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Information processing device and information processing method

US5343460A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 31, 1991
Grant dateAug 30, 1994
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Expiry dateJul 31, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01Q80/00
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Information is recorded by providing a recording medium having a recording layer on an electroconductive substrate transmitting an electromagnetic wave and an electroconductive optical probe arranged proximate to the recording medium, and applying a voltage between the substrate and the optical probe. The recorded information is read by irradiating an electromagnetic wave, preferably with a plurality of wavelengths, on the recording layer from the substrate side, and detecting with the optical probe an electromagnetic wave oozed out on the surface of the recording layer.

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