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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2002
Kiyoshi Fukuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsumasa Kubo, Tachikawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Fukuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsumasa Kubo, Tachikawa, JP;
Teac Corporation, Musashino, JP;
Abstract
An optical disk apparatus for recording test data onto an optical disk while changing the level of recording power and determines the optimum recording power with reference to the quality of a reproduced signal of the test data. A modulation degree or a γ value is calculated from a reproduced signal of the test data, and the gradient of a change of the modulation degree or the γ value relative to the recording power Pw is calculated. Further, a target recording power is determined utilizing an area where the gradient of the change is relatively sharp, and the optimum recording power is determined based on the target recording power.