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Recordable optical disc storage device with limited storage capacity, and recording apparatus therefor

US5111442A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 1989
Grant dateMay 5, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/2545
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The optical disc according to the present invention includes an unrewritable region in which the number of times of possible recording or the cumulative possible recording time duration is recorded in advance. The apparatus for recording signals on this optical disc according to the present invention reproduce the number of times of possible recording or the cumulative possible recording time duration recorded in the unrewritable region of the optical disc and inhibits the recording operation when the number of times of recording or the cumulative recording time duration exceeds the aforementioned number of times of possible recording or the cumulative possible recording time duration.

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