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Optical recording and reproducing methods for optical disk

US6487149B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 7, 1999
Grant dateNov 26, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0906
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical recording method for an optical disk having a disk surface portion in which prepits, indicative of preformat information, are formed. In the optical recording method, a portion of a data signal which matches one of the prepits and corresponds to a write mark radially adjacent to one of the prepits is detected. Marks are recorded along a track of the disk by selectively using one of an optimal recording power and a proper recording power level, in accordance with the non-match portion or the match portion of the data signal. A radial width of the marks recorded in accordance with the match portion of the data signal is smaller than a radial width of the marks recorded in accordance with the non-match portion of the data signal. An optical reproducing method is adapted to accurately detect a wobble signal and a prepit signal from the optical disk to which data is recorded by the above optical recording method. Further, a wobble/prepit detection method for optical recording and reproduction is adapted to accurately detect the wobble signal and the prepit signal from the optical disk.

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