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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Masatsugu Suwabe, Miyagi, JP;
Fuminori Takase, Miyagi, JP;
Inventors:
Masatsugu Suwabe, Miyagi, JP;
Fuminori Takase, Miyagi, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A recording medium is provided and includes; a substrate having a first area formed with a first groove and a second area formed with a second groove, at least one information layer provided on the substrate, and a protecting layer provided on the information layer. Predetermined binary information has previously been recorded on the first groove and the first groove is shallower or narrower than the second groove.