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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2004
Applicants:
Ryosuke Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuyo Umezawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Ishizawa, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There are provided a mounting unit configured to selectively mount first and second optical disks in which characteristics of recording films are different from one another, and a discriminating unit configured to discriminate which of the first and second optical disks is mounted on the mounting unit based on a level of a reproduction signal which is obtained by reproducing innermost peripheral portion of the first or second optical disk mounted on the mounting unit.