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Optical card having light absorbing layer

US5272326A · kind A · utility

54Cited by
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12Claims
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Filing dateNov 16, 1992
Grant dateDec 21, 1993
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Expiry dateNov 16, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0033
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A technique of optical card having high information recording density. In the optical cards, there are two types of optical cards having a read-only optical card and an additional recording optical card. Conventionally, separate readers for reproduction have been used due to difference in light reflectivity. In this invention, a light-absorbing layer (50) having light absorbing ability with respect to reading light (300) is arranged between a card side upon which the reading light is incident and a reflective surface of a pattern (21) of an optical data recording section (20), so that the optical cards have interchangeability therebetween in reading.

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