Granted Patent B2

US 6,937,543 · App. 09/950,514 · Granted Aug 30, 2005

Abstract

Claims (10)

1. A method of providing a focus control signal during a multi-track seek operation, comprising:

digitizing signals from detectors in an optic pick-up unit;

calculating a focus error signal from versions of the digitized signals;

filtering the focus error signal with a notch filter with a center frequency dependent on a seek reference velocity from the multi-track seek operation to form a filtered error signal; and

calculating the focus control signal from the filtered error signal during the multi-track seek operation.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the seek reference velocity varies from about 2 kHz to about 10 kHz.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the center frequency is equal to the seek reference velocity.

4. An optical disk drive, comprising: an optical pick-up unit; an analog-to-digital converter coupled to receive signals from detectors in the optical pick-up unit and provide digital signals; and at least one processor coupled to receive versions of the digital signals, the at least one processor calculating a focus error signal from the versions wherein the at least one processor executes an algorithm during a multi-track seek operation that filters the focus error signal with a notch filter with a center frequency dependent on a seek reference velocity from the multi-track seek operation to form a filtered error signal, and calculates a focus control signal from the filtered error signal during the multi-track seek operation.

5. The drive of claim 4 , wherein the seek reference velocity varies from about 2 kHz to about 10 kHz.

6. The drive of claim 4 , wherein the center frequency is equal to the seek reference velocity.

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