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Optical information recording medium and method for producing same

US5840395A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 12, 1996
Grant dateNov 24, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 12, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/21
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is relative to an optical information recording medium having a reflective layer for reading out information signals by an optical technique. The optical information recording medium is formed as a plastic substrate. According to the present invention, the substrate is colored by admixture of a dyestuff for enabling instant judgment by the visual sense of the operator as to the contents of the optical information recording medium, for example, as to if the contents of the recording medium is a game program or the music information. If impurities such as dyestuffs are admixed, the optical system of the readout device is usually affected thus raising readout difficulties. Such ill effects on the optical system may be eliminated by setting the particle size of the dyestuff so as to be 50 .mu.m or less.

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