outputting a FG signal at intervals of constant rotation angles of said spindle motor;
• rotation phase detection means for producing, from said FG signal, addresses corresponding to rotational phases at a period of one revolution of said spindle motor;
• focus error detection means for generating from the signal detected by said optical pickup a focus error signal corresponding to a defocus of the laser beam;
• surface vibration component memory means for memorizing said focus error signal on the basis of an address delivered out of said rotation phase detection means,
• tracking error detection means for generating from the signal detected by said optical pickup a tracking error signal corresponding to a displacement between the laser beam and a track;
• and
• eccentricity component memory means for memorizing said tracking error signal on the basis of an address delivered out of said rotation phase detection means,
• wherein the address delivered out of said rotation phase detection means is synchronized with a specified rotational phase of said optical disk.

An optical disk drive comprising:

• an optical pickup for irradiating a laser beam on an optical disk and receiving a ray of reflection from said optical disk to output a detection signal;
• a spindle motor for rotating said optical disk;
• spindle motor drive means for driving rotation of said spindle motor and outputting a FG signal at intervals of constant rotation angles of said spindle motor;
• rotation phase detection means for producing, from said FG signal, addresses corresponding to rotational phases at a period of one revolution of said spindle motor;
• focus error detection means for generating from the signal detected by said optical pickup a focus error signal corresponding to a defocus of the laser beam;
• tracking error detection means for generating from the signal detected by said optical pickup a tracking error signal corresponding to a displacement between the laser beam and a track;
• focus jump control means for determining a timing of focus jump on the basis of the address delivered out of said rotation phase detection means;
• and
• track jump control means for determining a timing of track jump on the basis of the address delivered out of said rotation phase detection means,
• wherein the address delivered out of said rotation phase detection means is synchronized with a specified rotational phase of said optical disk.

A surface vibration or eccentricity component memorizing method in an optical disk drive in which a laser beam is irradiated on an optical disk rotated by a spindle motor, a ray of reflection caused thereby is received to output a detection signal from which a focus error signal and a tracking error signal are generated and the focus error signal or tracking error signal is stored in a memory in accordance with an address corresponding to a rotational phase of said optical disk, said method comprising the steps of:

• synchronizing said address with a specified rotation phase of said optical disk;
• memorizing a focus error signal or a tracking error signal after the synchronization in accordance with an address corresponding to a rotational phase;
• stopping updating memorization of focus error signal or tracking error signal during shift to a sleep mode of stopping said optical disk without taking it out;
• and
• synchronizing again said address with the specified rotational phase of said optical disk upon recovery from the sleep mode.

A surface vibration or eccentricity component memorizing method in an optical disk drive in which a laser beam is irradiated on an optical disk rotated by a spindle motor, a ray of reflection caused thereby is received to output a detection signal from which a focus error signal and a tracking error signal are generated and the focus error signal or tracking error signal is memorized in accordance with an address corresponding to a rotational phase of said optical disk, said method comprising the steps of:

• memorizing the correspondence between a specified rotational phase and said address;
• memorizing a focus error signal or a tracking error signal in accordance with an address corresponding to a rotational phase;
• stopping updating memorization of focus error signal or tracking error signal during shift to a sleep mode of stopping said optical disk without taking it out;
• detecting the correspondence between the specified rotational phase of said optical disk and said address upon recovery from the sleep mode:
• detecting a difference between the correspondence of the specified optical disk rotational phase with said address which has been memorized before the sleep and the correspondence of the specified optical disk rotational phase with said address which has been detected during recovery from the sleep mode;
• and
• displacing, in accordance with the detected difference, the correspondence of data in focus error signal or tracking error signal with said address which has been stored in a memory before the sleep.

A method for controlling focus jump or track jump in an optical disk drive in which a laser beam is irradiated on an optical disk rotated by a spindle motor, a ray of reflection caused thereby is received to output a detection signal from which a focus error signal and a tracking error signal are generated and a timing to perform focus jump or track jump is memorized in accordance with an address corresponding to a rotational phase of said optical disk, said method comprising the steps of:

• synchronizing said address with a specified rotational phase of said optical disk;
• memorizing a timing for focus jump or track jump after the synchronization in accordance with an address corresponding to a rotational phase of optical disk;
• and
• synchronizing again said address with the specified rotational phase of optical disk upon recovery from a sleep mode.

A method for controlling focus jump or track jump in an optical disk drive in which a laser beam is irradiated on an optical disk rotated by a spindle motor, a ray of reflection caused thereby is received to output a detection signal from which a focus error signal and a tracking error signal are generated and a timing to perform focus jump or track jump is memorized in accordance with an address corresponding to a rotational phase of said optical disk, said method comprising the steps of:

• memorizing the correspondence between a specified rotational phase of the optical disk and said address;
• memorizing a timing for focus jump or track jump in accordance with an address corresponding to a rotational phase of optical disk;
• detecting the correspondence between the specified rotational phase of the optical disk and said address upon recovery from a sleep mode;
• detecting a difference between the correspondence of the specified rotational phase of optical disk with said address which has been memorized before the sleep and the correspondence of the specified rotational phase of optical disk with said address which has been detected during recovery from the sleep mode;
• and
• displacing, in correspondence with the detected difference, the timing to perform focus jump or track jump which has been memorized before the sleep in correspondence with said address.