Tracking Control Aparatus

A disc has a physical factor changing a shape or a reflection coefficient in a tangential direction of a record track. A tracking control apparatus (l00) for the disc is provided with: a detecting device (5) Having a first detector (5a), a second detector (5b) disposed adjacent to the first detector in a radial direction of the disc, a third detector (5c) disposed adjacent to the second detector in the tangential direction and a fourth detector (5d) disposed adjacent to the first detector in the tangential direction and adjacent to the third detector in the radial direction; a first amplifying device (6a) for amplifying output signals of the first and fourth detectors by a first gain; a second amplifying device (6b) for amplifying output signals of the second and third detectors by a second gain; a first adding device (9a) for calculating a first sum signal, which is a sura of the amplified output signals of the first and fourth detectors; a second adding device (9b) for calculating a second sum signal, which is a sum of the amplified output signals of the second and third detectors; and a first subtracting device (10) for calculating a difference between the first an second sum signals and outputting the difference as a tracking error signal. The tracking control apparatus is also provided with an amplitude comparing device (4) for determining the first gain and the second gain on the basis of differences between the output signals.

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