Tracking error generating method using sampling of servo pits and switching of differential signals

摘要

An optical recording medium on which information data is to be recorded and on which an n-th recording track is located at a distance from the (n-1)th recording track preceding the n-th recording track in a recording region which is narrower than the diameter of a spot of a light beam radiated on the recording area, with recording data obtained on logical processing with recording data recorded on the (n-1)th recording track being recorded on the n-th recording track for increasing the storage capacity of information data, is disclosed, A return beam of a light beam radiated across two neighboring recording tracks on the optical recording medium is detected by a detector having first and second light receiving sections having a boundary line extending parallel to the recording track of the optical recording medium for reading out the information recorded on the optical recording medium based on the level of a sum or difference signal of the output signals of the first and second light receiving sections.