Assembly method of optical pickup and optical pickup apparatus

Light focusing optical system, optical pickup device and optical recording and reproducing device using the same, as well as light focusing method

Objective optical element and optical pickup apparatus

Optical pickup and disk drive apparatus

Optical pickup apparatus

Aberration compensating device and optical head device

Objective lens and optical head device provided with the same

Optical pickup apparatus, recording/reproducing apparatus provided with the optical pickup apparatus, optical element, and information recording/reproducing method

System and method for embedding optical drive compatibility information in optical media

Optical pickup device, recorder and/or reproducer

Optical pickup system and information recording and/or reproducing apparatus employing the same

Optical pickup

Objective lens and optical pickup apparatus

Zone phase correcting lens and optical head device

Spherical aberration corrector, optical pickup unit, and optical disk unit

Optical head

Optical pickup and optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus adopting the same

Objective lens and optical head device provided with the same

Optical scanning device with tilt detection

Initial setting of power of radiation beam for reproducing data recorded on optical information medium

Optical pickup, apparatus and method for assembling lens

Optical pickup

Electrowetting optical switch

Objective lens for optical pick-up

Converging optical element and optical pickup apparatus

Optical pickup apparatus and optical disc apparatus

Optical pick-up apparatus

Optical pickup and optical disk apparatus

Optical head device and optical information recording or reproducing device

Optical pickup apparatus and method to reproduce information onto and from discs having different thicknesses and storage capacities

Optical pickup apparatus

Optical disk identification device

Reduced thickness optical pickup device with contact avoiding part for avoiding contact between opening-regulating filter and turning mirror

Recording and/or reproducing apparatus, recording and/or reproducing method and information storage medium therefor

Optical pickup system and information recording and/or reproducing apparatus employing the same

Objective lens for optical information recording medium

Optical head device and optical information recording or reproducing device

Objective lens and optical pickup apparatus

Optical system for processing CD, DVD and holographic digital data

Optical pickup for three different types of optical discs and recording and/or reproducing apparatus using same

Device and method for controlling tilt servo

Optical pickup and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing optical recording medium

Optical pickup and optical disc apparatus

Optical disc reproducing device and optical disc reproducing method

Optical pickup unit requiring no phase adjustment

Optical pick-up system for use in an optical disk device including use of improved gratings with more efficient beam diffraction

Optical pickup and optical information processing apparatus

Objective optical element and optical pickup apparatus

Optical disk apparatus

Optical pick-up actuator and method, and reproducing and/or recording apparatus with same

Objective optical system and optical pickup device using it

Method and apparatus for controlling tilt in an optical disc device

Optical disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus and aberration adjustment method

Optical pickup apparatus, recording/reproducing apparatus provided with the optical pickup apparatus, optical element, and information recording/reproducing method

Optical pickup device capable of handling a plurality of laser light beams having different wavelengths

Complex objective lens, optical head, optical information apparatus, computer, optical disk player, car navigation system, optical disk recorder, and optical disk server

Optical pickup apparatus

Information processing device, disc unit, information processing method, information processing program and recording medium containing the program

Optical element, objective optical system, optical pick-up apparatus, and drive apparatus of optical disk

Optical pickup apparatus

Optical pickup including plural light sources and recording and/or reproducing apparatus for an optical recording medium

Optical pickup, optical information processing apparatus and optical information processing method

Device and method for controlling tilt servo

Optical pickup head compatible with two different optical recording media

Optical head device

Optical element, optical head, optical information recording/reproduction device, computer, video recording device, video reproduction device, server, and car navigation system

Optical pickup device and optical element

Objective lens comprising a diffraction structure for distributing light in to light of different diffraction orders, optical pickup device, and optical information recording or reproduction apparatus having same

Optical disk and optical disk recording device

Optical disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus and aberration adjustment method

Optical disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus and aberration adjustment method

Method for adjusting focus or tracking detection unit, and optical disc device

Laser/detector device for optical recording with adjustable detector position

Device for reading from or writing to optical recording media

Optical pickup device compatible with two types of optical recording media

Disc recognition method and apparatus

Information recording medium, apparatus for recording and/or reproducing data on and/or from information recording medium, method of recording and/or reproducing data on and/or from information recording medium, and computer-readable recording medium storing program for executing the method

Method and apparatus for phase correlation holographic drive

Pickup device

Servo-controlling method of an optical disk apparatus

Optical element and optical pickup device

Objective optical system for optical pickup apparatus, optical pickup apparatus, driving apparatus for optical information recording medium, condenser lens and optical path compounding element

Multi-focus objective lens, optical pickup apparatus and optical information recording reproducing apparatus

Phase correction element and optical head device

Optical disc reproducing apparatus and reproducing method

Method, apparatus and computer program product for implementing device selection in a robotic media library with multiple media types and multiple device types

Device for reading from and/or writing to optical recording media

Objective lens and optical pickup apparatus

Objective lens and optical pickup apparatus

Optical pickup apparatus

Optical pickup apparatus with objective optical system and guiding optical system

Recording apparatus and recording method

Record medium reproduction unit and method for recognizing record medium of reproduction unit

Optical scanning device

Output bin

Drive mounting system

Disk printer and transporter for input bin

Angled motion picker

Printer tray picker

Disk printer and transporter

Optical element and optical pickup device having the same

Optical recording medium, and recording/reading method and recording/reading apparatus for optical recording medium

Optical pick-up capable of increasing the quantity of received laser beam

Double-wavelength light source unit and optical head device having four diffraction gratings

Molding method, cooling apparatus and optical element

Semiconductor laser

Optical pickup

Objective optical system of optical pick up, optical pick-up device and optical information recording/reproducing apparatus

Aberration correction apparatus, and control apparatus, control method and control program of optical pickup

Optical head apparatus

Intrinsically safe pick-up for reproduction or recording devices for different optical recording media

Objective optical element and optical pickup apparatus

Objective optical element and optical pickup apparatus

Optical pickup apparatus and an optical disc drive apparatus equipped with such an optical pickup

Optical head device

Optical pickup device for optical disks having different track pitches

Optical pickup device

Optical device, method of producing the same, optical pickup, and optical information processing device

Objective optical system, optical pickup apparatus and optical information recording and reproducing apparatus

Actuator used with an optical pickup

Optical pick-up apparatus with lenses

Optical reproducing apparatus

Tilt compensating apparatus and method and optical recording and reproducing apparatus using the tilt compensating method

Method and apparatus for optical head and optical information reproducing

Apparatus for switching modes based on quantity of light received in first section of a photodetector section and first plus second section for controlling a laser diode output

Laminated wave plate and optical pickup using the same

Optical pickup apparatus and diffractive optical element for optical pickup apparatus

Optical pick-up apparatus and optical information recording and/or reproducing apparatus

Optical pickup apparatus

Optical head, optical recording/reproducing apparatus, and method of optical recording/reproduction utilizing the same

Optical disk apparatus

Wavefront aberration compensation element, optical pickup, and optical disk apparatus

Liquid crystal optical element and optical device

Two wavelength laser module and optical pickup device

Apparatus for discriminating optical recording medium and method for discriminating optical recording medium

Diffractive optical element and optical pickup apparatus

Deformable mirror and information device having the deformable mirror

Optical head, optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus and integrated optical module

Optical pickup device with a plurality of laser couplers

Optical pickup and recording/reproducing apparatus

Two-wavelength optical element

Optical disk apparatus with multiple reproduction/record units for parallel operation

Information storage medium and method and apparatus for reproducing information recorded on the same

Optical pick-up and objective lens for use with different types of optical discs

Optical pickup device and diffractive optical element

Apparatus for discriminating optical recording medium and method for discriminating optical recording medium

Objective lens for optical disc

Optical head device and optical information device using this and computer optical disk player car navigation system optical disk recorder and optical disk server using this optical information device

Optical disc drive and optical disc discriminating method

Apparatus for discriminating optical recording medium and method for discriminating optical recording medium

Diffractive optical element and optical head using the same

Dual three-spots optical scanning device

Information recording apparatus and method

Objective lens, optical pickup apparatus and optical information recording and reproducing apparatus

Objective optical system for optical recording media and optical pickup device using it

Optical pickup

Optical disk apparatus for distinguishing recording media including single-layer and double-layer H-L media and L-H medium

Optical device

Optical head device and optical information recording or reproducing apparatus

Method for determining relationship between difference of object lens location and driving control effort in optical storage device and apparatus thereof

Optical system for optical disc

Disk drive

Optical pickup device

Optical pickup device

Optical heads device and control method of optical head

Optical head and optical disc apparatus equiped with optical head

Pick-up apparatus for digital storage medium

Optical pickup apparatus and optical information recording and/or reproducing apparatus

Diffractive optical element, objective optical system, optical pick-up device and optical information recording reproducing apparatus

Optical pickup and disk drive unit

Optical head with lasers and mirrors in a recess formed in a substrate

Optical information recording/reproducing apparatus with mechanism for correcting spherical aberration and method using same

Optical disc controller and optical disc device having the same

Tracking servo control apparatus and method using rotatable grating

Optical pickup apparatus for optical data media of different formats and method thereof

Optical pickup

Optical pickup actuator

Optical head apparatus and optical information recording and reproduction apparatus

Optical element and optical head device using it, and optical information device using this optical head device, and computer, optical disk player, car navigation system, optical disk recorder and optical disk server using this optical information device

Objective optical system and optical pickup device using it

Optical pickup device

Optical head, optical recording medium recording and/or reproducing apparatus and recording and/or reproducing method using the optical head

Information medium apparatus and information medium starting method

Disk playback apparatus and method

Optical pickup apparatus

Optical pickup apparatus

Objective lens element for optical disks and optical head device incorporating the same

Objective lens and optical pickup device using it

Optical pickup device and optical system used for the same

Optical pickup apparatus

Distinguishing optical disc types

Apparatus for and method of mounting disks having different diameters

Optical information reproduction method and apparatus

Actuator used with an optical pickup

Lens and optical head device

Optical pickup device for writing information to an optical disk

Dynamically selecting write strategy for writing data to an optical disc

Optical pickup device and correcting element used in the optical pickup device

Optical pick-up apparatus and divergent angle-converting element

Optical element, optical pickup device and optical information recording and reproducing apparatus

Optical pick-up device and optical information recording reproducing apparatus

Optical pickup and disk drive apparatus

Optical pickup apparatus having an improved holographic unit, and optical disk drive including the same

Optical disk apparatus, signal processing apparatus, and playback control method for optical disk apparatus

Optical head apparatus and optical information recording or reproducing apparatus

Emitted-light checking apparatus for optical pickup

Optical pickup apparatus and optical recording medium playback apparatus

Information recording method and information recording medium

Objective lens for scanning optical disks (DVDS)

Optical scanning device

Objective lens for optical pick-up

Optical head and optical recording/reproducing device using it and aberration correction method

Objective lens with the diffractive surface for DVD/CD compatible optical pickup

Optical device for scanning an optical record carrier

Semiconductor laser

Objective lens

Light receiving and emitting unit and optical pickup using the same

[OPTICAL MEDIUM STORAGE READING DEVICE]

Optical pickup apparatus and method for controlling phases of three beams

Optical head and optical disk drive

Monolithic multi-wavelength laser device including a plurality of lasing parts and method of fabricating the same

Optical pick-up system, optical pick-up device, and optical information recording and/or reproducing apparatus

Optical disc identification apparatus and method

Apparatus and method for detecting optical disc type and/or adjusting track balance

Polarizing beam splitting film and polarizing beam splitting prism

Objective lens design method, lens, and optical system, optical head, and optical disc apparatus using the same

Objective optical system and optical pickup device using it

Diffractive optical element and optical pickup apparatus

Optical pickup apparatus, optical element for optical pickup apparatus and producing method of optical element

Optical pickup and optical recording/reproducing apparatus using the same

Compatible optical pickup apparatus

High-density read-only optical disc, and optical disc apparatus and method using the same

Optical head and optical recording and reproducing apparatus

Optical pickup apparatus, optical data recording/reproducing apparatus, and optical data recording/reproducing method

Multi-standard optical disk and method and apparatus of reading from and recording to the disk

Optical pickup, optical information recording/reproducing apparatus using the same, and phase variable wave plate used in the pickup and the apparatus

Laser power control apparatus

Disk discrimination method

Optical disc apparatus

Optical pickup using a wedge type beam splitter

Method and apparatus to generate tracking error signal, optical storage drive using the same, and lead-in control method for the optical storage drive

Optical pickup device

Aberration correcting device and optical recording medium reproducing apparatus

Disc discriminating method and information reproducing apparatus using thereof

Optical pickup and optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus adopting the same

Objective lens

Objective lens for optical recording media and optical pickup device using it

Information recording medium, method of configuring version information thereof, recording and reproducing method using the same, and recording and reproducing apparatus thereof

Laser module, optical pickup device, optical disk device, focus error detection method and tracking error detection method

Optical pickup capable of reducing focus offset and optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus employing the same

Optical pickup apparatus and optical pickup method

Optical pick-up apparatus

Recording medium, method of recording identification information thereof, and recording/reproducing method thereof

Optical disc reproduction apparatus determining whether optical disc to be reproduced is read-only or recordable

Optical pickup, optical information recording/reproducing apparatus using the same, and phase variable wave plate used in the pickup and the apparatus

Compatible optical pickup

Write-once optical disc, and method and apparatus for recording/reproducing management information on/from optical disc

Optical pickup and optical data processing apparatus

Objective lens, optical, pickup and optical information processing apparatus using the same

Optical disk reproducing apparatus and optical disk reproducing method

Information storage medium and apparatus of recording and/or reproducing pointing information

Objective lens for optical disk

Optical pickup device

Optical recording and pickup head for digital versatile disc compatible with read-writable compact disc by adopting flat plate lens having staircase type diffraction grating structure

Compatible optical pickup and optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus employing the same

Optical component and optical pickup apparatus

Multi-wavelength lens, and optical system, optical head and optical disc apparatus using the lens

Optical lens and information recording and reproducing device

Optical head, optical disk drive, and optical system adjustment method

Optical pickup device

Optical storage medium with optically detectable marks

Objective lens, optical pick-up device, and optical disk device

Optical scanner with micro-optics for beam combination

Lens, optical head apparatus, and objective lens for the optical head apparatus

Optical head device, diffraction element and manufacturing method for diffraction element

Optical pick-up, optical disk apparatus and information processing apparatus

Optical disk apparatus and optical disk processing method

Objective lens for optical pick-up

Optical pick-up device, and optical disc drive including the same

Photodetector array having different photodiode structures

Recording/reproducing apparatus having an optical pickup device to read from and record information to disks of different thicknesses