Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Muraoka

Yasuhiro Muraoka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8363527
    Abstract: A disc apparatus is disclosed that includes a jitter-value detection unit configured to detect a jitter value based on a signal to be read from a medium. A detrack-value setting unit is configured to set a detrack value for focusing an objective lens in the medium based on the jitter value. A detrack-value adjusting unit is configured to detect the jitter value every time the detrack value is changed stepwise within a predetermined range of the detrack value including a reference value of the detrack value, to obtain an optimum detrack value to be set in the detrack-value setting unit, based on a maximum jitter value and a minimum jitter value of the detected jitter values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Muraoka
  • Patent number: 8053712
    Abstract: An inspecting method for an object lens driving device including a base, an objective lens, a holder for holding the objective lens on the base, and a drive mechanism for driving the holder so as to move the objective lens in the focus direction, the method comprising the steps of: emitting a laser beam through the objective lens; allowing the laser beam emitted through the objective lens to pass through an aperture having a predetermined diameter; applying to the drive mechanism a drive voltage for moving the holder between a first position closest to a surface of the base and a second position farther than the first position from the surface of the base; performing photoelectric conversion of the laser beam having passed through the aperture; and inspecting the objective lens driving device based on a signal obtained by the photoelectric conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Muraoka, Masaharu Sakazume, Yoshimaru Nakane, Hiroshi Yoshida, Shinya Tsukada
  • Publication number: 20110235483
    Abstract: A disc apparatus is disclosed that includes a jitter-value detection unit configured to detect a jitter value based on a signal to be read from a medium. A detrack-value setting unit is configured to set a detrack value for focusing an objective lens in the medium based on the jitter value. A detrack-value adjusting unit is configured to detect the jitter value every time the detrack value is changed stepwise within a predetermined range of the detrack value including a reference value of the detrack value, to obtain an optimum detrack value to be set in the detrack-value setting unit, based on a maximum jitter value and a minimum jitter value of the detected jitter values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Muraoka
  • Patent number: 7969847
    Abstract: A disc apparatus comprising: a jitter-value detection unit configured to detect a jitter value based on a signal to be read from a medium; a defocus-value setting unit configured to set a defocus value for focusing an objective lens in the medium based on the jitter value; and a defocus-value adjusting unit configured to detect the jitter value every time the defocus value is changed stepwise within a predetermined range of the defocus value including a reference value of the defocus value, to obtain an optimum defocus value to be set for the defocus-value setting unit within a predetermined time period, based on a maximum jitter value and a minimum jitter value of the detected jitter values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Muraoka
  • Patent number: 7663988
    Abstract: An optical disc apparatus is disclosed that comprises a jitter value detecting circuit that detects a jitter value based on the signal read out from an optical disc; and a defocus value setting circuit that adjusts a defocus value used for moving an objective lens along the direction of a light axis when focusing of the objective lens to the optical disc is performed, based on the signal that has gone through the jitter value detecting circuit, and causes a defocus adjustment to be made based on the defocus value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Muraoka, Tatsushi Arai
  • Publication number: 20090206239
    Abstract: An inspecting method for an object lens driving device including a base, an objective lens, a holder for holding the objective lens on the base, and a drive mechanism for driving the holder so as to move the objective lens in the focus direction, the method comprising the steps of: emitting a laser beam through the objective lens; allowing the laser beam emitted through the objective lens to pass through an aperture having a predetermined diameter; applying to the drive mechanism a drive voltage for moving the holder between a first position closest to a surface of the base and a second position farther than the first position from the surface of the base; performing photoelectric conversion of the laser beam having passed through the aperture; and inspecting the objective lens driving device based on a signal obtained by the photoelectric conversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Muraoka, Masaharu Sakazume, Yoshimaru Nakane, Hiroshi Yoshida, Shinya Tsukada
  • Publication number: 20080175115
    Abstract: A disc apparatus comprising: a jitter-value detection unit configured to detect a jitter value based on a signal to be read from a medium; a defocus-value setting unit configured to set a defocus value for focusing an objective lens in the medium based on the jitter value; and a defocus-value adjusting unit configured to detect the jitter value every time the defocus value is changed stepwise within a predetermined range of the defocus value including a reference value of the defocus value, to obtain an optimum defocus value to be set for the defocus-value setting unit within a predetermined time period, based on a maximum jitter value and a minimum jitter value of the detected jitter values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Sanyo Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Muraoka
  • Publication number: 20080037123
    Abstract: An optical disc apparatus is disclosed that comprises a jitter value detecting circuit that detects a jitter value based on the signal read out from an optical disc; and a defocus value setting circuit that adjusts a defocus value used for moving an objective lens along the direction of a light axis when focusing of the objective lens to the optical disc is performed, based on the signal that has gone through the jitter value detecting circuit, and causes a defocus adjustment to be made based on the defocus value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Muraoka, Tatsushi Arai