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Optical disc drive

US8305854B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 5, 2011
Grant dateNov 6, 2012
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Expiry dateJan 5, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/1267
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical disc drive according to the present invention includes an optical pickup and a writing control section for instructing the optical pickup to record a mark, representing the information to be written, on the optical disc. In recording the mark on the optical disc, the writing control section instructs the optical pickup to irradiate the same area on the optical disc with a light beam a plurality of times so that the mark is recorded in that repeatedly irradiated area.

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