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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2002
Harukazu Miyamoto, Kodaira, JP;
Yoshio Suzuki, Fujisawa, JP;
Motoyuki Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Hisataka Sugiyama, Kodaira, JP;
Hiroyuki Minemura, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Fushimi, Chigasaki, JP;
Nobuhiro Tokushuku, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical reproducing method for an optical medium, including a disk-like substrate, a spiral or concentric-shape groove structure along a track formed on the disk-like substrate, the groove structure being wobbled in a radial direction of the optical medium, the track being divided into a plurality of units in the track direction by at least one radial boundary line and at least two adjacent units in the radial direction of the medium comprise one zone. The optical medium includes a plurality of zones, and the groove structure included in the adjacent units within any zone have substantially a same number of wobbling. The method includes irradiating an optical spot on the optical medium, detecting a reflected beam from the optical medium, and reproducing information on the optical medium by using a signal obtained by the reflected beam.