Optical disc drive
US8238213B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 4, 2011 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 4, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B7/00745
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical disc drive according to the present invention can write information on an optical disc, which includes a substrate on which a number of pre-pits 2 have been formed on its tracks and a recording film that is supported on the substrate. The drive includes an optical pickup and a writing control section for controlling the optical pickup so that marks 3 are recorded so as to overlap with some of the pre-pits 2 on the tracks and for making the optical pickup irradiate the recording film with a writing light beam. The writing control section changes the interval of each pair of recorded marks that are adjacent to each other along the radius of the optical disc according to the optical power of the writing light beam. Thus, the optical disc drive of the present invention can record a mark on an optical disc on which pre-pits have already been formed even if the optical disc has a simplified structure.
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