Optical disk tracking method and device for producing a tracking error signal and a track crossing signal

摘要

An optical disk device includes an optical system having a beam converting unit and an objective lens. The beam converting unit converts a beam of laser light emitted by a laser light source into a main beam and at least one sub-beam. The objective lens places a main spot on the disk by the main beam and at least one sub-spot on the disk by the sub-beam, such that, when the main spot is on a center line of one of lands and grooves of an optical disk, the sub-spot is between the center line of one of the lands and the grooves and a center line of an adjacent one of the lands and the grooves. A first unit produces a first push-pull signal from a reflection beam from the main spot on the disk. A second unit produces a second push-pull signal from a reflection beam from the sub-spot on the disk. A tracking error signal generating unit produces a tracking error signal based upon the first push-pull signal. A track crossing signal generating unit produces a track crossing signal based upon the second push-pull signal.