Patent ID: 8059519
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: B82Y,G11B

Abstract:
1. An information recording/reproducing apparatus for recording/reproducing information from a recording medium having a recording surface, the information recording/reproducing apparatus comprising: a plurality of probes for performing at least one process of information recording and information reproducing by scanning a plurality of information tracks in parallel, on the recording surface; a position detecting device for detecting a position of at least one information track by using the probes, in each of a plurality of divided areas resulting from area-dividing the recording surface in a direction crossing the plurality of information tracks in such a manner that each divided area includes at least one information track; a tracking control device for performing tracking control, in the direction crossing the plurality of information tracks, of the probes, in performing the at least one process in each of the plurality of divided areas, on the basis of the detected position of the at least one information track, in each of the plurality of divided areas; and a setting device for setting at least one of a number and a size of the plurality of divided areas in accordance with a value or status of a type of signal obtained by the scanning of the probes.