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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2002
Norimoto Ichikawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Minemura, Kokubunji, JP;
Toshimitsu Kaku, Sagamihara, JP;
Hisataka Sugiyama, Kodaira, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information recording/reproducing apparatus for recording information by recording information of a plurality of sectors as one recording unit into an optical information recording medium. A recording area of the optical information recording medium including a plurality of zones, wherein each zone is different in a sector number per round of a track having recording means for recording information of a plurality of sectors over a plurality of zones into the optical information recording medium, and conducting means for conducting a verify control. The recording and a timing of the conduction of the verify control are determined for each zone when the information of a plurality of sectors is to be recorded over the plurality of zones when the zone is changed over during the recording.