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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michiharu Abe, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369116 ; 369 54 ; 369 58 ; 369 13 ;
Abstract
A method of recording a bit stream on a Phase Change media by illuminating a laser beam on the Phase Change media includes assigning a predetermined number of channel bits to each bit of the bit stream, and assigning one of a highest power level, an intermediate power level, and a lowest power level of the laser beam to each of the channel bits so as to modulate the laser beam, wherein an arrangement of the highest power level, the intermediate power level, and the lowest power level for one bit of the bit stream depends on values of the one bit and an immediately preceding bit.