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Optical data recording/reproducing method and apparatus for determing an optimum recording power

US5790505A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 11, 1996
Grant dateAug 4, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 11, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B11/10595
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical data recording/reproducing method in which data is recorded for testing in a pattern including a not-recorded section and a recorded section as changing a recording power P onto an optical data recording medium from time to time, An amplitude m of the recorded data corresponding to the recording power P is monitored by reproducing the data recorded for testing. A standardized gradient g(P) is calculated from the following expression: EQU g(P)=(.DELTA.m/m)/(.DELTA.P/P) or h(P) is calculated from the following expression: EQU h(P)=(.DELTA.m/m)/.DELTA.P wherein .DELTA.P indicates a minute change rate near P and .DELTA.m indicates a minute change rate corresponding to .DELTA.P near m, and an optimum recording power is decided and set by evaluating whether the recording power is too high or too low according to the standardized gradient g(P) or h(P).

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