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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2002
Cornelis Marinus Schep, Eindhoven, NL;
Aalbert Stek, Eindhoven, NL;
Constant Paul Marie Jozef Baggen, Eindhoven, NL;
Koen Vanhoof, Leuven, BE;
Tamotsu Yamagami, Kawasaki, JP;
Shoei Kobayashi, Shinagawa-Ku, JP;
Nobuyoshi Kobayashi, Shinagawa-Ku, JP;
Shinichiro Ilmura, Nerima-Ku, JP;
Cornelis Marinus Schep, Eindhoven, NL;
Aalbert Stek, Eindhoven, NL;
Constant Paul Marie Jozef Baggen, Eindhoven, NL;
Koen Vanhoof, Leuven, BE;
Tamotsu Yamagami, Kawasaki, JP;
Shoei Kobayashi, Shinagawa-Ku, JP;
Nobuyoshi Kobayashi, Shinagawa-Ku, JP;
Shinichiro Ilmura, Nerima-Ku, JP;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A record carrier has a servo track () indicating an information track () intended for recording information blocks. The servo track () has a periodic variation of a physical parameter at a predetermined frequency and modulated parts for encoding position information at regular intervals. The modulated parts start with a bit sync element and are of a data type having a data bit element or of a word sync type having a word sync element. The bit sync element, word sync element and the data bit element being modulated according to a same predetermined type of modulation of the periodic variation. All distances between two adjacent of the elements constituting the modulated parts are unique.