US 20140355403A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2014/0355403 A1 Kishigami et al. (43) Pub. Date: Dec. 4, 2014 (54) OPTICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING Publication Classi?cation APPARATUS AND OPTICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND ADJUSTMENT (51) Int- Cl DEVICE, ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND GIIB 7/1392 (2006-01) ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM FOR OPTICAL GIIB 7/1398 (2006.01) INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS (52) US. Cl. CPC ........ .. GIIB 7/13925 (2013.01); GIIB 7/1398 (71) Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, (201301) Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (JP) USPC ..................................................... .. 369/47.49 (72) Inventors: Tomo Kishigami, Tokyo (JP); Nobuo (57) ABSTRACT TakeShlta’ TOkyO (JP) An optical information processing apparatus includes: a unit that radiates light onto an optical disc and detects the re?ected (73) Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC light to output a reproduced signal; a unit that corrects spheri CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP) cal aberration of the light; a unit that adjusts a focus position of the light based on a focus adjustment value; and an adjust (21) APP1- NOJ 14/374,866 ment unit that measures a characteristic of the reproduced signal at each of at least three positions on each of at least (22) PCT Filed: Feb- 21: 2013 three straight lines on a plane With coordinate axes represent ing an amount of spherical aberration correction and focus (86) PCT NO': PCT/JP2013/054273 adjustment value, obtains, from the measurements, as esti § 371 (OX1), mated positions, at least ?ve positions on the plane at Which (2), (4) Date; JUL 25, 2014 the characteristic has substantially the same value, performs an ellipse approximation on the estimated positions, obtains a (30) Foreign Application Priority Data center of the ellipse, and determines the amount of spherical aberration correction and focus adjustment value based on the Mar. 22, 2012 (JP) ............................... .. 2012-065713 center of the ellipse. 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