Optical disk apparatus

1. An optical disk apparatus comprising:

a rotation driving section on which an optical disk is to be mounted and which drives the optical disk so as to be rotated;

a light source;

an objective lens for converging light from the light source onto an optical disk mounted on the rotation driving section;

a photodetector having at least two detection sections for detecting reflected light, from the optical disk, of the light; and

an error signal generation section for deriving a difference signal and a sum signal of respective outputs from the two detection sections of the photodetector, adjusting an offset in at least the sum signal among the difference signal and the sum signal, and thereafter dividing the difference signal by the sum signal whose offset has been adjusted to generate a position error signal of the objective lens, wherein,

the error signal generation section includes:

a subtracter for deriving a difference between the signals respectively obtained from the two detection sections of the photodetector and outputting a difference signal;

an adder for deriving a sum of the signals respectively output from the two detection sections of the photodetector and outputting a sum signal;

an offset adjustment section for adjusting an offset in the sum signal; and

a divider for dividing the difference signal by the sum signal whose offset has been adjusted, and

the offset adjustment section adjusts the offset in the sum signal so that error signals obtained at no less than two different positions along a radial direction of the optical disk have an equal amplitude.

2. The optical disk apparatus of claim 1 , wherein,

from the sum signal a value a is adjusted that satisfies:

a =( E 1 ×S 2− E 2 ×S 1)/( E 1 −E 2),

where E 1 and S 1 are amplitudes of the difference signal and the sum signal at a first position on the optical disk; and E 2 and S 2 are amplitudes of the difference signal and the sum signal at a second position on the optical disk.

3. An optical disk apparatus comprising:

a rotation driving section on which an optical disk is to be mounted and which drives the optical disk so as to be rotated;

a light source;

an objective lens for converging light from the light source onto an optical disk mounted on the rotation driving section;

a photodetector having at least two detection sections for detecting reflected light, from the optical disk, of the light; and

an error signal generation section for deriving a difference signal and a sum signal of respective outputs from the two detection sections of the photodetector, adjusting an offset in at least the sum signal among the difference signal and the sum signal, and thereafter dividing the difference signal by the sum signal whose offset has been adjusted to generate a position error signal of the objective lens, wherein,

the error signal generation section includes:

first and second offset adjustment sections for adjusting offsets in the signals respectively obtained from the two detection sections of the photodetector;

a subtracter for deriving a difference between the signals whose offsets have been adjusted, and outputting a difference signal;

an adder for deriving a sum of the signals whose offsets have been adjusted, and outputting a sum signal; and

a divider for dividing the difference signal by the sum signal, and

from the signals obtained from the detection sections, the first and second offset adjustment sections adjust values e and f that satisfy:

e={E 3×(2× S 4+ E 4 p−E 4 n )− E 4×(2× S 3+ E 3 p−E 3 n )}/{4×( E 3 −E 4)}

and

f={E 3×(2× S 4 −E 4 p+E 4 n )− E 4×(2× S 3 −E 3 p+E 3 n )}/{4×( E 3 −E 4)},

where E 3 and S 3 are amplitudes of the difference signal and the sum signal at a first position on the optical disk; E 3 p and E 3 n are positive and negative components of the amplitude E 3 of the difference signal; E 4 and S 4 are amplitudes of the difference signal and the sum signal at a second position on the optical disk; and E 4 p and E 4 n are positive and negative components of the amplitude E 4 of the difference signal.

4. A control method for an optical disk apparatus including: a rotation driving section on which an optical disk is to be mounted and which drives the optical disk so as to be rotated; a light source; an objective lens for converging light from the light source onto an optical disk mounted on the rotation driving section; and a photodetector having at least two detection sections for detecting reflected light, from the optical disk, of the light, the method comprising the step of:

deriving a difference signal and a sum signal of respective outputs from the two detection sections of the photodetector, adjusting an offset in at least the sum signal among the difference signal and the sum signal, and thereafter dividing the difference signal by the sum signal whose offset has been adjusted to generate a position error signal of the objective lens, wherein,

the step of generating a position error signal includes:

a step of deriving a difference between the signals respectively obtained from the two detection sections of the photodetector and generating a difference signal;

a step of deriving a sum of the signals respectively obtained from the two detection sections of the photodetector and generating a sum signal;

a step of adjusting an offset in the sum signal; and

a step of dividing the difference signal by the sum signal whose offset has been adjusted to generate the position error signal, and

the step of adjusting the offset in the sum signal adjusts the offset in the sum signal so that error signals obtained at no less than two different positions along a radial direction of the optical disk have an equal amplitude.

5. The control method for an optical disk apparatus of claim 4 , wherein,

the step of adjusting the offset in the sum signal adjusts, from the sum signal, a value a that satisfies:

a =( E 1 ×S 2 −E 2 ×S 1)/( E 1 −E 2),

where E 1 and S 1 are amplitudes of the difference signal and the sum signal at a first position on the optical disk; and E 2 and S 2 are amplitudes of the difference signal and the sum signal at a second position on the optical disk.

6. A control method for an optical disk apparatus including: a rotation driving section on which an optical disk is to be mounted and which drives the optical disk so as to be rotated; a light source; an objective lens for converging light from the light source onto an optical disk mounted on the rotation driving section; and a photodetector having at least two detection sections for detecting reflected light, from the optical disk, of the light, the method comprising the step of:

deriving a difference signal and a sum signal of respective outputs from the two detection sections of the photodetector, adjusting an offset in at least the sum signal among the difference signal and the sum signal, and thereafter dividing the difference signal by the sum signal whose offset has been adjusted to generate a position error signal of the objective lens, wherein,

the step of generating the position error signal includes:

a step of adjusting offsets in the signals respectively obtained from the two detection sections of the photodetector;

a step of deriving a difference between the signals whose offsets have been adjusted, and generating a difference signal;

a step of deriving a sum of the signals whose offsets have been adjusted, and generating a sum signal; and

a step of dividing the difference signal by the sum signal to generate the position error signal, and

the step of adjusting the offsets adjusts, from the signals obtained from the detection sections, values e and f that satisfy:

e={E 3×(2× S 4 +E 4 p−E 4 n )− E 4×(2× S 3 −E 3 p−E 3 n )}/{4×( E 3 −E 4)}

and

f={E 3×(2× S 4 −E 4 p+E 4 n )− E 4×(2× S 3 −E 3 p+E 3 n )}/{4×( E 3 −E 4)},

where E 3 and S 3 are amplitudes of the difference signal and the sum signal at a first position on the optical disk; E 3 p and E 3 n are positive and negative components of the amplitude E 3 of the difference signal; E 4 and S 4 are amplitudes of the difference signal and the sum signal at a second position on the optical disk; and E 4 p and E 4 n are positive and negative components of the amplitude E 4 of the difference signal.