Method and system for correction of errors

1. A method for correction of track related errors of an optical information carrier ( 14 ) during recording by a recorder, comprising an optical pick-up unit ( 30 ) controlled by a servo system ( 34 ) arranged to follow tracks prerecorded in said carrier, the method characterized in:

retrieving an amplitude and phase of a motor disturbance at an i:th harmonic of rotation frequency, where i=1. . . N, pertaining to periodic disturbances associated with the rotational speed of a drive mechanism or any harmonics thereof relating to the recorder, from a memory of the recorder; and

adding said amplitude and phase of a motor disturbance at an i:th harmonic of rotation frequency, to a repetitive control/learning feedforward control circuit ( 88 ) of said servo system ( 34 ) to correct for said periodic disturbances during recording.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said periodic disturbances relating to the recorder are turntable and spindle motor errors.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

suppressing only information pertaining to said periodic disturbances coming from turntable and spindle motor during recording by said repetitive control/learning feedforward control circuit ( 88 ).

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

obtaining a rotation signal representative of a rotation speed of the information carrier ( 14 );

feeding said rotation signal to a correction circuit ( 86 ) for calculation of suppressing information;

feeding said suppressing information to said repetitive control/learning feedforward control circuit ( 88 ) to calculate a suppressing signal to be added to a servo control signal for controlling said servo system ( 34 ).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said information pertaining to periodic disturbances relating to the recorder is obtained by the following steps:

playing an information carrier ( 14 ) without carrier periodic disturbances;

obtaining a signal related to said periodic disturbances according to the following equation:

Y

1

⁡

(

k

)

=

∑

i

=

1

N

⁢

A

1

⁢

i

⁢

sin

⁡

(

ω

i

⁢

kT

+

θ

1

⁢

i

)

(

1

)

where Y 1 refers to the radial/focus error signal induced by the periodic disturbances of the recorder, ω i =iω 0 is the disc rotation frequency, A 1i is the amplitude of the disturbances at said i:th harmonic of rotation frequency and θ 1i is the phase of the motor disturbance at said i:th harmonic of rotation frequency, and T is the sampling time and k is a real number; and

taking the FFT transform of equation (1) in order to obtain the amplitudes A 1i and the phases θ 1i .

6. A system for correction of track related errors of an optical information carrier ( 14 ) during recording by a recorder, comprising an optical pick-up unit ( 30 ) controlled by a servo system ( 34 ) arranged to follow tracks prerecorded in said carrier, said system comprising:

a memory comprising information pertaining to periodic disturbances associated with the rotational speed of the drive mechanism or any harmonics thereof relating to the recorder, wherein said information comprises an amplitude and phase of a motor disturbance at an i:th harmonic of rotation frequency, where i =1. . . N, ; and

a repetitive control/learning feedforward track control circuit ( 88 ) of said servo system ( 34 ) to correct for such periodic disturbances during recording.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein said periodic disturbances relating to the recorder are turntable and spindle motor errors.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein

said repetitive control/learning feedforward control circuit ( 88 ) suppresses only information pertaining to said periodic disturbances coming from turntable and spindle motor during recording.

9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:

a sensor for obtaining a rotation signal representative of a rotation speed of the information carrier ( 14 );

a correction circuit ( 86 ) for calculation of suppressing information based on said rotation signal;

said repetitive control/learning control/learning feedforward control circuit ( 88 ) being arranged to calculate a suppressing signal to be added to a servo control signal for controlling said servo system ( 34 ) based on said suppressing information.

10. A method for correction of track related errors of an optical information carrier ( 14 ) during recording by a recorder, comprising an optical pick-up unit ( 30 ) controlled by a servo system ( 34 ) arranged to follow tracks prerecorded in said carrier, the method characterized in:

retrieving information pertaining to periodic disturbances associated with the rotational speed of a drive mechanism or any harmonics thereof relating to the recorder, from a memory of the recorder; and

adding said amplitude and phase of a motor disturbance at an i:th harmonic of rotation frequency, to a repetitive control/learning feedforward control circuit ( 88 ) of said servo system ( 34 ) to correct for said periodic disturbances during recording

wherein said information pertaining to periodic disturbances relating to the recorder is obtained by the following steps:

playing an information carrier ( 14 ) without carrier periodic disturbances;

obtaining a signal related to said periodic disturbances according to the following equation:

Y

1

⁡

(

k

)

=

∑

i

=

1

N

⁢

⁢

A

1

⁢

i

⁢

sin

⁡

(

ω

i

⁢

kT

+

θ

1

⁢

i

)

(

1

)

where Y 1 refers to the radial/focus error signal induced by the periodic disturbances of the recorder, ω i =iω 0 is the disc rotation frequency, A 1i is the amplitude of the disturbances at said i:th harmonic of rotation frequency and θ 1i is the phase of the motor disturbance at said i:th harmonic of rotation frequency, and T is the sampling time and k is a real number; and

taking the FFT transform of equation (1) in order to obtain the amplitudes A 1i and the phases θ 1i .

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein said periodic disturbances relating to the recorder are turntable and spindle motor errors.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

suppressing only information pertaining to said periodic disturbances coming from turntable and spindle motor during recording by said repetitive control/learning feedforward control circuit ( 88 ).

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

obtaining a rotation signal representative of a rotation speed of the information carrier ( 14 );

feeding said rotation signal to a correction circuit ( 86 ) for calculation of suppressing information;

feeding said suppressing information to said repetitive control/learning feedforward control circuit ( 88 ) to calculate a suppressing signal to be added to a servo control signal for controlling said servo system ( 34 ).