Claims
- 1. An information recording and reproducing apparatus in which an information recording or reproducing head is sought to a desired track on a recording medium having a plurality of tracks while velocity of the head is digitally-controlled, said apparatus comprising:
- moving means for moving the head in such a direction as to traverse the tracks;
- detecting means for detecting a tracking error signal which is generated when the head is moved by said moving means;
- counting means for counting an appearance of a specific value of the tracking error signal detected by said detecting means;
- generating means for generating timing with a constant period;
- calculating means for calculating a target velocity of the head on the basis of the specific value counted by said counting means;
- first detection means for detecting a current velocity of the head on the basis of the constant time period and the specific value counted by said counting means;
- measuring means for measuring a time of an appearance interval of the specific value;
- second detection means for detecting a current velocity of the head on the basis of a moving distance of the head which corresponds to the measured time and the appearance interval of the specific value;
- means for producing a control signal of the head which corresponds to a difference between the current velocity detected by said first detection means and the target velocity when the head is moving at high speed, and a control signal of the head which corresponds to a difference between the current velocity detected by said second detection means and the target velocity synchronously with the detection of the current velocity by said second detection means when the head is moving at low speed; and
- means for driving said moving means on the basis of the control signal.
- 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said counting means effects counting of an appearance of a zero-crossing point of the digital signal, said second detection means comprises means for measuring a time between the zero-cross points of the tracking error signal and produces the current velocity on the basis of the following equation:
- current velocity=.lambda./2.times.1/.DELTA.t
- where,
- .lambda.: track pitch
- .DELTA.t: time between zero-cross points of the tracking error signal.
- 3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said counting means effects counting of an appearance of a zero-cross point of the tracking error signal of the digital signal, and said target velocity calculating means detects the target velocity on the basis of the following equation:
- target velocity=[2.multidot..alpha.(S-N.multidot..lambda./2)].sup.1/2
- where,
- S: target moving distance
- .alpha.: deceleration or acceleration
- .lambda.: track pitch
- N: number of occurrences of a zero-cross point of tracking error signal from a seeking operation.
- 4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the head is an optical head.
- 5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said counting means effects counting of an appearance of a zero-crossing point of the digital signal, and said first detection means comprises means for measuring a time from the timing generated by said timing generating means to an occurrence of a next zero-cross point, and produces the current velocity on the basis of the following equation:
- current velocity=(.lambda./2.times.r.sub.0)/.DELTA.t
- where,
- .lambda.: track pitch
- .DELTA.t: a time of one period of timing generated by said timing generating means plus a time from a timing generated by said timing generating means to an occurrence of a next zero-cross point
- r.sub.0 : counted value corresponding to one period.
- 6. An information recording and reproducing method in which an information recording or reproducing head is sought to a desired track on a recording medium having a plurality of tracks while velocity of the head is digitally-controlled, said method comprising the steps of:
- moving the head by an actuator in such a direction as to traverse the tracks;
- detecting a tracking error signal which is generated when the head is moved in said moving step;
- counting an appearance of a specific value of the tracking error signal;
- generating a timing with a constant period;
- calculating a target velocity of the head on the basis of a value counted in said counting step;
- first detecting a current velocity of the head, on the basis of the constant time period and the value counted in said counting step;
- measuring a time of an appearance interval of the specific value;
- second detecting a current velocity of the head, on the basis of a moving distance of the head which corresponds to the measured time and the appearance interval of the specific value;
- producing a control signal of the head which corresponds to a difference between the current velocity detected in said first detection step and the target velocity when the head is moving at high speed, and a control signal of the head which corresponds to a difference between the current velocity detected in said second detection step and the target velocity synchronously with the detection of the current velocity in said second detection step when the head is moving at low speed; and
- driving the actuator on the basis of the control signal.
Priority Claims (2)
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| 3-159503 |
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| 3-159505 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of prior application, Ser. No. 07/890,179 filed May 29, 1992, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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