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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2005
Applicant:
Hiroshi Maegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Maegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical disk includes a recording surface on which a plurality of pits, corresponding to multilevel (three level or higher) information, is formed as a spiral or concentric pit array. The pit array wobbles periodically. A plurality of predetermined reference marks, corresponding to a period of the wobble, are included in the pit array.