JPH10188293A - Optical disk reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make possible a rapid focus jump when a device is provided with a focusing servo mechanism. SOLUTION: A focus drive voltage FDv supplied from a driver 30 to an actuator 161 for performing a focusing servo is detected by a focus drive voltage detector 32, and a moving speed of an objective lens is calculated by a digital signal processor 22 based on its focus drive voltage FDv. Further, the focus jump is made to be performed when the moving speed is maximum.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an optical disk reproducing apparatus, and more particularly, to an optical disk reproducing apparatus for reproducing a multilayer optical disk having a plurality of recording layers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The recording capacity of a general compact disk (CD) currently provided is 640 Mbytes, but recently a digital video disk (DVD) having a recording capacity of 4.7 Gbytes with the increase in density has been developed. ) Is also provided. Further, a two-layer DVD having a recording capacity of 8.5 Gbytes by forming the signal recording surface into two layers has also been proposed (for example, Toshiki Kishi, et al., "Single-side reading dual-layer optical disk", National Technical Report Vol. .4
1, No. 6, 10-16, December 1995).

In order to reproduce a two-layer optical disk having two recording layers (signal recording surfaces), a method of reproducing two signal recording surfaces from one surface of the disk and a method of reproducing one signal recording surface from both surfaces of the disk are described. There is a way to do it.
However, the method of reproducing one signal recording surface from both surfaces is complicated since it is necessary to turn the disk over when reproducing the other signal recording surface after the reproduction of one signal recording surface is completed. It is. Further, it is not possible to immediately reproduce another signal recording surface while reproducing one signal recording surface. For this reason, a method of reproducing two signal recording surfaces from one surface has become mainstream.

A single-sided reading dual-layer optical disk as described above has a reflective recording layer made of aluminum or the like and having a reflectance of 70% or more, and a 30% made of gold or the like as a material.
And a translucent recording layer having a degree of reflectance. An ultraviolet curable resin having a thickness of about 40 μm is interposed between the two recording layers as an intermediate layer.

As described above, in the two-layer optical disk, one of the recording layers is of a semi-transparent type. Therefore, by irradiating a laser beam from one side direction to focus on each recording layer,
Information recorded on the recording layer can be read through an optical pickup device.

In the case of a two-layer optical disc, the objective lens is moved in the optical axis direction in order to refocus the laser beam on the other recording layer during reproduction of one recording layer and to start reproduction of the other recording layer. A so-called focus jump of moving is performed (for example, see Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
No. 31).

On the other hand, since an actual optical disk has a surface runout within a range of about ± 0.5 mm, the optical disk reproducing apparatus controls the objective lens so that the distance between the objective lens and the signal recording surface of the optical disk is kept constant. A focusing servo mechanism for moving the lens in the optical axis direction is provided.

[0008]

However, since the conventional focus jump is performed while changing the objective lens in the optical axis direction for focusing servo control, it takes a long time to perform the focus jump depending on the timing. There was something.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an optical disk reproducing apparatus capable of performing a quick focus jump.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an optical disc reproducing apparatus for reproducing a multi-layer optical disc having a plurality of recording layers. An objective lens for receiving the laser beam, focusing servo means for moving the objective lens in the direction of its optical axis so that the laser beam from the laser is focused on the recording layer, and speed detecting means for detecting a moving speed of the objective lens. When the moving speed of the objective lens detected by the speed detecting means is substantially maximum, the objective lens is moved so that the focal point of the laser beam by the objective lens moves from one of the recording layers to another of the recording layers. Focus jump means for moving in the optical axis direction.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the optical disk reproducing apparatus, in addition to the first aspect, a light detecting means for generating a detection signal in response to the laser beam reflected by the recording layer;
A focus error signal generating unit configured to generate a focus error signal based on a detection signal from the light detection unit. The focusing servo means includes: a drive voltage generation means for generating a drive voltage in response to a focus error signal from the focus error signal generation means; and an objective lens in the optical axis direction in response to the drive voltage from the drive voltage generation means. And a focus actuator for moving the focus actuator. The speed detecting means includes a driving voltage detecting means for detecting a driving voltage from the driving voltage generating means, and a calculating means for calculating a moving speed of the objective lens based on the driving voltage detected by the driving voltage detecting means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the optical disc reproducing apparatus further includes a light detecting means for generating a detection signal in response to the laser beam reflected by the recording layer;
A focus error signal generating unit configured to generate a focus error signal based on a detection signal from the light detection unit. The focusing servo means includes: a drive current generation means for generating a drive current in response to a focus error signal from the focus error signal generation means; and an objective lens in the optical axis direction in response to the drive current from the drive current generation means. And a focus actuator for moving the focus actuator. The speed detecting means includes a driving current detecting means for detecting a driving current from the driving current generating means, and a calculating means for calculating a moving speed of the objective lens based on the driving current detected by the driving current detecting means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the speed detecting means includes:
An optical sensor for detecting the displacement of the objective lens and a differentiating means for differentiating the displacement of the objective lens detected by the optical sensor are included.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the speed detecting means includes:
A displacement signal generating means for generating a displacement signal indicating the displacement of the objective lens, and first extracting means for extracting a frequency component equal to the rotation frequency of the multilayer optical disc from the displacement signal from the displacement signal generating means.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the fifth aspect, in addition to the configuration of the fifth aspect, the speed detecting means further comprises a frequency component twice the rotation frequency of the multilayer optical disc based on the displacement signal from the displacement signal generating means. And second extraction means for extracting

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an optical disk reproducing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, an optical disc reproducing apparatus 11 for reproducing a multi-layer optical disc 10 has a spindle motor 12 on which the multi-layer optical disc 10 is mounted, and which rotates the mounted multi-layer optical disc 10 at a predetermined speed. A rotation speed detector 14 for detecting a rotation speed and generating a rotation synchronization signal FG; and an optical pickup device 16 for irradiating a recording layer of the multilayer optical disc 10 with a laser beam and reading information recorded on the recording layer.
A head amplifier 18 for amplifying a reproduction signal RF, a focus error signal FE, and a tracking error signal TE from an optical pickup device 16;
An A / D converter 20 for AD-converting an output signal from
A digital signal processor (DS) for processing output signals from the / D conversion unit 20 and the like according to a predetermined program
P) 22 and a read-only memory (ROM) 24 in which a program for operating the DSP 22 is stored.
A random access memory (RAM) 26 for temporarily storing data necessary for the processing of the DSP 22;
D / A converter 2 for DA-converting the output signal from SP22
8, a driver 30 for generating a focus drive voltage FDv for driving a focus / tracking actuator 161 in the optical pickup device 16 in response to an output signal from the D / A converter 28, and a focus drive from the driver 30 A focus drive voltage detector 32 for detecting the voltage FDv and an A / D converter 34 for AD converting the focus drive voltage FDv from the focus drive voltage detector 32 are provided.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the optical pickup device 16 shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 2, an optical pickup device 16 includes a semiconductor laser 162 that generates a laser beam, a half mirror 163 that reflects a laser beam from semiconductor laser 162 at right angles,
A collimator lens 164 for collimating the laser beam from the half mirror 163; a rising mirror 165 for reflecting the laser beam from the collimator lens 164 in the Z (optical axis of the objective lens 166) direction;
And an objective lens 166 for focusing the laser beam from the rising mirror 165 on the first recording layer 101 or the second recording layer 102, and moving the objective lens 166 in the Z (optical axis) direction. Focus / tracking actuators 161 and 2 for performing focusing servo control and moving the objective lens 166 in the X (tracking) direction to perform tracking servo control.
The collimator lens 164 is reflected by the
And a photodetector 16 that generates detection signals DE1 to DE4 in response to the laser beam transmitted through the half mirror 163.
7 and a reproduction / FE for generating a reproduction signal RF, a focus error signal FE, and a tracking error signal TE based on the detection signals DE1 to DE4 from the photodetector 167.
And a TE signal generation circuit 168.

The photodetector 167 is composed of four divided sensors 301 to 304 as shown in FIG. The split sensors 301 to 304 respectively generate detection signals DE to DE4 according to the amount of light received by the laser beam.

The reproduction / FE / TE signal generation circuit 168
The sum of the detection signals DE1 to DE4 is converted to a reproduction signal RF (= DE
1 + DE2 + DE3 + DE4), and outputs the sum of the detection signals DE1 and DE3 and the detection signal DE2.
And the difference from the sum of DE4 and the focus error signal FE
Output as (= (DE1 + DE3)-(DE2 + DE4)).

The actuator 161 is, as shown in FIG. 4, a lens holder 40 for holding an objective lens 166.
1, a focus coil 402 wound around the lens holder 401, tracking coils 403a and 403b attached to both end surfaces of the focus coil 402 in the Y direction, and attached to both end surfaces of the lens holder 401 in the X direction. Four leaf springs 404, a fixed base 405 for supporting the leaf springs 404, yokes 407 inserted into the two concave portions 406 of the lens holder 401, a focus coil 402 and a tracking coil 403a, respectively.
Permanent magnet 408 for applying a magnetic field perpendicular to 403b
And a yoke 409 for supporting the permanent magnet 408, and a yoke base 410 for supporting the yokes 407 and 409.

The focus drive voltage FDv from the driver 30 shown in FIG. 1 is supplied to the focus coil 402, so that the laser beam is applied to the first recording layer 101 or the second recording layer 102 of the two-layer optical disc 10. The lens holder 401 moves in the Z direction so as to focus, and the objective lens 166 moves in the Z (optical axis) direction.

The driver 30 also generates a tracking drive voltage for driving the focus / tracking actuator 161. The tracking drive voltage is supplied to the tracking coils 403a and 403b, whereby the lens holder 401 moves in the X (tracking) direction so that the laser beam is always irradiated on the track of the dual-layer optical disc 10, and the objective lens 166 is moved in the X direction. Go to

The ROM 24 stores programs as shown in FIGS. The flowchart of FIG. 5 shows a routine for determining the rotation frequency f ₁ of the 2-layer optical disc 10 based on the rotation synchronizing signal FG from the rotational speed detector 14. The flowchart of FIG. 6 is for detecting when the moving speed of the objective lens 166 becomes maximum based on the focus drive voltage FDv detected by the focus drive voltage detector 32, and performing a focus jump at the detected time. Show the routine.

Next, the operation of the optical disk reproducing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described.
The operation for determining the rotation frequency of the above will be described.

The dual-layer optical disk 10 is a spindle motor 1
When the loaded dual-layer optical disk 10 is rotated by the spindle motor 12, the rotational speed detector 14 detects the rotational speed of the dual-layer optical disk 10 and outputs a rotational synchronization signal as shown in FIG. Generate FG. The rotation synchronization signal FG has a cycle equal to the rotation cycle of the double-layer optical disc 10.

Subsequently, referring to the flowchart of FIG. 5, the DSP 22 receives the rotation synchronization signal FG from the rotation speed detector 14 and detects its rising edge (S
1). When a rising edge of the rotation synchronizing signal FG is detected, the DSP 22 operates a built-in timer (T) (not shown).
Is reset to zero (S2).

Subsequently, the DSP 22 detects the rising edge of the rotation synchronization signal FG again (S3). Therefore,
The timer (T) measures the time from one rising edge of the rotation synchronization signal FG to the next rising edge, that is, the period of the rotation synchronization signal FG. When the rising edge of rotation synchronization signal FG is detected again, DSP2
2 is the reciprocal (1/1 /) of the period T measured by the timer.
T) is set to a parameter f ₁ prepared in advance, and twice its reciprocal (2 / T) is set to another parameter f ₂ prepared in advance. The parameter f ₁ set in this way represents the rotation frequency of the double-layer optical disk 10, and the parameter f ₂ represents twice the rotation frequency of the double-layer optical disk 10.

Next, the focusing servo operation will be described. For example, if the two-layer optical disc 10 has a one-period surface runout as shown in FIG. 8A, the signal recording surface makes one reciprocation in the direction perpendicular to the surface every time the two-layer optical disc 10 makes one rotation. .

The signal recording surface of the dual-layer optical disk 10 is shown in FIG.
In (a), if the laser beam swings in the + direction, the focal point of the laser beam deviates from the signal recording surface, so that a focus error signal FE indicating that the objective lens 166 is too far from the signal recording surface is generated. The DSP 22 instructs the driver 30 to generate an appropriate focus drive voltage FDv in response to such a focus error signal FE. As a result, the driver 30 generates a positive focus drive voltage FDv as shown in FIG.
To the focus coil 402. When the positive focus drive voltage FDv is supplied to the focus coil 402, the direction of the objective lens 166 held by the lens holder 401 in the Z (optical axis) direction and approaching the double-layer optical disc 10 due to the action of the magnetic field by the permanent magnet 408 Move to.
Thereby, the focal point of the laser beam returns to the signal recording surface.

On the other hand, when the signal recording surface is deflected to the negative side as shown in FIG. 8A, the focal point of the laser beam deviates from the signal recording surface. The indicated focus error signal FE is generated. The DSP 22 has such a focus error signal F
In response to E, the driver 30 is instructed to generate an appropriate focus drive voltage FDv. This allows driver 3
0 generates a negative focus drive voltage FDv and supplies it to the focus coil 402 of the actuator 161 as shown in FIG. Negative focus drive voltage FD
When v is supplied to the focus coil 402, the objective lens 166 held by the lens holder 401 moves in the Z (optical axis) direction and in the direction away from the double-layer optical disc 10 by the action of the magnetic field by the permanent magnet 408. Thereby, the focal point of the laser beam returns to the signal recording surface.

As described above, even if the two-layer optical disc 10 has a runout, the optical disc reproducing apparatus 11 has the focusing servo mechanism, so that the laser beam is always emitted from the first recording layer 101 or the second recording layer. The objective lens 166 is moved in the Z (optical axis) direction so as to focus on the layer 102.

Next, the focus jump operation will be described. Referring to the flowchart of FIG. 6, focus drive voltage FDv output from driver 30 is detected by focus drive voltage detector 32, and the detected focus drive voltage FDv is converted by A / D converter 34 into A / D converter 34.
After being D-converted, it is supplied to the DSP 22 (S11).
Thus, in the case of the two-layer optical disc 10 having a one-period surface runout as shown in FIG. 9A, a focus drive voltage FDv as shown in FIG. 9B is obtained.
On the other hand, in the case of the two-layer optical disc 10 having a two-period surface runout as shown in FIG. 9F, a focus drive voltage FDv as shown in FIG. 9G is obtained. The focus drive voltage FDv obtained in this way corresponds to the displacement of the objective lens 166. Therefore, the focus drive voltage FDv is also a displacement signal indicating the displacement of the objective lens 166.

Subsequently, the DSP 22 performs an operation of a band-pass filter (BPF) on the obtained focus drive voltage FDv with the rotation frequency f ₁ of the two-layer optical disc 10 as the center frequency (S12). Rotation frequency f ₁
Is determined by the flowchart of FIG.

A two-layer optical disk 10 is shown in FIG.
Focus when there is one cycle of surface runout
The drive voltage FDv is equal to the rotational frequency as shown in FIG.
Number f ₁Contains a frequency component equal to
From the driving voltage FDv as shown in FIG.
Focus drive voltage FD₁Is extracted.

On the other hand, when the two-layer optical disk 10 has a two-period surface runout as shown in FIG. 9F, the focus drive voltage FDv becomes the rotation frequency fd as shown in FIG. Since it does not contain a frequency component equal to ₁ ,
Figure 9 any of the focus drive voltage FD _1, as shown in (h) is also not extracted.

Subsequently, the DSP 22 applies a BPF to the obtained focus drive voltage FDv with the frequency f ₂ twice the rotation frequency of the multilayer optical disc 10 as the center frequency.
(S13). Twice the frequency f ₂ of the rotational frequency is used that is determined by the flow chart of FIG.

When the two-layer optical disc 10 has a one-period surface runout as shown in FIG. 9A, the focus drive voltage FDv has a frequency component twice the rotation frequency as shown in FIG. 9B. , No focus drive voltage FD ₂ is extracted as shown in FIG. 9D.

On the other hand, when the two-layer optical disk 10 has a one-period surface runout as shown in FIG. 9 (f), the focus drive voltage FDv becomes lower than the rotational frequency as shown in FIG. because it contains twice the frequency components, the focus drive voltage FD ₂ as shown from the focus drive voltage FDv in FIG 9 (i) is extracted.

Subsequently, the DSP 22 extracts the extracted file.
Focus drive voltage FD₁And FD _TwoSum of (FD_{1 + 2}=
FD₁+ FD_Two) Is calculated (S14). Double-layer optical disc
As shown in FIG. 9 (a), the
If so, the focus drive voltage shown in FIG.
FD₁Is the focus drive voltage FD shown in FIG.
_TwoAnd the focus as shown in FIG.
Drive voltage FD_{1 + 2}Is obtained. On the other hand, a two-layer optical disc 1
0 has two-period runout as shown in FIG. 9 (f).
The focus drive voltage FD shown in FIG.
₁Is the focus drive voltage FD shown in FIG._TwoWhen
The focus driving is performed as shown in FIG.
Voltage FD_{1 + 2}Is obtained.

Subsequently, the DSP 22 detects a time (zero cross point; point A) at which the differential coefficient of the obtained focus drive voltage FD _{1 + 2} becomes minimum (S15), and detects the time of the focus drive voltage FD _{1 + 2} . If the differential coefficient is not the minimum, the time when the differential coefficient becomes the maximum (zero cross point; point B) is detected (S16). That is, the DSP 22 detects a time when the moving speed of the objective lens 166 becomes maximum.

When the reproduction of the second recording layer 102 is started immediately during the reproduction of the first recording layer 101, that is, the first
When the focus jump is performed from the first recording layer 101 to the second recording layer 102, the focus driving signal F
When D _{1 + 2} reaches the point A, the DSP 22
To perform a focus jump. Accordingly, the actuator 161 moves the objective lens 166 upward (in a direction approaching the double-layer optical disc 10), thereby performing a focus jump (S17).

On the other hand, when the reproduction of the first recording layer 101 is started immediately during the reproduction of the second recording layer 102, that is, when the focus jump is performed from the second recording layer 102 to the first recording layer 101. When the focus drive signal FD _{1 + 2} reaches the point B, the DSP 22 instructs the driver 30 to perform a focus jump. As a result, the actuator 161 moves the objective lens 166 downward (in a direction away from the dual-layer optical disc 10) to perform a focus jump (S).
18).

FIG. 10 is a graph showing the time change of the surface runout of the dual-layer optical disk 10, as in FIG. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 0, when the surface deflection becomes maximum in the + direction, that is, when the two-layer optical disc 10 is farthest from the objective lens 166, Z (vertical) of the two-layer optical disc 10
Since the moving speed in the direction becomes zero, the moving speed in the Z (optical axis) direction of the objective lens 166 also becomes zero. continue,
Although the two-layer optical disk 10 approaches the objective lens 166, the moving speed of the two-layer optical disk 10 becomes maximum when the surface deflection becomes zero. As described above, when the two-layer optical disk 10 is approaching the objective lens 166 at the maximum speed, the objective lens 166 is moved closer to the two-layer optical disk 10 (upward).
Therefore, the focus jump can be quickly performed from the first recording layer 101 to the second recording layer 102.

On the other hand, when the surface deflection becomes maximum in the negative direction, that is, when the double-layer optical disk 10 comes closest to the objective lens 166, the moving speed of the double-layer optical disk 10 becomes zero. Speed also goes to zero. Subsequently, the dual-layer optical disc 10 is
However, the moving speed of the dual-layer optical disc 10 becomes maximum when the surface deflection becomes zero. As described above, when the dual-layer optical disc 10 is moving away from the objective lens 166 at the maximum speed, the objective lens 166 is moved to the double-layer optical disc 10.
Therefore, the focus jump can be performed from the second recording layer 102 to the first recording layer 101 quickly.

According to the first embodiment, the moving speed of the objective lens 166 is detected by detecting the focus driving voltage FDv from the driver 30. When the detected moving speed is the maximum, the focus jump is performed. Is performed, the first recording layer 101 to the second recording layer 10
2 or from the second recording layer 102 to the first recording layer 10
1 can quickly move the focal point of the laser beam.

The detected focus drive voltage FD
v to extract a frequency component equal to the rotation frequency of the two-layer optical disc 10, the detected focus drive voltage F
Even when Dv contains noise, it is possible to accurately detect the time when the moving speed of the objective lens 166 becomes maximum.
Furthermore, since the rotation frequency component twice the rotation frequency of the double-layer optical disc 10 is also extracted from the detected focus drive voltage FDv, the movement of the objective lens 166 even if the double-layer optical disc 10 has two-period runout It is possible to accurately detect the time when the speed becomes maximum.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an optical disk reproducing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 11, this optical disk reproducing apparatus 36 includes a focus drive current detector 3 instead of focus drive voltage detector 32 shown in FIG.
8 is provided. As shown in FIG. 8C, the driver 3
The phase of the focus drive current FDi supplied to the focus coil 402 from 0 lags behind the phase of the focus drive voltage FDv shown in FIG. This is because the focus coil 402 has a reactance component. If the focus drive current FDi more appropriately reflects the moving speed of the objective lens 166 than the focus drive voltage FDv, the focus drive current FDi may be detected instead of the focus drive voltage FDv.

[Third Embodiment] FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an optical disk reproducing apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 12, this optical disk reproducing device 40 detects displacement of objective lens 166 instead of focus drive voltage detector 32 shown in FIG. 1 or focus drive current detector 38 shown in FIG. An optical sensor 42 is provided. Optical disc playback device 40
Further converts the detection signal output from the optical sensor 42 into an AD signal.
An A / D conversion unit 44 for conversion is provided. The DSP 22 has A
By differentiating the detection signal from the / D conversion unit 44,
The moving speed of the objective lens 166 is calculated.

FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration for directly detecting the moving speed of the objective lens 166 by the optical sensor 42. As shown in FIG.
A reflector 121 is attached to the end face of the reflector 1.
1 is irradiated with a light beam from a light emitting diode (LED) 122. The reflected light from the reflector 121 is detected by the two split sensors 123a and 123b,
Based on the two detection signals output from 3a and 123b, the difference calculator 124 calculates the difference between them and outputs the difference as a detection signal from the optical sensor 42. The detection signal from the optical sensor 42 is a displacement signal indicating the displacement of the objective lens 166.

As shown in FIG. 14A, when the objective lens 166 moves upward (approaches the two-layer optical disk 10), most of the reflected light from the reflector 121 is incident on one of the split sensors 123a. I do. Therefore, the detection signal from the division sensor 123a is larger than the detection signal from the division sensor 123b, and as a result, the detection signal output from the difference calculator 124 is positive. When the objective lens 166 reaches the highest point (closest to the double-layer optical disc 10), the positive detection signal output from the difference calculator 124 becomes maximum.

As shown in FIG. 14B, the objective lens 166 is located at the center (the center between the uppermost point and the lowermost point).
, The reflected light from the reflector 121 is equally incident on the two split sensors 123a and 123b. Therefore, the detection signals from the split sensors 123a and 123b become equal to each other, and as a result, the detection signal output from the difference calculator 124 becomes zero.

Further, as shown in FIG.
The objective lens 166 has moved downward (the double-layer optical disc 10
Most of the light reflected from the reflection plate 121 enters the other split sensor 123b. Therefore, the detection signal from the division sensor 123b becomes larger than the detection signal from the division sensor 123a, and as a result, the detection signal output from the difference calculator 124 becomes negative. When the objective lens 166 reaches the lowest point (farthest from the dual-layer optical disc 10), the negative detection signal output from the difference calculator 124 becomes minimum (the absolute value is maximum).

The detection signal is differentiated by the DSP 22 to obtain the moving speed of the objective lens 166. When the detection signal becomes zero, the DSP 22 shown in FIG. 12 instructs the driver 30 to perform a focus jump. Thus, when the moving speed of the objective lens 166 is the maximum, a quick focus jump can be performed. As in the third embodiment,
The displacement of the objective lens may be directly detected by an optical sensor.

In addition, as long as the basic effects of the present invention can be achieved, the focus jump may be performed when the moving speed of the objective lens is not strictly maximum, but when the moving speed is almost maximum. Can be implemented in a form in which various improvements, variations, modifications, and the like are added based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention.

[0056]

As described above, according to the present invention, the moving speed of the objective lens is detected, and when the detected moving speed is almost maximum, the focal point of the laser beam by the objective lens is shifted from one recording layer. Since the objective lens is moved in the optical axis direction so as to move to another recording layer, a quick focus jump can be performed.

Since the frequency component equal to the rotation frequency of the multilayer optical disc is extracted from the displacement signal indicating the displacement of the objective lens, it is possible to accurately determine when the moving speed of the objective lens becomes maximum even if the displacement signal contains noise. Can be detected. Further, since a frequency component twice as high as the rotation frequency of the multilayer optical disc is extracted from the displacement signal, the timing at which the moving speed of the objective lens becomes maximum is accurately detected even if the multilayer optical disc has two-period surface runout. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an optical disc reproducing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the optical pickup device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a configuration of the photodetector shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a focus / tracking actuator shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of the DSP shown in FIG. 1 for determining a rotation frequency of the multilayer optical disc and a frequency twice as high as the rotation frequency.

6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the DSP shown in FIG. 1 in which a moving speed of an objective lens is detected and a focus jump is performed when the moving speed is maximized.

FIG. 7 is a waveform diagram illustrating a rotation synchronization signal output from the rotation speed detector illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a timing chart showing the relationship between the surface deflection of the dual-layer optical disc, the focus drive voltage output from the driver shown in FIG. 1, and the focus drive current.

9 is a waveform diagram showing a focus drive voltage obtained by the flowchart shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a time change of surface deflection of a two-layer optical disc and a focus jump operation by the optical disc reproducing device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an optical disc reproducing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an optical disc reproducing device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram showing a method of detecting the moving speed of the objective lens using the optical sensor shown in FIG.

FIGS. 14A to 14C are diagrams for explaining the operation of the optical sensor shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 double-layer optical disk 11, 36, 40 optical disk reproducing device 14 rotation speed detector 16 optical pickup device 22 digital signal processor (DSP) 30 driver 32 focus drive voltage detector 38 focus drive current detector 42 optical sensor 161 focus / tracking actuator 162 Semiconductor laser 166 Objective lens 167 Photodetector 168 Reproduction / FE / TE signal generation circuit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor ▲ Taka ▼ Naoyuki 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shuichi Ichiura Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka 2-5-5 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An optical disc reproducing apparatus for reproducing a multi-layer optical disc having a plurality of recording layers, comprising: a laser; an objective lens provided to face the multi-layer optical disc and receiving a laser beam from the laser; Focusing servo means for moving the objective lens in the optical axis direction so that a laser beam from a laser is focused on the recording layer; speed detection means for detecting a moving speed of the objective lens; and the speed detection means When the detected moving speed of the objective lens is substantially maximum, the objective lens is moved so that the focal point of the laser beam by the objective lens moves from one of the recording layers to another of the recording layers. An optical disc reproducing apparatus comprising: a focus jump means for moving in an optical axis direction. 2. A light detecting means for generating a detection signal in response to a laser beam reflected by the recording layer; and a focus error signal generating means for generating a focus error signal based on the detection signal from the light detecting means. Further comprising: a focusing servo means, a driving voltage generating means for generating a driving voltage in response to a focus error signal from the focus error signal generating means, and a driving voltage from the driving voltage generating means. A focus actuator for moving the objective lens in the direction of the optical axis thereof; the speed detecting means; a driving voltage detecting means for detecting a driving voltage from the driving voltage generating means; and a drive detected by the driving voltage detecting means. And calculating means for calculating a moving speed of the objective lens based on a voltage. The optical disc playback apparatus. 3. A light detecting means for generating a detection signal in response to a laser beam reflected by the recording layer; and a focus error signal generating means for generating a focus error signal based on the detection signal from the light detecting means. The focusing servo means further comprises: a driving current generating means for generating a driving current in response to a focus error signal from the focus error signal generating means; and the driving servo means in response to a driving current from the driving current generating means. A focus actuator for moving the objective lens in the direction of the optical axis thereof; the speed detection means; a drive current detection means for detecting a drive current from the drive current generation means; and a drive detected by the drive current detection means. 2. A calculating means for calculating a moving speed of the objective lens based on an electric current. The optical disc playback apparatus. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said speed detecting means includes: an optical sensor for detecting a displacement of said objective lens; and a differentiating means for differentiating a displacement of said objective lens detected by said optical sensor. Optical disc playback device. 5. The speed detecting means includes: a displacement signal generating means for generating a displacement signal indicating a displacement of the objective lens; and a frequency component equal to a rotation frequency of the multilayer optical disc from a displacement signal from the displacement signal generating means. First to extract
The optical disk reproducing device according to claim 1, further comprising: an extracting unit. 6. The speed detecting means further extracts a frequency component twice the rotation frequency of the multilayer optical disc from a displacement signal from the displacement signal generating means.
The optical disk reproducing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising: extracting means.