Patent Publication Number: US-7907481-B2

Title: Optical disc drive device and tilt correction device

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-328828, filed on Dec. 20, 2007, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to an optical disc drive device that applies a focus servo and a tracking servo to drive an optical disc, and to a tilt correction device that corrects tilt of the optical disc. 
     2. Related Art 
     During playback and record operations of an optical disc, focus error signals and tracking error signals are detected and a focus servo and a tracking servo are applied to reduce the error signals. With the focus servo and the tracking servo, a focus actuator and a tracking actuator are driven. 
     In order to apply the focus servo and the tracking servo stably, it is preferable that the open loop gain does not deviate from a predetermined level assumed at design of the optical disc drive. In reality, however, due to variation in a return beam intensity of a return beam signal, there is a possibility that amplitudes (detection sensitivity) of the focus error signal and the tracking error signal at servo-OFF vary, and the open loop gain deviates from the predetermined value, so that it may be impossible to apply the servos stably. 
     There is also the problem that division process is required in order to control the detection sensitivities of the focus error signal and the tracking error signal to be constant, and as a result the scale of the hardware becomes large (see Japanese Patent Application Publication JP-A (Kokai) No. 2006-155891). 
     Similarly, when the tilt of the optical disks is corrected, a tilt error signal which is the output of the tilt sensor is detected, and a tilt servo is applied so as to reduce the tilt error signal. In this case too, since division process is required in order to control the detection sensitivity of the focus error signal and the tracking error signal to be constant, it would be difficult to reduce the scale of the hardware. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     According to one aspect of the present invention, an optical disc drive device comprising: 
     an FE signal generator which generates a focus error signal; 
     a TE signal generator which generates a tracking error signal; 
     a return beam detector which detects a return beam reflected by an optical disc after irradiated by an optical pickup to generate a return beam level signal; 
     a return beam gain setting part which sets amplitude adjustment amount of the return beam level signal so that a signal level of the return beam level signal generated by the return beam detector coincides with a predetermined reference level; 
     an FE gain setting part which sets amplitude adjustment amount of the focus error signal in accordance with the signal level of the return beam level signal adjusted by the return beam gain setting part so that a signal amplitude of the focus error signal is constant; and 
     a TE gain setting part which sets amplitude adjustment amount of the tracking error signal in accordance with the signal level of the return beam level signal adjusted by the return beam gain adjustment part so that a signal amplitude of the tracking error signal is constant. 
     According to the other aspect of the present invention, a tilt correction device comprising: 
     a first tilt sensor which irradiates the optical disc with a tilt detecting beam and detects a first reflected beam from the optical disc; 
     a second tilt sensor which irradiates the optical disc with a tilt detecting beam and detects a second reflected beam from the optical disc; 
     a return beam detector which detects a return beam level signal indicative of an adding signal of the first and second reflected beam signals; 
     a return beam gain setting part which sets amplitude adjustment amount of the return beam level signal so that a signal level of the return beam level signal coincides with a reference level; 
     a tilt error signal generator which detects a tilt error signal indicative of a difference signal between the first and second reflected signals; and 
     a tilt error signal gain setting part which sets amplitude adjustment amount of the tilt error signal in accordance with the signal level of the return beam level signal so that detection sensitivity of the tilt error signal is constant. 
     According to the other aspect of the present invention, an optical disc drive device comprising: 
     an FE signal generator which generates a focus error signal; 
     a TE signal generator which generates a tracking error signal; 
     a return beam detector which detects a return beam reflected by an optical disc after irradiated by an optical pickup to generate a return beam level signal; 
     a return beam gain setting part which sets amplitude adjustment amount of the return beam level signal so that a signal level of the return beam level signal generated by the return beam detector coincides with a predetermined reference level; 
     an FE gain setting part which sets amplitude adjustment amount of the focus error signal in accordance with the signal level of the return beam level signal adjusted by the return beam gain setting part so that a signal amplitude of the focus error signal is constant; 
     a TE gain setting part which sets amplitude adjustment amount of the tracking error signal in accordance with the signal level of the return beam level signal adjusted by the return beam gain adjustment part so that a signal amplitude of the tracking error signal is constant; and 
     a tilt correction part which detects a tilt of the optical disc, 
     the tilt correction part includes: 
     a first tilt sensor which irradiates the optical disc with a tilt detecting beam and detects a first reflected beam from the optical disc; 
     a second tilt sensor which irradiates the optical disc with a tilt detecting beam and detects a second reflected beam from the optical disc; 
     a return beam detector which detects a return beam level signal indicative of an adding signal of the first and second reflected beam signals; 
     a return beam gain setting part which sets amplitude adjustment amount of the return beam level signal so that a signal level of the return beam level signal coincides with a reference level; 
     a tilt error signal generator which detects a tilt error signal indicative of a difference signal between the first and second reflected signals; and 
     a tilt error signal gain setting part which sets amplitude adjustment amount of the tilt error signal in accordance with the signal level of the return beam level signal so that detection sensitivity of the tilt error signal is constant. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram showing a schematic structure of an optical disc drive device according to a first embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a block diagram showing an example of an internal configuration of an error signal amplitude normalizing circuits  39  in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIGS. 3A and 3B  are graphs showing a first correspondence between focus error data and tracking error data; 
         FIGS. 4A and 4B  are graphs showing a second correspondence between focus error data and tracking error data; 
         FIGS. 5A and 5B  are graphs showing a third correspondence between focus error data and tracking error data; 
         FIGS. 6A and 6B  are graphs showing a fourth correspondence between focus error data and tracking error data, and  FIG. 6C  are graphs showing sample measurements of error signal amplitude characteristics when error signal amplitude normalizing operation is OFF and ON; 
         FIG. 7  is a block diagram showing a detailed peripheral structure of a layer jump control data generating circuit  48  and a track search control data generating circuit  49 ; 
         FIG. 8A  is a graph showing a property of the displacement amounts of a focus actuator  9  and a tracking actuator  10  versus layer jump control data and track search control data, and  FIG. 8B  is a graph showing a property of the related art; 
         FIG. 9  is a block diagram showing s schematic structure of an optical disc drive device according to a second embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 10  is a detailed structure of a tilt actuator; 
         FIG. 11  is a block diagram showing an example of an internal configuration of a tilt correction circuit  70 ; 
         FIGS. 12A to 12C  are waveform diagrams showing examples of sensor output data of a first and second tilt sensors  71 ,  72 ; 
         FIG. 13  is a waveform diagram showing an example of the output signal of a second coefficient multiplier  88  in  FIG. 11 ; and 
         FIG. 14  is a signal waveform diagram showing first and second tilt sensor output data  81 ,  82  and the output signal of the second coefficient multiplier  88 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Embodiments according to the present invention will now be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
     First Embodiment 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram showing a schematic structure of an optical disc drive device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The optical disc drive device in  FIG. 1  includes a pickup  2  that irradiates an optical disc  1  with a beam and detects a return beam from the optical disc  1 , a preamplifier  3 , an actuator drive control circuit  4 , an amplitude detecting circuit  5 , a loop gain adjusting circuit  6 , a focus actuator driver  7 , a tracking actuator driver  8 , a focus actuator  9 , a tracking actuator  10 , a recording control circuit  11 , and a system controller  12 . 
     The preamplifier  3  has an FE signal generating circuit (FE signal generator)  21  that generates focus error signals, a TE signal generating circuit (TE signal generator)  22  that generates tracking error signals, a return beam signal generating circuit (return beam detector)  23  that detects the return beam level signal, FE amplitude adjustment gain amplifiers  24  that adjust the gains of the focus error signals, TE amplitude adjustment gain amplifiers  25  that adjust the gains of the tracking error signals, and return beam amplitude adjustment gain amplifiers  26  that adjust the gains of the return beam level signals. 
     The actuator drive control circuit  4  has an FE ADC (first A/D converter)  31 , a TE ADC (second A/D converter)  32 , a return beam ADC  33 , FE offset correcting circuits (second offset correction parts)  34 , TE offset correcting circuits (third offset correction parts)  35 , return beam offset correcting circuits (first offset correction parts)  36 , FE amplitude normalizing coefficient multipliers (second gain correction parts)  37 , TE amplitude normalizing coefficient multipliers (third gain correction parts)  38 , error signal amplitude normalizing circuits  39 , an FE adder  40 , a TE adder  41 , a focus servo equalizer  42 , a tracking servo equalizer  43 , a focus servo loop gain adjustment coefficient multiplier  44 , a tracking servo loop gain adjustment coefficient multiplier  45 , a focus actuator DAC (first D/A converter)  46 , a tracking actuator DAC (second D/A converter)  47 , a layer jump control data generating circuit (layer jump control data generator)  48  that generates layer jump control data for moving a beam spot of a read-out beam between different layers of the optical disc  1 , and a track search control data generating circuit (track search control data generator)  49  that generates track search control data for moving the beam spot in the radial direction of the optical disc  1 . 
     The pickup  2  detects the reflected beam signal from the optical disc  1  and supplies it to the preamplifier  3 . The FE signal generating circuit  21  and the TE signal generating circuit  22  inside the preamplifier  3  generate the focus error signals and the tracking error signals based on the reflected beam signals, respectively. The gains of the focus error signals and the tracking error signals are adjusted, then these error signals are converted into digital data (focus error data and tracking error data) by the FE ADC  31  and the TE ADC  32 , respectively. 
     Offsets of the focus error data and the tracking error data are canceled out by the FE offset correcting circuits  34  and the TE offset correcting circuits  35 , respectively, inside of the actuator drive control circuits  4 . And then, The output data of the FE offset correcting circuits  34  and the TE offset correcting circuits  35  are multiplied with any desired factor by the FE amplitude normalizing coefficient multipliers  37  and the TE amplitude normalizing coefficient multipliers  38 , respectively, using respective specific error signal amplitude normalizing coefficients. The multiplied focus error data and tracking error data are input to the focus servo equalizer  42  and the tracking servo equalizer  43 , respectively, in order to compensate gains and phases of their data. 
     Subsequently, the focus error data and the tracking error data are multiplied with any desired factor by the focus servo loop gain adjustment coefficient multiplier  44  and the tracking servo loop gain adjustment coefficient multiplier  45 , respectively, using respective specific actuator drive sensitivity correction coefficients, and then are converted into analog signals (focus actuator drive signals and tracking actuator drive signals) by the focus actuator DAC  46  and the tracking actuator DAC  47 , respectively. 
     The focus actuator drive signals and the tracking actuator drive signals are input to the focus actuator driver  7  and the tracking actuator driver  8 , respectively. The focus actuator  9  and the tracking actuator  10  are driven by means of the outputs of these drivers. Thereby, an objective lens is driven in the focus direction and the tracking direction, and the focus servo and the tracking servo are applied. 
     There is one pair each of the FE amplitude adjustment gain amplifiers  24 , the TE amplitude adjustment gain amplifiers  25  and the return beam amplitude adjustment gain amplifiers  26  inside the preamplifier  3 . One of each pair is used for adjusting gain during playback operation, and the other is used for adjusting gain during record operation. The gain settings for these amplifiers are made by means of instructions from the system controller  12 . The outputs of these pairs of amplifiers are selected automatically by means of a recording/playback flag detected by the recording control circuit  11 . 
     Similarly, there is one pair each of the FE offset correcting circuits  34 , TE offset correcting circuits  35  and return beam offset correction circuits  36  inside the actuator drive control circuits  4 . One of each pair performs offset adjustment after gain adjustment during playback operation, and the other performs offset adjustment after gain adjustment during record operation. The outputs of these pairs of offset correction circuits are selected automatically by means of the recording/playback flag detected by the recording control circuits  11 . 
     The offset values for these offset correction circuits, more precisely the offset values for playback operation and those for record operation, may be individually measured and stored in advance. 
     The FE offset correcting circuits  34  and the TE offset correcting circuits  35  can switch whether the offset value at playback operation or the offset value at record operation is used among the stored offset values in accordance with the recording/playback flag sent from the recording control circuit  11 . 
     The amplitude detecting circuit  5  has a built-in peak bottom detection circuit that is not shown in the drawings. Focus searches are carried out after the peak bottom detection circuit has been reset. When notification is received from the system controller  12  that a focus search has been completed, the focus error signal amplitude is calculated based on the peak hold data and the bottom hold data detected by the peak bottom detection circuit. The tracking error signal amplitude is calculated by carrying out similar detection, at a state of the focus servo-ON and the tracking servo-OFF. Thus, in order to measure the amplitudes of the focus error signal and the tracking error signal, at least one servo has to be turned off. Therefore, the measurement cannot be carried out during reading or writing operation. 
     The loop gain adjustment circuit  6  sets in advance, in accordance with instructions from the system controller  12 , the frequency and amplitude of a disturbance signal for loop gain adjustment operation, and the phase at the disturbance frequency for the closed loop characteristics targeted at design of the optical disc drive device. When the system controller  12  subsequently gives to the loop gain adjustment circuit  6  an instruction for adjustment operation of the loop gain, the loop gain adjustment circuit  6  measures the phase difference between the focus error data and the disturbance signal, or between the tracking error data and the disturbance signal, while inputting the disturbance signal to the servo loop. Then, based on the measured phase difference, the loop gain adjustment circuit  6  adjusts the loop gain by performing variable control of the loop gain adjustment coefficient. Since the disturbance signal is injected into the servo loops during the loop gain adjustment operation, the loop gain adjustment operation cannot be carried out during reading operation or writing operation, and is carried out only when the optical disc  1  is simply being traced. 
       FIG. 2  is a block diagram showing an example of an internal configuration of the error signal amplitude normalizing circuits  39  in  FIG. 1 . The error signal amplitude normalizing circuits  39  in  FIG. 2  have return beam adjustment coefficient multipliers (first gain correction part)  51  that multiplies the return beam level data by an adjustment coefficient G L , a reference subtractor  52  that detects the difference data between the output signal of the return beam coefficient multiplier  51  and a reference level LVLREF, a low pass filter  53  that eliminates high frequency noise from the difference data, a decoder  54  that controls so that the amplitude of the data that passes through the low pass filter  53  does not change drastically, an FE adjustment coefficient multiplier (second amplitude adjustment part)  55  that multiplies the output of the decoder  54  by an adjustment coefficient K F , a TE adjustment coefficient multiplier (third amplitude adjustment part)  56  that multiplies the output of the decoder  54  by an adjustment coefficient K T , a return beam adjustment coefficient multiplier (first amplitude adjustment part)  57  that multiplies the output of the decoder  54  by an adjustment coefficient K L , an FE cumulative adder (second cumulative adder)  58  that cumulatively sums up the output of the FE adjustment coefficient multiplier  55 , a TE cumulative adder (third cumulative adder)  59  that cumulatively sums up the output of the TE adjustment coefficient multiplier  56 , a return beam cumulative adder (first cumulative adder)  60  that cumulatively sums up the output of the return beam adjustment coefficient multiplier  57 , and a gain ROM (gain amount setting part)  61  that generates adjustment coefficients G F , G T , and G L . 
     The return beam adjustment coefficient multiplier  57  and the return beam cumulative adder  60  correspond to a return beam gain setting part, the FE adjustment coefficient multiplier  55  and FE cumulative adder  58  correspond to a FE gain setting part, and the TE adjustment coefficient multiplier  56  and TE cumulative adder  59  correspond to a TE gain setting part. 
     In  FIG. 2 , the offset-corrected focus error data, tracking error data and return beam level data are labeled FE 0 , TE 0  and LVL 0 , respectively. 
     The offset-corrected (canceled) return beam level data LVL 0  is multiplied by the amplitude adjustment coefficient G L . The reference subtractor  52  outputs the difference data between G L ·LVL 0  and the predetermined reference level LVLREF. After passing through the low pass filter  53 , where the high frequency noise is eliminated, this difference data is input to the decoder  54 . The decoder  54  switches in steps the level so that the difference data level that passes through the low pass filter  53  does not change drastically. 
     The output data of the decoder  54  is input to the FE adjustment coefficient multiplier  55 , the TE adjustment coefficient multiplier  56 , and the return beam adjustment coefficient multiplier  57 . These multipliers multiply the output data of the decoder  54  by preset respective amplitude adjustment coefficients k T , k F , and k L . 
     The FE cumulative adder  58 , the TE cumulative adder  59 , and the return beam cumulative adder  60  cumulatively sum up the output data of the respective multipliers. The output data of these cumulative adders are input to the gain ROM  61 , from which values corresponding to the output level of each cumulative adder are read out as amplitude adjustment coefficients G F , G T , and G L . 
     Thus, the return beam amplitude adjustment coefficient G L  is automatically adjusted so that LVL 0 ×G L  coincides with the reference level LVLREF, as in the equation (1) below.
 
 LVL   0   ×G   L   =LVL   1   =LVLREF   (1)
 
     The FE cumulative adder  58 , the TE cumulative adder  59 , and the return beam cumulative adder  60  perform cumulative adding during a preset error signal amplitude normalizing operation period, and the cumulative adding values are stored in the respective registers inside the cumulative adders. In the case where the system controller  12  sets the amplitude adjustment coefficients k T , k F , and k L  in advance, the relation in the equation (2) below will be established with respect to a cumulative adding value of the FE cumulative adder  58  ΔFEAGC, a cumulative adding value of the TE cumulative adder  59  ΔTEAGC, and a cumulative adding value of the return beam cumulative adder  60  ΔLVLAGC, on the one hand, and the amplitude adjustment coefficients k T , k F , and k L  on the other. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       Δ 
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                       ⁢ 
                       LVLAGC 
                     
                     
                       k 
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                         FEAGC 
                       
                       
                         k 
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                         Δ 
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                         TEAGC 
                       
                       
                         k 
                         T 
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
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     The offset-corrected focus error data FE 0  and tracking error data TE 0  are multiplied by the factors G F  and G T  respectively, and then input to the focus servo equalizer  42  and the tracking servo equalizer  43 , respectively. 
     G F  and G T  are controlled by means of the cumulative adding values ΔFEAGC and ΔTEAGC of the FE cumulative adder  58  and the TE cumulative adder  59 , respectively. 
     Because the relation in the equation (2) above is established, it is possible to vary the amplitudes of the focus error data and the tracking error data according to the return beam level. 
     The system controller  12  can perform reading from and writing into the respective registers of the FE cumulative adder  58 , the TE cumulative adder  59 , and the return beam cumulative adder  60 , and can store initial values in the registers before the error signal amplitude normalizing operation starts. 
     During the error signal amplitude normalizing operation period, the return beam difference data is periodically detected to perform cumulative adding process. The period for the cumulative adding process can be set as desired in accordance with the cutoff frequency fc of the low pass filter  53 . 
     The offset correction values FEOF, TEOF, and LVLOF for the focus error data, tracking error data and return beam level data, the return beam level target level LVLREF, the amplitude adjustment coefficients G L , G F , and G T , and the cumulative adding values FEAGC, TEAGC, and LVLAGC are set as separate values, respectively, at the playback operation period and the record operation period. Switching between such settings is performed automatically by means of the recording/playback flag sent from the recording control circuit  11 . As described above, there is one pair each of the FE amplitude normalizing coefficient multipliers  37 , the TE amplitude normalizing coefficient multipliers  38  and the error signal amplitude normalizing circuits. One of each pair is used for playback operation, and the other is used for record operation. The output of the FE amplitude normalizing coefficient multiplier  37  and the TE amplitude normalizing coefficient multiplier  38  selected based on the recording/playback flag are supplied to the FE adder  40  and the TE adder  41 , respectively 
     As an example, the error signal amplitude normalizing operation in the case where the characteristics of the gain ROM  61  are expressed by the equations (3) to (5) below will now be described. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     The equation (1) is established under normal conditions. When it is assumed that the initial value stored in the register of the return beam cumulative adder  60  is denoted as LVLAGC 0 , and the cumulative adding value in the case where the error signal amplitude normalizing operation is completed is denoted as LVLAGCs, the equation (6) below will be established.
 
Δ LVLAGC=LVLAGCs−LVLACG   0   (6)
 
     Likewise, when it is assumed that the initial values stored in the registers of the FE cumulative adder  58  and the TE cumulative adder  59  are denoted as FEAGC 0  and TEAGC 0 , respectively, and the cumulative adding values in the case where the error signal amplitude normalizing operation is completed are denoted as FEAGCs and TEAGCs, respectively, the equations (7) and (8) below will be established.
 
Δ FEAGC=FEAGCs−FEACG   0   (7)
 
Δ TEAGC=TEAGCs−TEACG   0   (8)
 
     If the system controller  12  sets zero for the initial value LVLACG 0 , the equation (9) below will be established. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     Hence, the cumulative adding values FEAGC and TEAGC of the FE cumulative adder  58  and TE cumulative adder  59  in the case where the error signal amplitude normalizing operation is completed are expressed by the equations (10) and (11) below, respectively. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     From the equations (1) and (3), the equation (12) below can be derived. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     By modifying the equation (12), the equation (13) below is obtained. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     The normalized focus error data FE 1  and tracking error data TE 1  are expressed by the equations (14) and (15) below, respectively. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     When the error signal amplitude normalizing operation is OFF, four properties shown in  FIGS. 3A ,  4 A,  5 A, and  6 A are conceivable for the focus error data and the tracking error data. 
       FIG. 3A  shows a graph of a first correspondence between the focus error data and tracking error data in the case where the amplitudes of both error data increase, with the same gradient, proportionally to the amplitude of the return beam level data. In  FIGS. 3A ,  4 A,  5 A and  6 A, the horizontal axis represents the return beam level data, and the vertical axis represents the amplitude of the focus error data and the tracking error data when the servos are OFF. 
       FIGS. 4A and 5A  show a graph of a second correspondence between the focus error data and tracking error data in the case where both error signals increase proportionally to the amplitude of the return beam level data, but the gradients of the focus error data and the tracking error data differ from each other. 
       FIG. 6A  shows a graph of a third correspondence between the focus error data and tracking error data in the case where the amplitude of the tracking error data is constant, but the amplitude of the focus error data increases proportionally to the amplitude of the return beam level data.  FIG. 6A  shows a graph of a fourth correspondence between the focus error data and tracking error data in the case where the tracking error data are generated via a differential phase detection (DPD) method. 
     The graph shown in  FIG. 3A  are for the case where the gain setting of the preamplifier  3  is set so that the amplitude of the focus error signal when the servo is OFF is equal to that of the tracking error signal when the servo is OFF, whereas the graphs shown  FIGS. 4A and 5A  are for the case where the amplitudes of the focus error signal and the tracking error signal is set so that such amplitudes are unbalanced. 
     When the graph as shown in  FIG. 3A  is obtained, the system controller  12  controls the amplitude adjustment coefficients to be k T =k F =k L , and controls the cumulative adding values to be FEAGC 0 =TEAGC 0 =0, before starting the error signal amplitude normalizing operation. Thereby, during the error signal amplitude normalizing operation period, normalization will take place as expressed in the equations (16) and (17) below. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     FE 
                     1 
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       
                         LVLREF 
                         
                           LVL 
                           0 
                         
                       
                       × 
                       
                         FE 
                         0 
                       
                     
                     = 
                     
                       α 
                       × 
                       LVLREF 
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   16 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
             
               
                 
                   
                     TE 
                     1 
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       
                         LVLREF 
                         
                           LVL 
                           0 
                         
                       
                       × 
                       
                         TE 
                         0 
                       
                     
                     = 
                     
                       α 
                       × 
                       LVLREF 
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   17 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     As a result, the focus error data and the tracking error data are expressed by a graph as shown in  FIG. 3B . More precisely, in such a case, the error signal amplitudes (detection sensitivities) for both error data coincide with each other when the servos are OFF, regardless of the amplitude of the return beam level data. 
     When the graph as shown in  FIG. 4A  is obtained, on the other hand, the system controller  12  controls the amplitude adjustment coefficients to be k T =k F =k L , and controls the cumulative adding values to be FEAGC 0 =TEAGC 0 =0. Thereby, during the error signal amplitude normalizing operation period, normalization will take place as in the equations (18) and (19) below. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     FE 
                     1 
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       
                         LVLREF 
                         
                           LVL 
                           0 
                         
                       
                       × 
                       
                         FE 
                         0 
                       
                     
                     = 
                     
                       α 
                       × 
                       LVLREF 
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   18 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
             
               
                 
                   
                     TE 
                     1 
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       
                         LVLREF 
                         
                           LVL 
                           0 
                         
                       
                       × 
                       
                         TE 
                         0 
                       
                     
                     = 
                     
                       β 
                       × 
                       LVLREF 
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   19 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     As a result, the focus error data and the tracking error data are expressed by a graph as shown in  FIG. 4B . More precisely, in such a case, the error signal amplitudes for both error data coincide with each other when the servos are OFF, regardless of the amplitude of the return beam level data, but the amplitude of the focus error data when the servos are OFF and that of the tracking error data when the servos are OFF will differ in values. Thus, the unbalance between the focus error data and the tracking error data will still be present. 
     It is possible to eliminate this unbalance. To do so, the system controller  12  controls the amplitude adjustment coefficients to be k T =k F =k L  for amplitude adjustment coefficients, and controls the cumulative adding value to be FEAGC 0 =0, before starting the error signal amplitude normalizing operation. Thereby, during error signal amplitude normalizing operation period, normalization will take place as in the equations (20) and (21) below. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     FE 
                     1 
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       
                         LVLREF 
                         
                           LVL 
                           0 
                         
                       
                       × 
                       
                         FE 
                         0 
                       
                     
                     = 
                     
                       α 
                       × 
                       LVLREF 
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   20 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         
                           TE 
                           1 
                         
                         = 
                           
                         ⁢ 
                         
                           
                             LVLREF 
                             
                               LVL 
                               0 
                             
                           
                           × 
                           
                             TE 
                             0 
                           
                           × 
                           
                             10 
                             ^ 
                             
                               { 
                               
                                 
                                   d 
                                   20 
                                 
                                 × 
                                 
                                   TEAGC 
                                   0 
                                 
                               
                               } 
                             
                           
                         
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       
                         = 
                           
                         ⁢ 
                         
                           β 
                           × 
                           LVLREF 
                           × 
                           
                             10 
                             ^ 
                             
                               { 
                               
                                 
                                   d 
                                   20 
                                 
                                 × 
                                 
                                   TEAGC 
                                   0 
                                 
                               
                               } 
                             
                           
                         
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   21 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     When the system controller  12  substitutes a value expressed by the equation (22) below for TGADD 0  in the right side of the equation (21) above, the equation (23) below can be obtained. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     TEAGC 
                     0 
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       20 
                       d 
                     
                     × 
                     
                       log 
                       ⁡ 
                       
                         ( 
                         
                           α 
                           β 
                         
                         ) 
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   22 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
             
               
                 
                   
                     TE 
                     1 
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       
                         LVLREF 
                         
                           LVL 
                           0 
                         
                       
                       × 
                       
                         TE 
                         0 
                       
                       × 
                       
                         10 
                         ^ 
                         
                           { 
                           
                             
                               d 
                               20 
                             
                             × 
                             
                               TEAGC 
                               0 
                             
                           
                           } 
                         
                       
                     
                     = 
                     
                       α 
                       × 
                       LVLREF 
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   23 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     As can be seen from the equations (20) and (23), the focus error data amplitude when the servos are OFF is equal to the tracking error data amplitude when the servos are OFF. In this case, a graph as shown in  FIG. 5B  would be obtained. 
     When the graph as shown in  FIG. 6A  is obtained, on the other hand, the system controller  12  controls the amplitude adjustment coefficients to be k F =k L  and k T =0, and controls the cumulative adding values to be FEAGC 0 =TEAGC 0 =0, before starting the error signal amplitude normalizing operation. Thereby, during the error signal amplitude normalizing operation period, normalization will take place as in the equations (24) and (25) below. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     FE 
                     1 
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       
                         LVLREF 
                         
                           LVL 
                           0 
                         
                       
                       × 
                       
                         FE 
                         0 
                       
                     
                     = 
                     
                       α 
                       × 
                       LVLREF 
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   24 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
             
               
                 
                   
                     TE 
                     ⁢ 
                     
                         
                     
                     ⁢ 
                     1 
                   
                   = 
                   
                     TE 
                     ⁢ 
                     
                         
                     
                     ⁢ 
                     0 
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   25 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     As a result, the focus error data and the tracking error data have properties such as in  FIG. 6B . 
       FIG. 6C  is a graph obtained by plotting actual measurements of the focus error data and the tracking error data when the graph in  FIG. 6A  is obtained. As can be seen from the figure, the graph are similar to those in  FIG. 6B , both for the case where the error signal amplitude normalizing operation is OFF and the case where it is ON. 
     Thus, the amplitude adjustment coefficients k T , k F , k L , and the initial cumulative adding values FEAGC 0  and TEAGC 0  to be set differ depending on the properties of the focus error data and the tracking error data. Hence, the properties of both error signals must be detected at design and development of the optical disc drive device, and the system controller  12  must set the amplitude adjustment coefficients and the initial cumulative adding values that suit the detected properties. 
     It is to be noted that since the system controller  12  can set the amplitude adjustment coefficients k T , k F , k L , and the initial cumulative adding values FEAGC 0  and TEAGC 0  as desired, the amplitude adjustment coefficients and the initial cumulative adding values can be used even in cases where the error signal amplitudes and the return beam level are not in a 1:1 relation. The system controller  12  also can take into consideration differences in error generation methods, differences in laser emission patterns during recording, and the like differences. 
     If the amplitude adjustment coefficients k T , k F , k L , and the initial cumulative adding values FEAGC 0  and TEAGC 0  are determined at design and development of the optical disc drive device, then subsequently the amplitudes of both error signals can be normalized automatically in accordance with the return beam level, while the optical disc  1  is driven, even though the servos are ON. This means that both the error signal amplitudes can be normalized during data reading and during record operation without the need to turn off the servos so as to measure the error signal amplitudes at a state of the servo-OFF. More precisely, with this embodiment, it is possible, with the servo-ON, to control the error signal amplitudes (detection sensitivities) with the servo-OFF to be roughly constant. 
     With this embodiment, variation in the sensitivity of the focus actuator  9  when layer jumping is carried out, and variation in the sensitivity of the tracking actuator  10  when a track searching is performed, can be reduced. 
       FIG. 7  is a block diagram showing the detailed peripheral structure of the layer jump control data generating circuit  48  and the track search control data generating circuit  49 . As shown in  FIG. 7 , the focus servo equalizer (FE servo part)  42  controls the gain and phase of the focus servo loop. Likewise, the tracking servo equalizer (TE servo part)  43  controls the gain and phase of the tracking servo loop. 
     The gain coefficient that the focus servo loop gain adjustment coefficient multiplier (focus servo amplitude adjustment part)  44  connected at the rear side of the focus servo equalizer  42  uses for multiplication, and the gain coefficient that the tracking servo loop gain adjustment coefficient multiplier (tracking servo amplitude adjustment part)  45  connected at the rear side of the tracking servo equalizer  43  uses for multiplication, are set by the loop gain adjustment circuit  6 . 
     On the other hand, the focus error signal amplitude is normalized by the FE amplitude normalizing coefficient multipliers  37  prior to the focus servo equalizer  42 , and as a result, the focus servo loop gain adjustment coefficient multiplier  44  corrects variation in the sensitivity of the focus actuator  9 . Likewise, the tracking error signal amplitude is normalized by the TE amplitude normalizing coefficient multipliers  38  prior to the tracking servo equalizer  43 , and as a result, the tracking servo loop gain adjustment coefficient multiplier  45  corrects variation in the sensitivity of the tracking actuator  10 . The layer jump control data generating circuit  48  is disposed prior to the focus servo loop gain adjustment coefficient multiplier  44 , and likewise the track search control data generating circuit  49  is disposed prior to the tracking servo loop gain adjustment coefficient multiplier  45 . Thereby, drive sensitivity for the focus actuator  9  and the tracking actuator  10  can be adjusted by taking into consideration the layer jump control data and the track search control data, thereby reducing variation in the drive sensitivity of the focus actuator  9  during layer jumping and variation in the drive sensitivity of the tracking actuator  10  during track searching, and hence realizing stable layer jumping and track searching. 
       FIG. 8A  is a graph showing a property of the displacement amounts of the focus actuator  9  and the tracking actuator  10  versus the layer jump control data and tracking search control data.  FIG. 8B  is a graph showing a property of the related art. 
     In the related art, the FE amplitude normalizing coefficient multipliers  37  and TE amplitude normalizing coefficient multipliers  38  are not present, and the loop gain adjustment circuit  6  corrects the error signal detecting sensitivities and variation in the actuator drive sensitivities with a single correction coefficient. Also, since the conventional loop gain adjustment coefficient multipliers  44  and  45  have been disposed prior to the focus servo equalizer  42  and the tracking servo equalizer  43 , respectively, it was impossible to reduce the actuator drive sensitivity variation. 
     Incidentally, the low pass filter  53  shown in  FIG. 2  can clear the internal data when operational abnormalities are detected during defect detecting period. This makes it possible to stop error signal normalizing operation temporarily when a defect is detected. Thereby, reliability is improved. 
     Thus, with the First Embodiment, the error signal amplitude normalizing circuits  39  is provided, and the amplitude adjustment coefficients k T , k F , k L , and the initial cumulative adding values FEAGC 0  and TEAGC 0  are determined in the stage of design and development of the optical disc drive device, according to the properties of the focus error data and the tracking error data. Therefore, while the optical disc drive device is operating (while the servos are ON), the signal amplitudes (detection sensitivities) of the focus error data and the tracking error data at the servo-OFF can be automatically controlled to be constant. 
     Also, division process is unnecessary for adjustment of the signal amplitudes of the focus error data and the tracking error data, and therefore the hardware configuration can be simplified. 
     Further, because the processing multiplied by the amplitude adjustment coefficients is performed on the focus error data and the tracking error data after offset correction, there will be no danger that the offset varies, and no need to re-acquire the offset correction data, even after both error signal amplitudes are normalized. 
     Also, because the focus servo loop gain adjustment coefficient multiplier  44  and the tracking servo loop gain adjustment coefficient multiplier  45  are disposed at the rear side of the focus servo equalizer  42  and the tracking servo equalizer  43 , it is possible to perform correction for reducing variation in the drive sensitivity of the focus actuator  9  and the tracking actuator  10  can be executed even when layer jumping or track searching is performed. 
     Second Embodiment 
     Whereas one of characteristic features in the First Embodiment is in that no division process is performed for normalization processing of the focus error signal and tracking error signal amplitudes. On the contrary, in the Second Embodiment, one of the characteristic features is in that no division process is performed for normalization processing of the tilt error signal amplitude when tilt correction of the optical disc  1  is implemented. 
       FIG. 9  is a block diagram showing the schematic structure of an optical disc drive device according to the Second Embodiment of the present invention. The same reference numerals are attached to constituents in  FIG. 9  common to those in  FIG. 1 , and hereinafter, differences from  FIG. 1  will mainly be described. 
     The optical disc drive device in  FIG. 9  has a tilt correction circuit  70  in addition to the configuration in  FIG. 1 . This tilt correction circuit  70  in  FIG. 9  performs drive control of the tilt actuator so that the beam from the pickup  2  focuses perpendicularly onto the surface of the optical disc  1 . 
       FIG. 10  is the detailed structure of the tilt actuator. The tilt actuator in  FIG. 10  has a first and second tilt sensors  71 ,  72  placed on the pickup  2 , a feed mechanism  73  that moves the pickup  2  in the disc surface direction, a feed motor  74 , a tilt correction mechanism and a tilt motor  75  for adjusting the tilt. 
       FIG. 11  is a block diagram showing an example of an internal configuration of the tilt correction circuit  70 . The tilt correction circuit  70  in  FIG. 11  has a first ADC (first A/D converter)  81  that converts the sensor output signal of the first tilt sensor  71  into digital data, a second ADC (second A/D converter)  82  that converts the sensor output signal of the second tilt sensor  72  into digital data, a first offset correction circuit  83  that performs offset adjustment of the first tilt sensor  71 , a second offset correction circuit  84  that performs offset adjustment of the second tilt sensor  72 , a return beam sensor (return beam detector)  85  that detects the tilt detecting return beam level signal, which is the sum data of the two offset-adjusted sensor output data, a difference data generator (tilt error signal generator)  86  that generates the difference data between the two offset-adjusted sensor output data, a first coefficient multiplier  87  that performs amplitude adjustment of the sum data, a second coefficient multiplier (tilt error signal gain setting part)  88  that performs amplitude adjustment of the difference data, a reference difference generator  89  that generates difference data between the sum data amplitude-adjusted by the first coefficient multiplier  87  and the reference level, a first low pass filter  90  that removes high-frequency noise included in the difference data generated by the reference difference generator  89 , a second low pass filter  91  that removes high-frequency noise included in the difference data amplitude-adjusted by the second coefficient multiplier  88 , a decoder  92  that controls the amplitude of the data that passes through the first low pass filter  90  not to change drastically, a coefficient adjuster  93  that adjusts the coefficients for the first and second coefficient multipliers  87 ,  88  based on the output data of the decoder  92 , and a DAC (D/A converter)  94  that converts the data that passes through the second low pass filter  91  into analog signals, based on which the tilt motor  75  is driven. 
     The first coefficient multiplier  87 , reference difference generator  89 , first low pass filter  90 , decoder  92 , and coefficient adjuster  93  correspond to a return beam gain setting part. 
     The tilt correction circuit  70  in  FIG. 11  controls the tilt actuator  75  so that the difference data (tilt error signal) between the first and second tilt sensors  71 ,  72  is zero. Examples of cases where variation in the tilt detecting return beam intensity is present will now be described using  FIG. 12 . 
       FIGS. 12A to 12C  are waveform diagrams showing examples of the sensor output data A, B of the first and second tilt sensors  71 ,  72 . The tilt angle on the disc surface is proportional to the difference data (A−B) between the two sensor output data A and B. As shown in  FIGS. 12A to 12C , in cases where variation in the tilt detecting return beam intensity is present, the amplitude of the sensor output data A and B will not always be the same, even with the same disc surface tilt angle. When the amplitude of the sensor output data A and B changes, the difference data (A−B) therebetween also changes, and variation arises in the detection sensitivity of the tilt error signal. 
     Accordingly, in this embodiment, first of all, the return beam sensor  85  detects the overall light intensity and generates a tilt detecting return beam level signal. Then amplitude correction of the tilt error signal is performed based on the difference data between the tilt detecting return beam level signal and the reference level, so that the detection sensitivity for the tilt error signal does not vary with the reflected light intensity. More precisely, an amplitude adjustment amount for the tilt error signal is set according to the tilt detecting return beam level signal level so that the tilt in the vicinity of an origin point of the tilt error signal (zone where the tilt error signal level is zero) is roughly constant. 
     In  FIG. 11 , When it is assumed that the offset-adjusted sensor output data is denoted as A 0  and B 0 , the amplitude adjustment coefficient for the first and second coefficient multipliers  87  and  88  is denoted as G, and the reference level is denoted as LVLREF, G is controlled automatically so that equation (26) below is established.
 
( A   0   +B   0 )× G=LVLREF   (26)
 
     where G is given by equation (27) below. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   G 
                   = 
                   
                     LVLREF 
                     
                       ( 
                       
                         
                           A 
                           0 
                         
                         + 
                         
                           B 
                           0 
                         
                       
                       ) 
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   27 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     Since the amplitude of the data (A 0 −B 0 ), representing the tilt angle of the disc surface is adjusted by the second coefficient multiplier  88 , the relation in equation (28) below is established. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       ( 
                       
                         
                           A 
                           0 
                         
                         - 
                         
                           B 
                           0 
                         
                       
                       ) 
                     
                     × 
                     G 
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       
                         ( 
                         
                           
                             A 
                             0 
                           
                           - 
                           
                             B 
                             0 
                           
                         
                         ) 
                       
                       
                         ( 
                         
                           
                             A 
                             0 
                           
                           + 
                           
                             B 
                             0 
                           
                         
                         ) 
                       
                     
                     × 
                     LVLREF 
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   28 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     As is clear from the right side of equation (28), the data expressing the tilt angle is normalized using the tilt detecting return beam level signal, and the tilt error signal detection sensitivity is constant at all times, regardless of the reflected light intensity. 
       FIG. 13  is a waveform diagram showing an example of the output signal of the second coefficient multiplier  88  in  FIG. 11 . As can be seen from  FIG. 13 , when the tilt angle is the same, the amplitude of the output signal of the second coefficient multiplier  88  becomes constant at all times, even if the amplitudes of the sensor output data A, B change. Hence, it is possible to reduce variation in the detection sensitivity of the tilt error signal. 
       FIG. 14  is a signal waveform diagram showing the first and second tilt sensor output data  81 ,  82 , and the output signal of the second coefficient multiplier  88 . As can be seen from  FIG. 14 , the amplitude of the output signal from the second coefficient multiplier  88  is constant at all times. 
     As described above, according to the Second Embodiment, the detection sensitivity of the tilt error can be maintained constant, because the amplitude of the difference data between the output data of the two sensors is adjusted using the amplitude adjustment coefficient determined so that the sum data of the output data of the two sensors coincides with the reference level. 
     Also, the scale of the hardware can be reduced, because the division process is unnecessary for adjustment of the difference data amplitude using the amplitude adjustment coefficient. 
     Although based on above description, those skilled in the art can figure out additional effects and variations of the present invention, the aspect of the present invention is not limited to the stated each embodiments. Various additions, alterations and partial deletions can be done to the present invention within the conceptualistic thought and purpose of the present invention drawn on the claims and the equivalents.