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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Toshihisa Matsuo, Nara, JP;
Inventor:
Toshihisa Matsuo, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an optical recording medium of the present invention, plural pits which carry main information recorded in a user area and tangential push/pull (T-PP) information required for reproducing the main information recorded in T-PP area are formed. The pit length in a track direction is formed according to the main information, and the pit depth is formed according to the T-PP information, and copyright protection information by digital watermarking is embedded in the main information. Also, if the optical disk by unauthorized copying is loaded, a reproducing apparatus restricts the reproduction thereof.