Ex Parte MIYAGAWA et al - Page 5



                 Appeal No. 2005-2750                                                                                                                
                 Application 09/460,221                                                                                                              

                 positions of the high-density disc and the high NA lens carried by the second optical                                               
                 head.3                                                                                                                              
                          The optical discs are contained in respective cartridges 2.  Each cartridge has a                                          
                 disc thickness discrimination hole 7 whose open or closed states identifies the type (i.e.,                                         
                 thickness) of disc contained therein. The open or closed state is detected using a light                                            
                 emitting diode (LED) 8 and a photodiode 9.  A system controller 22 is responsive to the                                             
                 output of photodiode 9 to (a) use LD driving circuit 20 and selector switch 21 to activate                                          
                 the laser light source in the appropriate optical head and (b) use selector switch 10 to                                            
                 select the output signal from the appropriate photodetector.                                                                        


                          Second embodiment – Figs. 5-6                                                                                              
                          The second embodiment differs from the first by including both optical systems in                                          
                 a single optical head 30, as shown in detail in Figure 6.                                                                           
                           Third embodiment – Figs. 7-8                                                                                              



                                                                                                                                                    
                          3  Figures 4A and 4B have been amended by a certificate of correction in the                                               
                 Reissue Patent to designate the focal distance FD and the working distance WD.                                                      





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