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Optical disk and an optical disk recording/reproduction device having address blocks located on boundary lines between adjoining tracks

US5872767A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 1996
Grant dateFeb 16, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/20
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical disk according to the present invention includes a first track having a spiral shape and a second track having a spiral shape, the first track and the second track adjoining each other, and information being recorded on or reproduced from the first track and the second track. The optical disk further includes an address region including: a first address block formed so as to be on both the first track and the second track adjoining the first track on an inner periphery side; and a second address block formed so as to be on both the first track and the second track adjoining the first track on an outer periphery side.

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