Patent Publication Number: US-7724616-B2

Title: Optical recording/reproducing apparatus, medium, and method and controlling apparatus, medium, and method therefor

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
   This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2004-47191 filed Jun. 23, 2004, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
   BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   1. Field of the Invention 
   Embodiments of the present invention relate to an optical recording/reproducing apparatus, medium, and method which is used to record and reproduce data with respect to a disk. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention relate to optical recording/reproducing apparatuses, media, and methods with improved responsive ability to a slanted optical disk, and a controlling apparatus, medium, and method therefor. 
   2. Description of the Related Art 
   Generally, a recording/reproducing apparatus records and/or reproduces data with respect of an storage medium, e.g., an optical recording medium such as an optical disk. Accordingly, an optical recording/reproducing apparatus may include an optical pickup device that records and/or reproduces data by irradiating light on a recording surface of the optical disk, in a radial direction of the disk, and receiving light reflected from the recording surface. The optical pickup device can include an actuator that operates an objective lens while maintaining it at a predetermined position and posture with respect to the recording surface of the disk. 
     FIG. 1  shows an optical pickup actuator set forth in Korean Patent No. 10-2003-0069459. Referring to  FIG. 1 , the optical pickup actuator includes a holder  11  fixed on a base  10 , a blade  13  having an objective lens  12 , a plurality of elastic supporters  14   a  and  14   b , and a magnetic operator for moving the blade  13  in a focus direction (A) or a tracking direction (T). 
   The magnetic operator is provided with magnets  15 , with the blade  13  disposed therebetween, internal yokes  16  and external yokes  17  formed in the base  10 , and focus coils  18  and track coils  19  winding around the blade  13 . 
   The elastic supporters include first elastic supporters  14   a  and second elastic supporters  14   b  disposed on respective internal and external circumferential sides of the optical pickup actuator with respect to the radial direction of the disk (D). The second elastic supporters  14   b  disposed on the external circumferential side are relatively longer than the first elastic supporters  14   a  on the internal circumferential side. 
   The above-described structure performs rolling as the blade  13  performs focusing, as necessary. Since the second elastic supporters  14   b  on the external circumferential side, which are relatively longer than the first elastic supporters  14   a , are deformed more than the first elastic supporters  14   a , the rolling occurs more along an external circumferential portion of the disc (D) than along an internal circumferential portion of the disc (D). 
   For example, if the disk (D) slants upwardly, in the direction of the external circumference of the disc (D), as illustrated in  FIG. 2A , the blade  13  can be raised, and the rolling occurs in the positive (+) direction. Therefore, the blade  13  can properly focus on the surface of the disk confronted by the objective lens  12 . 
   In case where the disk (D) is slanted downwardly in the circumferential direction, as illustrated in  FIG. 2B , the blade  13  descends, and the rolling occurs in the negative (−) direction. 
   In the above-described structure, the extent of rolling of the blade  13 , that is, the tilt of the blade  13 , is based on an elastic difference between the first and second elastic supporters  14   a  and  14   b . Therefore, the tilt of the blade  13  has a regular value generally, even though it varies slightly with the ascending and descending height of the blade  13  in the focusing direction. On the contrary, optical disks in actuality have quite diverse slants or tilts. Therefore, current actuators are not satisfactory for all kinds of optical disks as the elastic supporters  14   a  and  14   b  are designed to cope only with disks of average tilt. 
   In case of an optical disk with a steep tilt, the blade  13  cannot cope with the tilt, using the elastic supporters  14   a  and  14   b  in the aforementioned normal manners. Thus, data reading and/or recording characteristics of the optical disk becomes degraded. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   An aspect of the present invention is to solve at least the above problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described below. Accordingly, an aspect of the present invention is to provide an optical recording/reproducing apparatus that can cope with a deflection of an optical disk, and a controlling method therefor. 
   To achieve the above and/or other aspects and advantages, embodiments of the present invention set forth an optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus, including an optical pickup actuator including a holder formed on a base, a blade including an objective lens and connected to the holder with a plurality of elastic supporters so that a posture of the blade can be changed to a predetermined tilt according to a variation in a height of the blade, a pair of focus coils for operating the blade in a focus direction, track coils for operating the blade in a tracking direction, and corresponding magnets, a memory to store at least one of a lookup table relating the height of the blade to an electric current supplied to at least one of the focus coils, a lookup table relating a tilt of the blade to at least the electric current supplied to the at least one focus coil, and a lookup table relating an actual tilt of an optical disk of the optical recording/reproducing apparatus to the height of the blade, and a controller to compute a tilt difference between the optical disk and the blade and controlling at least the electric current supplied to at least the one focus coil to compensate for the computed tilt difference by using data of at least the electric current supplied to at least the one focus coil and lookup table data stored in the memory. 
   The elastic supporters may include a plurality of internal circumferential elastic supporters disposed in the blade along an internal circumferential side of the optical disk connected to one of the focus coils, and a plurality of external circumferential elastic supporters disposed in the blade along an external circumferential side of the optical disk connected to another one of the focus coils, wherein the internal and external circumferential elastic supporters have different elastic coefficients so that the blade is slanted when the height of the blade is changed in the focus direction. In addition, the external circumferential elastic supporters may be longer than the internal circumferential elastic supporters. Further, the external circumferential elastic supporters may have a narrower diameter than the internal circumferential elastic supporters. 
   The focus coils may be arranged along a radial direction of the optical disk and connected to at least one adjacent elastic supporter electrically. In addition, at least another one adjacent elastic supporter may not be connected to the focus coils. 
   The optical pickup actuator may further include external yokes formed on the base and fixing the corresponding magnets, and internal yokes arranged between the focus coils to guide a movement of the blade. 
   To achieve the above and/or other aspects and advantages, embodiments of the present invention set forth an optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus, including an optical pickup actuator including a blade including an objective lens and movably connected to a holder with a plurality of elastic supporters, track coils and a pair of focus coils set up in the blade, and a magnet inclined to any one side of a center of a corresponding focus-directional operation force to move the blade in the focus direction and in a tracking direction with respect to an optical disk in the optical recording/reproducing apparatus by interaction with electric currents flowing through the focus and track coils and to change a posture of the blade to be tilted at a predetermined angle when a height of the blade is changed by a focus-directional operation force being applied asymmetrically to external and internal circumferences of the blade, with respect to the radial direction of the optical disk, a memory to store at least one of a lookup table for the height of the blade related to electric current supplied to the focus coils, a lookup table for a tilt of the blade related to an electric current supplied to at least one of the focus coils, and a lookup table for an actual tilt of the optical related to the height of the blade, and a controller to compute a tilt difference between the optical disk and the blade and to control the electric current supplied to the at least one focus coil to compensate for the computed tilt difference by using lookup data regarding the electric current supplied to the at least one focus coil stored in the memory. 
   The magnet may be inclined toward the external circumference of the blade. 
   To achieve the above and/or other aspects and advantages, embodiments of the present invention set forth a method for controlling an optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus, including controlling a posture of an optical pickup actuator, the optical pickup actuator including a blade with an objective lens movable in a focus direction by operation force generated by electric current supplied to focus coils, such that the posture of the blade is slant at a predetermined tilt based on a focus-directional change in height of the blade, acquiring a tilt difference between a tilt of the blade and a tilt of an optical disk when the height of the blade changes in a focus direction to record and/or reproduce data in/out of the optical disk, and compensating for the tilt difference by controlling an electric current supplied to at least one of the focus coils. 
   The controlling of the posture of the optical pickup actuator may further include fixing a holder on a base, connecting external and internal circumferences of the blade to the holder with a respective plurality of elastic supporters, each respective plurality of elastic supporters having different elastic coefficients, such that the blade is slanted in a radial direction of the optical disk when the height of the blade is changed, and setting up a magnetic operator including a pair of focus coils and track coils, and corresponding magnets to generate operation forces through interaction with the coils. 
   The setting up of the magnetic operator may further include winding the blade with the track coils, arranging the focus coils in the blade in the radial direction of the optical disk, and setting up the corresponding magnets, to generate the operation forces, in the base. The connecting of the external and internal circumference elastic supporters may further include connecting the external elastic supporters to be longer than the internal elastic supporters. 
   The acquiring of the tilt difference may further include acquiring a value of electric current supplied to at least one of the focus coils for a change in height of the blade when data is recorded and/or reproduced in/out of the optical disk, acquiring a lookup table for the change in height of the blade regarding the value of the electric current supplied to the at least one focus coil, acquiring a lookup table for a tilt of the blade regarding the value of the electric current supplied to the at least one focus coil, acquiring a lookup table for an actual tilt of the optical disk regarding the height of the blade, and acquiring the tilt difference between the tilt of the blade and the actual tilt of the optical disk. 
   The lookup tables acquired in the acquiring of the tilt difference may be pre-established and stored in a memory. 
   In addition, the controlling of the posture of the optical pickup actuator may further include fixing a holder on a base, connecting the blade to the holder with a plurality of elastic supporters such that the height of the blade can be changed, setting up a pair of focus coils in the blade, and setting up magnets on internal and external circumferential sides of the blade asymmetrically such that operation forces generated from interaction of at least one of the focus coils and at least one of the magnets acts on the internal and/or external circumferential sides of the blade asymmetrically with respect to the radial direction of the optical disk. In the setting up of the magnet of the internal and external circumferential sides of the blade may further include at least one of the magnets being inclined toward the external circumference of the blade. 
   Further, the optical pickup actuator further includes a base, respective pluralities of elastic supporters along external and internal circumferences of the blade and connected to the holder, each respective plurality of elastic supporters having different elastic coefficients, such that the tilt of the blade changes when the height of the blade changes, and a magnetic operator including a pair of focus coils, track coils, and corresponding magnets for generating corresponding operation forces through interaction with the focus and/or track coils. The magnetic operator may further include the track coils being wound on the blade, the focus coils being arranged in the blade in the radial direction of the optical disk, and magnets in the base. 
   In addition, elastic supporters along the external circumference may be longer than elastic supporters along the internal circumference of the blade. The optical pickup actuator may include a holder on a base, with the blade being connected to the holder through a plurality of elastic supporters so that the height of the blade can be changed, a pair of focus coils in the blade, and magnets along internal and external circumferential sides of the blade such that operation forces generated from an interaction of the magnets and the focus coils acts on the internal and external circumferential sides of the blade asymmetrically with respect to the radial direction of the optical disk. The magnets may be disposed to be inclined toward the external circumference of the blade. 
   To achieve the above and/or other aspects and advantages, embodiments of the present invention set forth a medium including computer readable code implementing embodiments of the present invention. 
   To achieve the above and/or other aspects and advantages, embodiments of the present invention set forth a medium including a lookup table relating a height of a blade to an electric current supplied to at least one focus coil of a pickup actuator, a lookup table relating a tilt of the blade to at least the electric current supplied to the one focus coil, and a lookup table relating an actual tilt of an optical disk of a recording/reproducing apparatus to the height of the blade in pickup actuator. To achieve the above and/or further aspects and advantages, embodiments of the present invention set forth a medium including at least one of lookup table according to embodiments of the present invention. 
   To achieve the above and/or other aspects and advantages, embodiments of the present invention set forth a pickup actuator system, for an optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus, including an optical pickup actuator, and including a holder formed on a base, a blade including an objective lens and connected to the holder with a plurality of elastic supporters so that a posture of the blade can be changed to a predetermined tilt according to a variation in a height of the blade, a pair of focus coils for operating the blade in a focus direction, track coils for operating the blade in a tracking direction, and corresponding magnets, including a memory to store at least one of a lookup table relating the height of the blade to an electric current supplied to at least one of the focus coils, a lookup table relating a tilt of the blade to at least the electric current supplied to the at least one focus coil, and a lookup table relating an actual tilt of an optical disk of the optical recording/reproducing apparatus to the height of the blade, and a controller to compute a tilt difference between the optical disk and the blade and controlling at least the electric current supplied to at least the one focus coil to compensate for the computed tilt difference by using data of at least the electric current supplied to at least the one focus coil and lookup table data stored in the memory. 
   Additional aspects and/or advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     These and/or other aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which: 
       FIG. 1  is a perspective view showing a conventional optical pickup actuator; 
       FIGS. 2A and 2B  are diagrams illustrating effects of rolling of a blade in a radial direction of a disk during focusing; 
       FIG. 3  is a perspective view illustrating an optical pickup actuator for an optical recording/reproducing apparatus, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; 
       FIG. 4  is a block diagram depicting an optical recording/reproducing apparatus, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; 
       FIG. 5  is a plane view of an optical pickup actuator of  FIG. 3 , according to an embodiment of the present invention; 
       FIGS. 6 to 8  are graphs for lookup tables stored in a memory, individually; 
       FIGS. 9A to 9B  are diagrams illustrating the movement of a blade when data is recorded/reproduced in an optical disk, according to an embodiment of the present invention; 
       FIG. 10  is a graph comparing tilts between a blade and an optical disk of  FIG. 9B , according to an embodiment of the present invention; and 
       FIG. 11  is a perspective view illustrating an optical pickup actuator for an optical recording/reproducing apparatus, in accordance with still another embodiment of the present invention. 
   

   DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
   Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. The embodiments are described below to explain the present invention by referring to the figures. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 3 and 4 , the optical recording/reproducing apparatus may include an optical pickup actuator  100 , a memory  200 , and a controller  300 . 
   The optical pickup actuator  100  may include a base  110 , a holder  120  fixed on one side of the base  110 , a blade  130  onto which an objective lens  101  is mounted, a plurality of elastic supporters  140  movably connecting the blade  130  to the holder  120 , and a magnetic operator  150  for moving the blade  130  in a focus direction (A) and in a tracking direction (T). 
   The optical pickup actuator  100  is movable by a pickup operator  400 , under an optical disk (D). The pickup operator  400  is typically made up of a motor and rack gear and can move the optical pickup actuator  100  in the radial direction of the optical disk (D). 
   As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , a recording/reproducing apparatus for recording and/or reproducing data from disk (D) may include a spindle motor  510  for rotating the optical disk (D), and a motor operator  520  for controlling the rotation of the spindle motor  510 , a turntable  530  on which the optical disk (D) is mounted, and a chucking unit  540  for clamping the optical disk (D) on the turntable  530 . 
   The elastic supporters  140  include external circumferential elastic supporters  141  which are connected to the external circumference of the blade  130  and internal circumferential elastic supporters  142  connected to the internal circumference of the blade  130 , both with respect to the radial direction of the optical disk (D). The number of provided internal and external circumferential elastic supporters  141  and  142  in this embodiment may be three, respectively. The external circumferential elastic supporters  141  may be longer than the internal circumferential elastic supporters  142 . If the internal and external circumferential elastic supporters  141  and  142  have different lengths, different strains are applied to the internal and external circumferential elastic supporters  141  and  142 , respectively, when the blade  130  moves in the focus direction (A). Thus, it is possible for the blade  130  to slant according to a predetermined tilt. Such an arrangement inducing the blade to cope with a slanted optical disk by having the elastic supporters  141  and  142  with different lengths is discussed in Korean Patent No. 10-2003-1169459, thus further description will be omitted herein. 
   With reference to  FIG. 5 , the magnetic operator  150  includes a pair of focus coils  151  and  152  set up in the blade  130 , track coils  153 , a pair of magnets  154  set up in the base  110  to confront the track coils  153 , and a pair of external yokes  155  and a pair of internal yokes  156  for supporting the magnets  154 . 
   In  FIG. 5 , the focus coils  151  and  152  are respectively arranged on the external circumferential side and the internal circumferential side of the blade  130 , in the radial direction of the optical disk (D). Each of the focus coils  151  and  152  operate independently. For the independent operation, each of the focus coils  151  and  152  may be connected to the controller  300 , independently, so that electric current can be applied to each focus coil  151  and  152  differently. Preferably, according an embodiment of the present invention, the focus coil  151  on the external circumferential side is electrically connected to two of the external circumferential elastic supporters  141 , with the electric current capable of being turned on or off. Also, the focus coil  152  on the internal circumferential side can be electrically connected to two of the internal circumferential elastic supporters  142 , with the electric current capable of being turned on or off. In this structure, it is possible to generate focus operation forces of different sizes or in different directions on the internal and external circumferential sides of the blade  130  by independently supplying electric current of different intensities to each of the focus coils  151  and  152 . 
   The track coils  153  are wound on both sides of the blade  130 , and the blade  130  is connected to the remaining elastic supporters  141  and  142 , which are not connected with the focus coils  151  and  152 , as discussed above, and similarly can independently receive electric current. The blade  130  can be controlled to move in the tracking direction (T) by controlling the intensity and direction of the electric current supplied to the track coils  153 . The external yokes  155  can be fixed on the base  110  to support the magnets  154 . The internal yokes  156  can be fixed on the base  110  to guide the blade  130  to be moved in the focus direction (A), and disposed in the coiled center of the focus coils  151  and  152 . 
   The memory  200  of  FIG. 4  can store a lookup table, based on previous experiments, for the height variations of the blade  130  in relation to the intensities of the electric current supplied to the focus coils  151  and  152 . In short, in order to focus light on a slanted optical disk (D), the height of the blade  130  is changed in the focus direction (A) to compensate for the degree of slant. The height of the blade  130  can be controlled by controlling the electric currents supplied to the focus coils  151  and  152 . Accordingly, during previous experiments, the height of the blade  130  corresponding to the electric currents supplied to the focus coils  151  and  152  can be measured and stored for subsequent use in the lookup table for proper slant compensation. 
   With reference to  FIG. 7 , the memory  200  of  FIG. 4  can store the lookup table representing a variation in tilt of the blade  130  in relation to the intensities of the electric current supplied to the focus coils  151  and  152 . That is, in the case of the slanted optical disk, if the intensities of the electric current supplied to the focus coils  151  and  152  are changed to move the blade  130  in the focus direction, the tilt of the blade  130  can be changed to perform proper focusing. The variation values stored in memory  200  can be obtained through experiments in the form of a lookup table, though embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto. 
   With reference to  FIG. 8 , the memory  200  of  FIG. 4  can store a lookup table representing the variation in the actual tilt of the optical disk (D) in relation to the variation in the height of the blade  130  in the focus direction (A). That is, when the height of the blade  130  is controlled to focus light on the slanted optical disk (D), measurement values for the actual tilt of the optical disk according to the height of the blade  130  can be obtained from the lookup table. 
   A method for obtaining the lookup tables stored in the memory  200  will be described hereafter. 
   When electric currents are supplied to the focus coils  151  and  152 , generated forces (F 1 ) act between each of the focus coils  151  and  152  and the corresponding magnets  154 , respectively, in the focus direction. The forces (F 1 ) are directly applied to the elastic supporters  141  and  142 . As a result, generated forces (F 2 ) act on each of the elastic supporters  141  and  142  and becomes equal to the respective forces (F 1 ). 
   The force (F 1 ) can be obtained through Equation 1, as follows:
 
F1=inlB,  Equation 1
 
   wherein i denotes electric currents supplied to each of the focus coil  151  and  152 , n denotes the number of winding coil in the respective focus coils  151  and  152 , l denotes the lengths of the focus coils  151  and  152 , and B denotes the respective magnetic fields. 
   The forces (F 2 ) can be obtained through Equation 2, as follows: 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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   wherein k denotes elastic coefficients of the elastic supporters  141  and  142 , x denotes pendent lengths of the elastic supporters  141  and  142 , L denotes the lengths of the elastic supporters  141  and  142 , E denotes a Young&#39;s modulus, and d denotes diameters of the elastic supporters  141  and  142 . Here, it is noted that diameters of the elastic supporters  141  and  142  can also be controlled to control the elasticity of elastic supporters  141  and  142 , and are not necessarily the same, according to an embodiment of the present invention; e.g., the diameter of external circumferential elastic supporter  141  may be less than the diameter of internal circumferential elastic supporter  142 . 
   Herein, since F 1  can equal F 2 , the below Equation 3 can be obtained from the combination of the Equations 1 and 2 above and, thus, the pendent lengths x of each of the elastic supporters  141  and  142  can be obtained. 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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   As described above, the pendent quantity of each of the elastic supporters  141  and  142 , corresponding to the respective electric currents supplied to the focus coils  151  and  152 , can be calculated based on the equations 1, 2 and 3. Based on the calculated pendent quantity, the tilt of the blade  130  can be calculated. Conversely, if the tilt of the blade  130  is known, the values of electric currents that should be supplied to each of the focus coils  151  and  152 , independently, can be calculated. Also, it is possible to figure out the focus-directional change in the height of the blade  130  based on the pendent quantity of each elastic supporter  141  or  142 . Here, the actual tilt of the optical disk (D) can be measured separately, and the change in the actual tilt can be figured out by measuring the tilt of the optical disk (D) at various locations, in the radial direction, a predetermined number of times. 
   From the above, the lookup tables stored in the memory  200  can thus be obtained, noting that embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the same. 
   The controller  300  can control the rotation rate of the spindle motor  510  by controlling the motor operator  520 . The controller  300  can also move the optical pickup actuator  100  in the radial direction of the optical disk (D) by controlling the operation of the pickup operator  400 , as well as controlling the magnetic operator  150  to obtain data of the electric current supplied to the magnetic operator  150  during a recording/reproducing data in/out of the optical disk (D) and a tilt difference between the tilt of the blade  130  and the actual tilt of the optical disk (D), based on the lookup table stored in the memory  200 , to compensate for the tilt difference. 
   Hereafter, the controlling of another optical recording/reproducing apparatus will be described, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. 
   First, as depicted in  FIG. 3  above, an actuator  100  includes a blade  130  that can be slanted according to differences in the elastic coefficients of elastic supporters  141  and  142  based on the change in the height of the blade  130 . 
   Herein, again, lookup tables containing experimental data can be previously stored in the memory  200 , as described above with reference to  FIGS. 6 to 8 . 
   With the optical pickup actuator  100  and the memory  200 , the controller  300  can record/reproduce data to/from/the optical disk (D) by rotating the optical disk (D) and operating the optical pickup actuator  100 . 
   During the data recording/reproduction, the controller  300  controls the magnetic operator  150  to control the location of the blade  130  by moving the blade  130  in the focus direction (A) and the tracking direction (T) to perform tilt compensation according to the slant amount of the optical disk (D). 
   Herein, as shown in  FIG. 9A , optical pickup can be performed centering around a predetermined pickup center (C 1 ) near the internal circumference of the optical disk (D) and the optical disk (D) is slanted, the area near the internal circumference will not be slanted much and the blade  130  can maintain the parallel state with the optical disk (D). Therefore, the blade  130  can perform optical pickup without any focus-directional change in height. Since the blade  130  does not have to change in height, it is not slanted and can maintain the parallel orientation with the optical disk (D). 
   On the other hand, as illustrated in  FIG. 9B , if the optical pickup is performed in a predetermined pickup center (C 2 ) near the external circumference of the optical disk (D), where the slanting extent of the optical disk (D) can be large. As shown in  FIG. 9B , if the optical disk (D) is slanted upwards, predetermined current intensities can be supplied to the focus coils  151  and  152 . Then, the blade  130  can be correspondingly raised to a predetermined height in the focus direction (A), to thereby compensate for the gap between the objective lens  101  and the optical disk (D). As the blade  130  is raised, it is slanted at a predetermined tilt (θ 1 ) due to the differences in the elastic coefficients of the elastic supporters  141  and  142 . 
   Herein, the controller  300  of  FIG. 4  can acquire the values of the electric currents supplied to the focus coils  151  and  152 . The controller  300  can further acquire the tilt (θ 1 ) of the blade  130 , based on the lookup table graphically illustrated in  FIG. 7  and stored in the memory  200 , and the acquired electric current values. 
   In addition, the controller  300  can acquire data on the height of the blade  130  based on the lookup table graphically illustrated in  FIG. 6  and the acquired electric current values. 
   Subsequently, the controller  300  can acquire the actual tilt of the optical disk (D) based on the lookup table graphically illustrated in  FIG. 8  and the acquired data on the height of the blade  130 . 
   Through the above processes, as illustrated in  FIG. 10 , the controller  300  can acquire the tilt of the blade  130  and the actual tilt of the optical disk (D), and can therefrom compute the tilt difference by comparing the tilts. In short, if the optical disk (D) is greatly slanted, as illustrated in  FIG. 9B , a predetermined tilt difference (Δθ) is generated substantially between the tilt (θ 1 ) of the blade  130 , which can also change regularly according to the change in the height of the blade  130 , and the actual tilt (θ 2 ) of the optical disk (D). 
   The controller  300  can acquire the required change extent in the values of the electric currents that should be supplied to the focus coils  151  and  152  to compensate for the tilt difference (Δθ) from the lookup table graphically illustrated in  FIG. 7 . Therefore, the controller  300  can, thus, control the tilt of the blade  130  by using the tilt difference (Δθ) to change the values of electric currents to be supplied to the elastic supporters  141  and  142 . As shown above, although the optical disk (D) is overly slanted, the blade can cope with the tilt of the optical disk (D) by operating the blade  130  to be slanted as much as the tilt difference (Δθ). 
   Also, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, illustrated in  FIG. 11 , the optical recording/reproducing apparatus may include an optical pickup actuator where magnets  154 ′ are arranged to be inclined to one side with respect to the radial direction of the optical disk (D). Herein, the internal circumferential elastic supporters  144  and the external circumferential elastic supporters  143 , connecting the blade  130  with the holder  120 , can have the same rigidity and, preferably, the same length, according to an embodiment of the present invention, though the present invention is not limited thereto. Since similar elements, as those illustrated in  FIGS. 3 and 5 , are given the same reference numerals below, further detailed description for the same for this embodiment will be omitted, herein. 
   In this embodiment, the magnets  154 ′ are set up a predetermined space (S) away from the central line (C 3 ) of the electromagnetic force so that the magnets  154 ′ can generate asymmetrical electromagnetic forces with respect to each focus coil  151  and  152 . Preferably, the magnets  154 ′ are set up to be inclined toward the external circumference of the optical disk (D). In an embodiment of the present invention, the setup of the magnets  154 ′ can be controlled by using a jig. 
   The operation of the optical pickup actuator having the above-described inclined structure is further discussed in Korean Patent No. 10-0403586 discloses, which can be referred to for further details. 
   In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the optical pickup actuator  500  of  FIG. 11 , having the above described structure, can acquire the tilt and height of the blade  130  and the actual tilt of the optical disk (D) by measuring the intensities of the electric currents supplied to the focus coils  151  and  152 , just as described above in previous embodiments. Therefore, the tilt difference between the actual tilt of the optical disk (D) and the tilt of the blade  130  can be compensated. 
   In short, as described above, an optical pickup actuator, having a blade  130  whose tilt is changed according the height of the blade  130 , can cope with a slanted optical disk excellently by using a pair of focus coils  151  and  152 , operated independently, six elastic supporters, a memory  200  storing lookup tables, and a controller  300 . It has an advantage that the recording capability is so improved that data can be recorded and/or reproduced normally even on an overly slanted optical disk. 
   As described above, the optical recording/reproducing apparatus and the controlling method thereof, can cope with slanted optical disks excellently by having two focus coils and one track coil and inducing rolling during the focusing operation of the blade. 
   Particularly, since the tilt difference between the actual tilt of the overly slanted optical disk and the tilt of the blade can be compensated, it is possible to cope with slanted optical disks of diverse slants. 
   Therefore, light passing through the objective lens can be focused precisely on the optical disk without optical distortion that previously may have been caused by the deflection error of the optical disk. Consequently, the recording/reproducing performance of the optical recording/reproducing apparatus on the optical disk can be improved. 
   Embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by a computer readable medium having computer readable code/instructions. The computer readable medium can include, but is not limited to, storage media such as magnetic storage media(EPROMs, ROMs, RAMs, floppy disks, magnetic tapes, etc.), and optically readable media (CD-ROMs, DVDs, etc.), for example, noting embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the same. 
   Although a few embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents.