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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2005
Harukazu Miyamoto, Kodaira, JP;
Hirofumi Sukeda, Tokorozawa, JP;
Motoyasu Terao, Nishitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Minemura, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuo Andou, Kokubunji, JP;
Harukazu Miyamoto, Kodaira, JP;
Hirofumi Sukeda, Tokorozawa, JP;
Motoyasu Terao, Nishitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Minemura, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuo Andou, Kokubunji, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus for recording information to an optical recording medium having an aligned prepit portion straddled on a plurality of tracks in a radial direction, which prepit portion includes first and second prepit portions divided in a track direction. A prepit of the respective first and second prepit portions is arranged on a boundary of the respective tracks. The first prepit portion has an address information prepit and a synchronous information prepit and the second prepit portion has synchronous information prepit, the prepit of the first and second prepit portions being arranged at every two-track pitch in the radial direction and with one track displaced in the radial direction. The apparatus includes an irradiation source for irradiating a light spot on the optical recording medium, and a controller for controlling an irradiation position of an optical spot from the irradiation source.