Huawei Technologies Assigned Patent

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China, has been assigned a patent (11887624) developed by Xu, Jia, Xu, Jun, Nanjing, China, and Lin, Peng, Shenzhen, China, for “detection apparatus, optical drive, and detection method.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A detection apparatus determines whether a recording layer of an optical disc is at a focal point of an objective lens. The detection apparatus includes an objective lens, a beam splitter, a reflector, a detector, and a servo controller. The reflector and the detector are disposed opposite to each other on two sides of an optical axis of the objective lens, and a normal line of the reflector is perpendicular to the optical axis. The beam splitter is disposed between the reflector and the detector and is located on the optical axis. The servo controller is connected to the detector.”

The patent application was filed on 2022-04-29 (17/733221).