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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2002
Hideaki Ohsawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hideaki Ohsawa, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information recording medium according to an embodiment of this invention has a plurality of disk-like information recording layers, which are adhered to each other within an allowable decentering error range, and an embossed lead-in area assured on each information recording layer has first guard tracks which are formed within the range of the first radial distance from the radial position of the innermost periphery of the embossed lead-in area toward the outer periphery side, and second guard tracks which are formed within the range of the second radial distance from the radial position of the outermost periphery of the embossed lead-in area toward the inner periphery side.