Patent ID: 7483347

Claim:
An optical disk apparatus comprising: a reading unit for radiating a laser beam via an objective lens to an optical disk set in a main body to read data recorded on the optical disk; a tilt angle control unit for controlling a tilt angle of the reading unit in relation to the optical disk; a focus control unit for executing a focus control by which the objective lens is moved to a direction of contacting on and off the optical disk on the basis of a focus error signal indicating a deviation extent of a focusing position of the laser beam from a recording plane of the optical disk; and a focus bias control unit for controlling a focus bias which is used for the focus control by the focus control unit; a detection unit for detecting a tilt angle of the reading unit in relation to the optical disk by referring to two detection points on an inner circumference of the optical disk and an outer circumference of the optical disk, the detection unit detecting a focus bias by the detected tilt angle, a tilt angle estimating unit for estimating a tilt angle of the reading unit at a radial position of the optical disk by referring to a linear approximation of the tilt angle detected at the two detection points by the detection unit; a focus bias estimating unit for estimating a focus bias at a radial position of the optical disk by referring to a linear approximation of the focus bias detected at the two detection points by the detection unit, wherein the tilt angle control unit controls a tilt angle of the reading unit at a radial position of the optical disk on the basis of the tilt angle of the reading unit at the radial position of the optical disk estimated by the tilt angle estimating unit at the time of reading data recorded on the optical disk, wherein the focus bias control unit controls a focus bias on the basis of the focus bias at the radial position of the optical disk estimated by the focus bias estimating unit at the time of reading the data recorded on the optical disk, wherein the detection unit detects, as the tilt angle, a tilt angle which is obtained when the tilt angle of the reading unit is allowed to change at each detection point in relation to the optical disk, thereby attaining a greatest value in amplitude of reading signal of the data recorded on the optical disk of the reading unit, and wherein the detection unit detects, as the focus bias, a focus bias which is obtained when the focus bias of the reading unit is allowed to change in relation to the optical disk, thereby attaining the greatest value in amplitude of reading signals of the data recorded on the optical disk of the reading unit.