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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kentaroh Tsuji, Nara, JP;
Tsuneo Fujiwara, Tenri, JP;
Hiroshi Fuji, Nara, JP;
Shigeo Terashima, Tenri, JP;
Tomiyuki Numata, Tenri, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 32 ; 369 57 ; 3692753 ;
Abstract
An optical disc medium indexing system having a plurality of elongated parallel tracks wherein each track contains a nonerasable index portion located in less than a single frame. The index portions are formed on the substrate of the disc by a plurality of indentations representing the absolute address of each track on the disc recorded in a multiplex format. Each index portion containing information on the mark, track number and CRC. The disc is constructed so that information may be recorded on the entire surface of the medium including the indexed portions.