Focusing servo controlling apparatus

A recording/reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing signals recorded on an optical disc, comprising;

• a servo operated at least by focusing servo signals and tracking servo signals;
• a servo signal processing device in which at least the tracking servo signal and the focusing servo signals are formed, based upon playback output of a plurality of pre-set patterns intermittently reproduced from the optical disc on which the servo patterns are arrayed at pre-set intervals, and said tracking servo signals are outputted at a first pre-set timing followed by the focusing servo signals at a pre-set timing;
• and
• output timing control means for controlling an output timing of the focusing servo signal so that, when a focusing servo operation is effected by itself, the output timing is prompted at a third per-set timing for outputting only the focusing servo signals, wherein third pre-set timing is less than said first pre-set timing and less than said second pre-set timing.