Optical pickup position control method

摘要

An optical pickup position control method that uses a stepping motor to control the position of the optical pickup, and that makes it possible to reduce the out-of-step noise generated from the motor and to accurately position the optical pickup, has a first procedure that gives the motor a control command to move the optical pickup in the direction toward the maximum feed position by a feed amount that is smaller than the maximum feed amount from base position to the motor's maximum feed position; a second procedure that gives the motor a control command to move the optical pickup in the direction toward base position by the maximum feed amount; and a third procedure that gives the motor a control command to move the optical pickup in the direction toward maximum feed position by the center position feed amount from base position to center position.