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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2003
Hidehiko Kando, Matsudo, JP;
Harukazu Miyamoto, Higashimurayama, JP;
Hidehiko Kando, Matsudo, JP;
Harukazu Miyamoto, Higashimurayama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for recording information by irradiating light onto a medium to form a recorded domain, and method and apparatus for reproducing the recorded information are provided. In one example of the method, a plurality of light spots are modulated synchronously and irradiated onto a recording medium so that the plurality of light spots have an overlapped region on the recording medium. Since the profile of the total energy of the plurality of light spots is varied when the intensities of the plurality of light spots are modulated synchronously, it is possible to move the position where the total energy becomes maximum to any position on the optical recording medium. Thus, by moving the maximum point of the total energy of light spots in a cross-track direction, information can be recorded in a wobbled manner.