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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2003
Naruhiro Masui, Yokohama, JP;
Kenya Yokoi, Kawasaki, JP;
Naruhiro Masui, Yokohama, JP;
Kenya Yokoi, Kawasaki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical information recording method and apparatus which records information on a recording medium by irradiating the recording medium with an irradiation light of a recording power to form a recorded-mark on the recording medium such that reflection coefficient from an area of the recorded-mark is different than a reflection coefficient from an area of the recording medium where the recorded-mark is not formed by a changing power of the irradiation light. Information is recorded by modulating the irradiation light according to the information for recording, forming a recorded-mark on the recording medium by changing the power of the irradiation light between a recording power and a non-recording power, receiving reflection light of the irradiation light reflected by the recording medium and producing a corresponding light signal, determining a state of the recorded-mark based upon the light signal produced during a predetermined period of time immediately after the irradiation light changes from the recording power to the non-recording power, and controlling the recording power of the irradiation light according to the state of the recorded-mark.