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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2005
Harukazu Miyamoto, Kodaira, JP;
Hirofumi Sukeda, Tokorozawa, JP;
Motoyasu Terao, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Minemura, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuo Andou, Kokubunji, JP;
Harukazu Miyamoto, Kodaira, JP;
Hirofumi Sukeda, Tokorozawa, JP;
Motoyasu Terao, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Minemura, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuo Andou, Kokubunji, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
A reproduction apparatus for reproducing information recorded on an optical medium having an aligned prepit portion straddled on a plurality of tracks in a radial direction, the prepit portion including first and second prepit portions divided in a track direction, the respective first and second prepit portion being arranged on a boundary of the respective tracks. The first and second prepit portions include a synchronous information prepit arranged at every two-track pitch in the radial direction. The synchronous information prepit of the first and second prepit portions are arranged at opposite boundaries of the same track, and a trailing end of the first prepit portion is aligned with the radial direction in arrangement. The apparatus includes an irradiation source for irradiating a light spot on the medium, a detector for detecting a reflected light from the medium, and a reproducer for reproducing information by using a signal from the detector.