Optical information processing apparatus having a neural network for inducing an error signal
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1. An optical information processing apparatus for at least one of recording and reproducing information by irradiating a converged light beam on a recording medium, comprising:
- a light detector for receiving a light beam which has been reflected or transmitted by the medium;
a neural network for receiving an output signal of said light detector and for outputting at least one of a tracking error signal and a focusing error signal, said neural network comparing said at least one of the tracking error signal and the focusing error signal with an instructor signal, and performing a learning operation so that the compared signals coincide; and
servo means for performing at least one of a tracking servo operation in accordance with the tracking error signal induced by said neural network and a focusing servo operation in accordance with the focusing error signal induced by said neural network.
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Abstract
An optical information processing apparatus is provided for at least either recording or reproducing information by projecting a converging light beam on a recording medium. The optical information processing apparatus includes a light detector for receiving the light beam, a neural network for inducing a tracking or focusing error signal from an output signal of the light detector, and a servo device for performing a tracking or focusing servo operation in accordance with the tracking or focusing error signal induced by the neural network.
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1. An optical information processing apparatus for at least one of recording and reproducing information by irradiating a converged light beam on a recording medium, comprising:
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a light detector for receiving a light beam which has been reflected or transmitted by the medium; a neural network for receiving an output signal of said light detector and for outputting at least one of a tracking error signal and a focusing error signal, said neural network comparing said at least one of the tracking error signal and the focusing error signal with an instructor signal, and performing a learning operation so that the compared signals coincide; and servo means for performing at least one of a tracking servo operation in accordance with the tracking error signal induced by said neural network and a focusing servo operation in accordance with the focusing error signal induced by said neural network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. The optical information processing apparatus, comprising:
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a light source; an objective lens for converging a light beam emitted from said light source on a recording medium; an actuator which moves said objective lens at least in one of a direction of the optical axis and a direction perpendicular to the optical axis; a light detector for receiving the light beam which has been reflected or transmitted by the medium; a neural network for receiving an output signal of said light detector and for outputting at least one of a tracking error signal and a focusing error signal, said neural network comparing said at least one of the tracking error signal and the focusing error signal with an instructor signal, and performing a learning operation so that the compared signals coincide; and a servo circuit which feeds back at least one of the tracking error signal and the focusing error signal induced by said neural network into said actuator, and performs at least one of a tracking servo operation and a focusing servo operation. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An optical information processing apparatus for at least one of recording and reproducing information by irradiating a converged light beam on a recording medium, comprising:
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a light detector for receiving a light beam which has been reflected or transmitted by the medium, which comprises a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements; a neural network for inducing at least one of a tracking error signal and a focusing error signal from an output signal from said light detector, said neural network comprising a circuit for weighting the output of each of said photoelectric conversion elements to produce a plurality of weighted outputs and for calculating at least one of the tracking error signal and the focusing error signal by operating on the plurality of weighted outputs after weighting the output of each of said plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, said neural network further comprising a circuit for comparing said at least one of the tracking error signal and the focusing error signal with an instructor signal, and changing the weight for weighting said output so that the compared signals coincide; and servo means for performing at least one of a tracking servo operation in accordance with the tracking error signal induced by said neural network and a focusing servo operation in accordance with the focusing error signal induced by said neural network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of adjusting an optical information processing apparatus, comprising means for irradiating a converged light beam on a recording medium, a light detector for receiving a light beam which has been reflected or transmitted by the medium, which comprises a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, a neural network for inducing at least one of a tracking error signal and a focusing error signal from an output signal from the light detector, wherein the neural network comprises a circuit for weighting the output of each of the photoelectric conversion elements to produce a plurality of weighted outputs and for calculating at least one of the tracking error signal and the focusing error signal by operating on the plurality of weighted outputs after weighting the output of each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, and servo means for performing at least one of a tracking servo operation in accordance with the tracking error signal induced by the neural network and a focusing servo operation in accordance with the focusing error signal induced by the neural network, comprising the steps of:
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locating the medium and the light beam at specified relative positions; comparing at least one of the tracking error signal and the focusing error signal output from the neural network with a reference value; and changing the weight given to the output of each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements in accordance with the comparison result in said comparing step. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus for adjusting an optical information processing apparatus, comprising means for irradiating a converged light beam on a recording medium, a light detector for receiving a light beam which has been reflected or transmitted by the medium, which comprises a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, a neural network for inducing at least one of a tracking error signal and a focusing error signal from an output signal from the light detector, wherein the neural network comprises a circuit for weighting the output of each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements to produce a plurality of weighted outputs, and a circuit for calculating at least one of the tracking error signal and the focusing error signal by operating on the plurality of weighted outputs, and servo means for performing at least one of a tracking servo operation in accordance with the tracking error signal induced by the neural network and a focusing servo operation in accordance with the focusing error signal induced by the neural network, comprising:
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means for changing the relative positions of the medium and the light beam; means for comparing at least one of the tracking error signal and the focusing error signal output from the neural network with a reference value; and means for changing the weight given to the output of each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements in the weighting circuit in accordance with the comparison result. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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