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Magnetic recording medium and recording/reproducing method therefor as well as information processing apparatus by means thereof

US5619480A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 8, 1994
Grant dateApr 8, 1997
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/825
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium of a disk shape having a magnetic layer containing a magnetic material formed on a non-magnetic support and having, between the non-magnetic support and the magnetic layer, a layer containing a dye, of which the optical property changes by irradiation of energy rays, wherein in the above-mentioned layer containing a dye, continuous servo-signals based on the change of the optical property of the dye by irradiation of energy rays, are recorded on concentric tracks, and a recording/reproducing method therefor as well as an information processing apparatus. The magnetic recording medium of the present invention can be produced at a low production cost, has a large magnetically-recordable area and permits accurate tracking by a single detector.

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