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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1999
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical recording method for an optical disk having a disk surface portion in which prepits, indicative of preformat information, are formed. In the optical recording method, a portion of a data signal which matches one of the prepits and corresponds to a write mark radially adjacent to one of the prepits is detected. Marks are recorded along a track of the disk by selectively using one of an optimal recording power and a proper recording power level, in accordance with the non-match portion or the match portion of the data signal. A radial width of the marks recorded in accordance with the match portion of the data signal is smaller than a radial width of the marks recorded in accordance with the non-match portion of the data signal. An optical reproducing method is adapted to accurately detect a wobble signal and a prepit signal from the optical disk to which data is recorded by the above optical recording method. Further, a wobble/prepit detection method for optical recording and reproduction is adapted to accurately detect the wobble signal and the prepit signal from the optical disk.