Patent ID: 6442111
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A track jump apparatus for making an actuator jump in order to move a spot position of a laser beam emitted through an objective lens of the actuator from a current position to an object position corresponding to a desired recording track on a recording medium, the track jump apparatus comprising:an actuator driving device that moves the actuator in accordance with a driving signal; a tracking error signal detecting device that detects a tracking error signal on the basis of a change of return light from the recording medium caused by a change of the spot position of the laser beam relative to the recording track; a feed-forward control device that applies an acceleration pulse and a deceleration pulse to the actuator driving device; and a position control device that controls a position of the actuator using a feedback of the driving signal so as to reduce a difference between an object value and the tracking error signal detected by the tracking error signal detecting device, when making the actuator jump in order to move the spot position of the laser beam from the current position to the object position, wherein the feed-forward control device sets a constant speed period during which neither of the acceleration pulse and the deceleration pulse is applied to the actuator driving device between an acceleration period during which the acceleration pulse is applied to the actuator driving device and a deceleration period during which the deceleration pulse is applied to the actuator driving device.