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Recording apparatus and method, and disk producing method

US7580335B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 6, 2006
Grant dateAug 25, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2027

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

Abstract

A sub data recorder to record sub data on an optical-disk recording medium is provided. In one example, a sub data recorder records sub data by forming marks on a reflective layer of an optical-disk recording medium to which main data is recorded as a combination of pits and lands by irradiating laser light having a writing power to the reflective layer, the sub data can be recorded stably. An embodiment provides a recording apparatus to record sub data to an optical-disk recording medium formed from a substrate and at least a reflective layer and cover layer stacked on the substrate and to which main data is to be recorded as a combination of pits and lands formed on the substrate by irradiating laser light having a writing power to the reflective layer to form marks as the sub data on the reflective layer, the apparatus including a read signal generator to generate a read signal by detecting a return part of laser light having a reading power, irradiated to the optical-disk recording medium, a sub data recorder to record the sub data by forming the marks in mark inserting positions on the reflective layer of the optical-disk recording medium, determined in conformity to a predete…

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